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Gautam Rajadhyaksha was born on 16 September, 1950 in Bombay, Bombay State, India, is a Photographer. Discover Gautam Rajadhyaksha's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?
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| Occupation |
Fashion photographer, Teacher, Writer |
| Age |
60 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
| Born |
16 September, 1950 |
| Birthday |
16 September |
| Birthplace |
Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Date of death |
13 September, 2011 |
| Died Place |
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality |
India
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Gautam Rajadhyaksha Height, Weight & Measurements
At 60 years old, Gautam Rajadhyaksha height not available right now. We will update Gautam Rajadhyaksha's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
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Gautam Rajadhyaksha Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gautam Rajadhyaksha worth at the age of 60 years old? Gautam Rajadhyaksha’s income source is mostly from being a successful Photographer. He is from India. We have estimated Gautam Rajadhyaksha's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Photographer |
Gautam Rajadhyaksha Social Network
Timeline
Gautam Rajadhyaksha (16 September 1950 – 13 September 2011) was one of India's leading fashion photographers, and was based in Mumbai, India.
He was one of India's best known celebrity portraitists, having photographed almost all the icons of the Indian film industry.
Born in Mumbai, Rajadhyaksha was educated at St. Xavier's High School, Fort, and obtained his degree in chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where he later also taught for two years.
Having completed a diploma in advertising and public relations, Rajadhyaksha joined the photo services department of the advertising agency Lintas India Ltd (now Lowe Lintas), in 1974.
He eventually became the head of his department.
During his 15-year stint, he participated in the creation of milestone ad campaigns while pursuing his childhood passion for photography.
His first encounter with fashion photography happened 1980, when he happen to shoot pictures of actress Shabana Azmi (a college mate), Tina Munim and Jackie Shroff, and his passion for portraiture photography was lit, eventually he left his advertising job in 1987, and took up commercial photography full-time, and soon started doing product campaigns, media assignments and fashion portfolios.
While he was still working for the Lintas, as a copywriter, Shobha De his cousin invited him to write for her magazine, 'Celebrity', soon after started shooting photographs for his articles, this got him attention and soon acclaim as a glamour photographer, and before long he started working for other magazines as well, including The Illustrated Weekly of India, and film magazines like Stardust, Cineblitz and Filmfare.
Apart from doing occasional television talk shows, he edited Marathi entertainment fortnightly, 'Chanderi' and composed a popular column, Manas Chitra, in a leading Marathi news daily.
In 1992, he wrote his first screenplay, for the film, 'Bekhudi', which launched actress Kajol's career and his second, 'Anjaam' presented, Madhuri Dixit with a challenging role.
His 1997 released coffee table book, titled Faces, contained profiles of 45 film personalities beginning with Durga Khote, one of India's first ladies of the Indian screen and ending with Aishwarya Rai, the former Miss World and today Bollywood's leading actress.
In 2000, he held his first ever photo-exhibition in Pune which showcased, twenty years of his photography work.
Exhibitions of Rajadhyaksha's work have been held in Pune, Goa and Kolhapur with all attracting large crowds.
Further exhibitions of his work in San Francisco, London, Birmingham and Dubai, have all been well attended as well.
He used to idolise the work of Jitendra Arya and was also influenced by his works published in Filmfare, The Illustrated Weekly of India and The Times of India.
Rajadhyaksha died on 13 September 2011, in the morning, three days before his 61st birthday, from a heart attack.
