Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar is nothing less than a glitzy
affair, featuring celebrities likes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah
Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. But, in 2017's calendar a particular
picture, or say the pose, has gotten the celeb photographer into
trouble.
Newbie Disha Patani's topless photo has
come under scanner for bearing an uncanny similarity to one of the photo's of
Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston. When Dabboo was probed about the same by a tabloid,
he told, “One can’t have copyrights on a pose. The make-up, the lighting, the hair,
the clothes and the angle is so different. There are many photos on the
Internet, so everything is inspired by something.”
Apparently, Dabboo had earlier been accused of lifting in
the past. There was a Bipasha Basu and Riteish Deshmukh picture which was
said to be modelled on the similar lines of Jennifer Lopez and Sean
Penn's picture. “I was working with another creative agency at the time, that
had conceptualized the shoot and they gave me references. I have
stopped working with that agency for calendars because it damaged my
reputation. There’s a difference between ‘being inspired’ and ‘lifting off’,”
he told, and further added, “Photography or art in general, is about
interpretation. Just because someone has used a horse in a photoshoot, or
a taxi, doesn’t mean I can never use them. For instance, this calendar edition
has a photo of Amitabh Bachchan posing with a dog on a scooter and a sidecar.
“It was inspired by Sholay. But it’s the reinvention that makes it what it is.”
It’s a Dabboo's stand.
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