“It’s a moment of great characterisation. This was taken for the photoshoot of Jodhaa Akbar. Shooting was nearly complete and we wanted to do the photoshoot. Ashu (Ashutosh Gowariker) said let’s do it on the sets. I do this for a living, but I must confess I was in awe of this shoot. Because Hrithik and Aishwarya as Akbar and Jodhaa – that is not going to happen again. So the sheer power of it was too much for me, and I enjoyed that. The other part of it was that I had seen the rushes of the film. Kiran Deohans had shot it. Nitin Desai did the sets and Ashu, the lighting. It had a look and feel which was absolutely phenomenal. I as a photographer had to match that and not on the sets either. It’s not film lighting. I have recreated this lighting with studio flash lights. So for me it was a huge challenge. When I took the shot on digital, Ashu and Kiran came and hugged me. This picture also symbolises the personalities of Hrithik and Aishwarya and not Jodhaa and Akbar. The calmness and confidence and the aura that Aishwarya has, and her beauty too, are obvious from the way she is looking into the mirror.”