Dabboo
On
Working
With
Akshay
Talking
about
Akhsay
Kumar,
Dabboo
says,
''He
is
a
really
genuine
person
and
makes
for
great
pictures.
I
have
been
working
with
him
since
I
started
my
career
and
he
is
still
the
same
person
even
now.'''
(In
Pic-Aishwarya)
Dabboo
Dabboo
Ratnani
further
added,
''He
is
extremely
enthusiastic
about
his
pictures
and
is
very
clear
in
his
head
on
how
the
pictures
are
going
to
be.''
(In
Pic-Deepika
Padukone)
Dabbo
Ratnani
''He
is
also
very
fond
of
photography
and
always
makes
fun
that
he
wanted
to
become
a
photographer
so
he
had
come
to
me
to
assist
(though
he
did
not)
and
how
I
threw
him
out
of
the
studio
J,'' Dabboo
said.
Dabboo
Talks
About
Hrithik
Dabboo
Ratnani
told
TOI
that
the
first
time
Hrithik
Roshan
ever
faced
the
camera
was
with
him.
He
came
to
Dabbo
and
told
him
that
he
wanted
to
make
his
portfolio.
(In
Pic-Aish)
Hrithik
Roshan
Dabboo
said,
''He
didn't
tell
me
at
that
time
that
he
was
Rakesh
Roshan's
son
but
just
said
that
he
knew
me
from
school.
We
fixed
the
time
for
the
shoot
and
he
wore
borrowed
clothes
from
my
friends.''
(In
Pic-Katrina)
Dabboo's
Interview
''From
the
time
I
first
saw
him
through
the
lens,
I
knew
this
guy
will
be
something
else.
Hrithik
is
a
lovely
human
being,'' Dabboo
Ratnani
added.
(In
Pic-Deepika)
Dabboo's
Biggest
Break
''There
was
a
period
of
2-3
years
when
Pooja
Bhatt
was
not
talking
to
the
media.
I
knew
her
through
Atul
Agnihotri.''
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Pooja
Bhatt
Dabboo
Ratnani
added,
''Pooja
Bhatt
agreed
to
do
a
shoot
for
me
at
that
time.
We
gave
out
those
pictures
and
everyone
went
crazy
with
them.''
(In
Pic-Katrina
Kaif)
Dabboo
On
Becoming
A
Photographer
''I
came
from
a
middle
class
Sindhi
family
where
my
dad
ran
a
Bombay
Dyeing
retail
shop.
I
was
always
fond
of
gizmos
and
the
camera
too
was
one
such
for
me.''
(In
Pic-Deepika
Padukone)
Dabboo's
Journey
Dabboo
Ratnani
added,
''I
studied
at
Bombay
Scottish
and
post
Class
XII,
I
started
assisting
photographer
Sumeet
Chopra.''
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Dabboo
And
Sumit
''By
that
time
I
had
bought
a
semi-professional
camera
and
had
started
shooting
friends
who
were
aspiring
models.
I
assisted
Sumeet
for
four
years
till
I
was
20
years
old.''
(In
Pic-Katrina
Kaif)
Dabboo
And
Sanjay
Gupta
''Sanjay
Gupta
and
my
brother
were
friends.
He
was
leaving
for
Mauritius
to
shoot
Aatish
with
Sanjay
Dutt
for
40
days.
I
asked
him
if
I
could
go
with
him.''
(In
Pic-
Deepika
Padukone)
Dabboo
Ratnani's
Struggle
''I
told
him,
'I
won't
charge
a
penny.
Just
ask
your
producer
to
pay
my
cost
of
rolls
and
travel.'
His
producer
agreed
and
that
changed
my
life.''
(In
Pic-Dabboo
and
Aish)
Aatish
Movie
''In
Mauritius,
I
took
some
shots
of
of
Sanjay
Dutt
and
those
became
the
publicity
posters
of
Aatish.''
(In
Pic-Katrina
with
Dabboo)
Dabboo's
Work
''I
started
getting
a
lot
of
film
work
post
that
and
started
shooting
for
magazines
and
became
an
independent
photographer.''
(In
Pic-Deepika)