Sridevi with celebrity Bollywood photographer Dabboo Ratnani

Wishing celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani a very happy birthday. Same day as Anil Kapoor - but different year obviously!! 

Seen here with the staggeringly beautiful Indian icon, "the great Sridevi." 

Sigh: Sridevi looking stunning in her Sabyasachi sari with photographer Dabboo Ratnani

Sigh: Sridevi looking stunning in her Sabyasachi sari with photographer Dabboo Ratnani 

"Sabya, she's looking too stunning..." to quote Gauri Shinde! 

Dabs has taken a lot of portraits of Sridevi since her comeback. Even in this behind the scenes shot, she looks so staggeringly beautiful. 

During the lead up to English Vinglish's release.  

Sridevi

 Sridevi by Dabboo Ratnani. 

TBT: Gorgeous Sridevi with photographer Dabboo Ratnani and his wife Manisha Ratnani

 TBT: Gorgeous Sridevi with photographer Dabboo Ratnani and his wife Manisha Ratnani 

Sridevi portrait by photographer Dabboo Ratnani

Sridevi portrait by photographer Dabboo Ratnani. The blue is the original picture taken, the green, a fan edit on social media. Something we sort of like... at least its not some hideous over processed fan fiction via pixels, just a little fine tuning. 

Sridevi with the Ratnanis: Dabboo and Manisha Ratnani strike a pose with Bollywood legend

 

Sridevi with the Ratnanis; photographer Dabboo and his wife. 

Pictures from Jan 2018. 

Sridevi wearing Sabyasachi Mukherjee, shot by Dabboo Ratnani

💫❤️ @ Dabboo Ratnani Photography


Celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani has been capturing Sridevi for magazine editorials, advertisements and fashion shoots since 2012, the year Sridevi returned to film after her own self-imposed hiatus (of about 14 years) from sets.

This shoot was done around the eve of English Vinglish's release. Sridevi, absolutely stunning in a traditional Sabyasachi Mukherjee saree (the designer who also did ALL her outfits in the movie) looks so gorgeous, it has been an icon for this blog - the definitive Sridevi fan page - for the past eight years.

Legend has it, Sridevi was not always a fan of doing photo-shoots when she first came to Mumbai, finding still photography a chore that she had to endure for the publicity stills of her movies and the magazine cover shoots. Part of a job of her version of a 9 to 5. After the break, when Sri was finally at ease in her superstar skin, she started enjoying shoots, befriending the team (her stylists, designers and camera crew) and it reflected in her picture-perfect face.

Sridevi was friendly with Dabboo and his family, together they did several shoots until... well, the very end.

Follow Dabboo Ratnani on social media here on Facebook and here on Instagram. 

Below: Rare pics of Sridevi with Manisha and Dabboo Ratnani on set 

Photographer Dabboo Ratnani remembers Sridevi on her death anniversary

Remembering You 💫 #sridevi 🤍🙏🏼🧿

The Kapoor girls with the Ratnanis

Khushi and Janhvi Kapoor, Manisha D Ratnani, Sridevi and Dabboo Ratnani, Diwali 2017.

Sridevi working with Dabboo Ratnani

Sridevi posing for Dabboo Ratnani - Bollywood's fav celebrity photographer, over the years. Sridevi looks so stunning in her saris.

Dabboo Ratnani, Boney Kapoor, Sridevi and Manisha Ratnani

How gorgeous and young Sridevi looked - even though she's in her 50s here. Photographer Dabboo Ratnani's wife posts: 

• manishadratnaniYou will always be in our hearts 💖 #sridevi @dabbooratnani @boneykapoorproducer @manishadratnani @dabbooratnanistudio #love #sridevikapoor #memories #dabbooworld #dabbooratnani #manishadratnani #btswithdabboo #special @sridevi.kapoor #dabboomanisha #missyou #❤ #🙏🏼

   

   

   

Silver Screen Siren in Silver Sheen: Sridevi, Diwali 2017

Sridevi posts on instagram:

• sridevi.kapoorSari by @manishmalhotra05 and ✨ by @gemsjewelspalace 

So Sridevi event hopped during the Diwali celebrations and attended both Aamir Khan and Shilpa Shetty's festivities. As we don't live in India, it's hard to say which images are from which event! But here's a resplended Sridevi with her family attending the parties. She opted for her firm favourite Manish Malhotra's sari. In a parade of shine and shimmer, there's an understated elegance to it (for Bollywood standards!) and she looks simply glorious! And what a gorgeous family shot too!

Shilpa Shetty, a longtime Sridevi fan, posted a pic with Sridevi and said:

• theshilpashettyTHE AMAZING @sridevi.kapoor..She was and will always be my all time favourite actor and now... one of my favourite people ..#aboutlastnight #goodsoul #celebrations #favpic

 

• sridevi.kapoorMy number 1 💕

Dabboo Ratnani, Sridevi and Manisha Ratnani

Sridevi with Photographer Dabboo Ratnani

Sridevi on the sets of Cine Blitz magazine's cover shoot back in 2012, with celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani. 

Sridevi posed for Cine Blitz cover for the n'th time in her life. But this was super special as it marked her return - and in sizzling form.

Sridevi with Janhvi Kapoor for People magazine: Dabboo Ratnani shoots a Bollywood Queen and her princess

A pic of Sridevi with her eldest daughter Janhvi Kapoor. 

Shot by the bril photographer Dabboo Ratnani for People magazine.

UPDATE: People magazine India ceased publication. 

Sets please: Sridevi shoots for an advert with ace photographer Dabboo Ratnani

Sridevi

Sridevi on a 

photoshoot with ace photographer Dabbo Ratnani.

How odd that though Dabbs has shot Sri several times, but he's never asked the Bollywood icon to be a part of his annual calendar.

Ephemeral stars come and go Dabbs, a Queen is forever.

Sridevi by Dabboo Ratnani