Last one! 27 Daboo Ratnani photos, woo-hoo!
This isn’t a real countdown (although the best is clearly the last one), but I am going to put in numbers because otherwise I will lose count!
1.1. Let’s start with one that Dabboo identifies as a candid, at Mannat. Man Shahrukh’s house is nice!
2. Definitely not a candid, but very very good. Looking at him making love to the camera with his eyes!
3. Oh my, how have I not seen this one before? And how is Dabboo the only photographer who knows he looks best in suits?
4. Suits and wet shirts, a match made in heaven.
5. Suits and bicycles? Okay, that’s not quite a perfect match.
6. But really, just a simple suit, that’s the best.
7. Of course we all know the reason Shahrukh is so relaxed in these photos. Because Dabboo uses his secret weapon, the little girl that the whole film industry adores.
8. Maybe that’s why he came up with this brilliant serious/silly image, because it’s something that would make Myrah laugh.
9. Now this one, you may think “no way a little girl was around for this!”, but nope. She was right there, hanging out with her parents behind the camera while he was making his “I am a sex God come from the sea to serve you” faces.
10. And she may have been the reason he was laughing so hard in this shot, although I like to think it is just that he finds suspenders hilarious.
11. And his biceps very sexy.
12. But once they are both covered up, he can be serious.
13. I like the concept for this shot, showing off his tiny waist and all, but I don’t know if I like the artsy black and white look.
14. Okay, this is in color, but just silly! I can’t tell if he is about to throw that ball or have sex with it.
15. Okay, now he’s throwing it.
16. And now he’s having sex with it.
17. Now, let’s take a trip back in time to one of the first Dabboo-SRK images.
18. It’s a good image, but he got a lot more imaginative as time went on. Like, for instance, Shahrukh Cupid!
19. Or, Shahrukh-Goldfish Salesman!
20. But simple is also good. Like, Shahrukh-man whose shirt is falling off.
21. Or, Shahrukh-man with rope.
22. Or Shahrukh-man smoking.
21. Shahrukh in a rear view mirror.
22. Shahrukh sleepy.
23. Shahrukh and parelal universe Shahrukh.
24. And of course, Shahrukh about to punch the camera.
25. And, in contrast, Shahrukh about to kiss the camera!
26. Let’s take a moment for the man himself! Dabboo, and his wife/lighting assistant/very lucky woman.
27. Saved the best (I think) for the last.
Okay, you ready for your well-nigh impossible challenge? You have to somehow pick a top 3 out of these! Excluding the red sheets shot.
For me, in no particular order;
Shahrukh laughing at suspenders:
Shahrukh in a tux
Shahrukh in a vest
dontcallitbollywood 
Oh, what a pleasure!!!
My all-time-favourite from Daboo ist Atticus Finch (the tux one) – then it’s the one with the mirror (two personalities – at least – in him speaking to each other) – the next one would be Farah shooting him with the water pistol (so playful).
Margret, you’re sure that the rope-picture is Daboo (I thought, it was Gowariker).
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sorry…Dabboo!
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Not sure about the rope picture, maybe it’s Gowariker?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 2:42 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I can never meet your challenges, they are too hard, or else I can’t count.
Dabboo’s camera loves ShahRukh. My favourites are 6, 8 ( not keen on the gun but love the look on his face), 10/11 ( surely they are a set and can count as one.), 16 (that pose is letting the imagination run riot), 25.
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16 is a really great pose.
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 3:50 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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The ball thing made me laugh out loud. and for some reason, I can’t stop staring at #11.
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11 is quite good. And it makes his face look strangely beautiful, like it is a work of art for us to study, not a person.
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 5:24 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Oh – impossible to choose! However, one stands out that I do NOT like. The second number 21, (the numbering is a bit off for 21 and 22.), ” Shahrukh in a rear view mirror.” It just doesn’t look like him. I cringe to say it but it makes him look like Bob Denver of Gilligan’s Island! (Fantasizing about being shipwrecked with Shahrukh….)
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1. Shah Rukh with the film camera
2. Shah Rukh in a tux–iconic picture, that
3. Shah Rukh throwing the ball in the air
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The tux one is just amazing
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 1:03 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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16, 24, and 26. Picking any of these were pure and utter torture. You are very cruel, let me tell you.
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I know, it’s even worse than the Tuxedo post.
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 2:38 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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