The Photographer For The Ambani Wedding Was Told 'Zindagi Bann Jaegi' & Nothing Else
Mangalorean photographer Vivek Sequeira was asked to cover the grand wedding little did he know that it was Isha Ambani - Anand Piramal&rsquos wedding. Vivek was the winner of the &lsquoBest Wedding Photographer &rsquo in 2010 2011 2012 and 2014 till he got this contract through one of his acquaintances.
When 47-year-old Mangalorean photographer Vivek Sequeira was asked to cover the grand wedding, little did he know that it was Isha Ambani - Anand Piramal¡¯s wedding. When he was asked to do this assignment, he was told ¡®zindagi ban jayegi¡¯ and up until then, he had no idea whose wedding it was!
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Vivek was asked to book the dates from December 1-15 with his team of 17 photographers. They clicked an insane number of pictures - 1.2 lakh photos for all the wedding ceremonies put together. Also, in a span of a fortnight, about 30 TB of hard disks were filled with photos.
¡°Initially I was not even told whose wedding it was. It was in June 2018 that this person asked me to block my dates between December 1-15, and send samples of my work. Soon after, I was confirmed for the event but the client¡¯s name was kept confidential,¡± he says.
He was the winner of the ¡®Best Wedding Photographer¡¯ in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 till he got this contract through one of his acquaintances who was a common friend of the Ambanis and Piramals.
It was not until October that Vivek realised that he was going to cover the Ambani-Piramal wedding. ¡°I was ecstatic. It took me two days to digest the news. I also questioned ¨C why me? There are so many celebrity photographers. I felt thrilled that they selected me based on my talent,¡± he said.
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Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal¡¯s wedding saw all the big names from sports, B-town, business and even politics including Hilary Clinton.
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