Lata Mangeshkar revealed at an event on Friday night that she considered herself to be a good photographer till she met ace lensman Gautam Rajadhyksha. "I purchased a rolleiflex camera in 1946 and took a lot of pictures. I thought I was good. I don't like to be photographed. But, a few years later, I started getting calls from Gautam saying he wanted to take my pictures. I always ignored that," she said. The veteran singer, who counts photography as one of her hobbies, was speaking at the launch of Rajadhyaksha's Marathi coffee table book Chehre.
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Mangeshkar said she was recording for a Bengali song at Salil Chaudhary's studio when Rajadhyaksha came and took her pictures. "I feel happy that those photos are still being used at many places. But, initially when I saw the photos, I was very disappointed because they were better than the pictures I had taken. I actually stopped photography after that."
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"Shooting didi (Lata) is difficult even though she is easy in front of the camera," Rajadhyaksha said. "It's difficult because didi herself is a very good photographer. She is well versed with the nuances of photography."
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Other prominent names who attended the book launch includedu00a0 Jaya Bachchan, Padmini Kolhapure, Hema Malini, Kajol, Rekha, Sooraj Barjatya and Khayyam.
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