Saturday, July 30, 2011



90-year-old Vita Bai was the domestic help and the official masseur of Meena Kumari. She still lives in a small concrete room in the backside of Meena Kumari's bungalow (now Cozi Home Building) in Pali Hill. It's difficult to communicate with her because of her age, but, her eyes tell the countless stories of happy and sad memories she must have had of the legendary actress. Shooting these pictures was an absolute delight. An experience I never had while shooting a lot of commercial stuff. And also, she loves fruit-cake.

1 comment:

Siddhartha Joshi said...

Wow this must have been quite an experience! I am always fascinated my Meena Kumari and would love to have a long conversation with the woman...

I am rather jealous actually :)