Why does Shaad Ali hate cameras?

He was the most-wanted director of 2005 -- in a good way, that is.

That was when Bunty Aur Babli became a hit.

But after the disaster that was Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, director Shaad Ali virtually went into hiding.

Around the same time, his marriage broke up.

The filmmaker -- son of Muzaffar Ali (of Rekha's Umrao Jaan) and protege to Mani Ratnam --

Shaad, who dislikes being photographed, brushed off photographers when they spotted him.

Earlier too he had behaved the same way when Bunty And Babli became a big hit.  

Who knows if this aversion to having his picture taken is shyness, arrogance or just dislike for lensmen.

Text: Gullu Gupshup | Photograph: Pradeep Bhandekar