From the intimate magic of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s wedding to the grandeur of the Ambani celebrations, Joseph Radhik shares exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, the challenges of capturing once-in-a-lifetime moments, and the secrets to maintaining absolute discretion.
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00:00At the end of that year, we photographed Virat and Anushka's wedding and for me being there amidst a group of 50 odd people or even lesser than that, I think perfect timing.
00:10Thanks to the picture.
00:11Yeah. It just described what a perfect wedding would be. I saw two people just being themselves 100%.
00:18So next time you need to know about a wedding, we know who to contact then.
00:21And you know I am not going to tell you. I am Joseph Pradik for more.
00:24That photo would not be possible if those guys hadn't, both of them hadn't trusted me to get that photo.
00:29So it's taken at about 6.30 am.
00:31Radhak also told us about the Ambani wedding, arguably the most expensive Indian wedding in recent history.
00:36And I think the toughest challenge thrown to me was, end of the day, the photos that the family gets should represent a bunch of happy memories.
00:47Amidst all of this stardom, all of this glitz, those tiny moments, right?
00:52And as soon as the wedding ended, I delivered a set of about 100 photos which are not published anywhere.
00:57Trust me, they don't look the same at all.
00:59So in my mind, there were two weddings.
01:01I barely see any demanding requests from celebrity weddings.
01:05It's actually from the weddings that are not celebrity weddings that they are demanding requests from.
01:09They just want to be captured.
01:10And how do you maintain secrecy for most of these weddings?
01:13You could say I am very good at keeping secrets.
01:16I think it kind of helps because, as I said, I am not from the industry, so I don't know many people around.
01:22What is your favourite shot that you have and that you had any image that you wanted of a particular celebrity?
01:27Because we have seen Katrina's and then Aditi's.
01:30What is your favourite one image and how much time did you take for it?
01:33So in recent times, there is this one photo of Aditi and Siddharth, Rao Haidri and Siddharth in front of a temple.
01:39I don't know how many couples in my entire career that they are the first couple who have actually been on time at 5.45am at sunrise on their wedding day.
01:48That photo is literally only possible because of the time and kudos to them.