This picture was styled by Komal Shahani and shot for my calendar.

Mahima is wearing a headgear made of feathers. She used makeup with oil paint. We had a bizarre concept, referenced from a German magazine. We tried a lot of colours after some brainstorming sessions. We wanted something bright, something celebrational, for the January page, the start of a new year. So we overdosed on red.

Mahima is game for everything. She has done mad things. She is very experimental. You don’t have to push her too hard because she really wants to be different. That is half the battle won. If a person is not convinced about something, they will never be able to give their 100 per cent.

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