This picture has not been made on Photoshop, he actually did it.

Hrithik and I have wanted to do a picture like this for three years now. Whenever we would go to a beach location like Mauritius or Maldives for a shoot, we would want to do a picture whether he would be concentrating on an activity -- like reading or using a laptop -- and he would be sitting on a chair, which is tipping into the water and he does not even realise it.

Since water was the concept for my calendar this year, this was a good time to do it. We had taken a chair too. But this picture looked more dynamic and dangerous, so we preferred it.

Hrithik carried about seven outfit changes with him, but we got it right in the first take itself, after a rehearsal.

The picture works because he continues to hold his expression till he touches the water. Later, he told me that had never concentrated on his board exams as much as he did for this shot. That's what makes him stand apart -- his hard work even for a photograph.

He didn't get hurt. But he was afraid that he might get a water-slap on his face, which would make it go red. But he fell in such a way that his shoulder hit the water first.