Anant-Radhika’s wedding photographer shares inside stories

Brut India

Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant’s wedding photographer, Himanshu Patel, opened up to Brut about the unexpected twists and challenges of capturing the grand event.

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00:00The Varmala was very tough to shoot because initially the Varmala was planned that Anand

00:16will come on stage, Radhika will walk down and they will exchange garland but as soon

00:22as Radhika reaches to the Varmala stage there were I think 20-30 friends of Anand who also

00:30came up and they took Anand on their hands and they were like if you have to exchange

00:37garland you have to also raise up.

00:39So it was very, we haven't prepared for this honestly and when the couple is surrounded

00:46by 40-50 people it's kind of very tough but we managed somehow like you know we just went

00:54into it and like you know shot that frame.

00:57The brief was only that you have to be very discreet.

01:00You can't be so close right because obviously like you know if you have noticed like in

01:05any other wedding photographer are always there near the mandap like you know they are

01:09blocking the path, they are blocking the view of the audience but in this wedding if you

01:15have seen any photos, any videos neither of the photographer were visible.

01:19We had done quite a many reikis to figure out how exactly will the procession happen,

01:25how the ceremony will be unfolding and where we should be aligned.

01:29So honestly we have mapped out our cameras like you know we've got a layout, we've got

01:35so many meetings with the planning team, execution team and like you know we sat down with them

01:40multiple times.

01:41We went to the places like you know where exactly will the couple will be coming from,

01:45where exactly they will be sitting on which will be the angle.

01:52After they exchange garland, they hold hands for for few seconds and they're like you know

01:59they were I think they were promising something or I don't know then they were discussing

02:03something and as soon as they're done with it he gives her a forehead kiss and then they

02:07go for a hug.

02:08It was a very very sweet moment.

02:10They were lost like there were thousands of people around but constantly they were

02:15looking into each other eyes, they were having the best time of their life.

02:18When Vidai happened it's just not that the bride's side of family was emotional equally

02:26the groom's side was also emotional and I have seen tears in everybody's eyes.

02:31I was honestly witnessing like you know how they are supporting the bride's family as

02:36well especially Viren sir, the father of the bride.

02:48He's such a goofball, he's such a cute like you know he follows wherever Anant goes.

02:53So I think he's he's a baby of Anant like you know he was right there at the mandap

02:59seeing all the ceremony.

03:00I've never seen this before in any wedding where your pet is on the mandap watching the

03:06whole ceremony.

03:07He was at the barat, he was enjoying like so he was not a pet, he was not a dog, he

03:12was just a family member to them.

03:18We've been now tagged as a celebrity wedding photographer but we don't consider as a

03:22celebrity wedding photographer we would like to call ourselves as just a wedding photographer.

03:26We always have this fundamental that no matter what every year we will shoot one or two

03:31project which will feed our soul.

03:33So there's no pricing involved so I can't give you one figure that what exactly how

03:39we charge but it starts from like you know zero to any number.

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