MUMBAI: Veteran film and fashion photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha passed away early this morning following a massive heart attack. He was 60 years old.

Rajadhyaksha was very popular among film personalities and worked on portraits of almost all the leading stars of the Indian film industry.

In his illustrious career as a photographer, Rajadhyaksha had clicked the biggest names of Bollywood. In fact, it was said during the ‘90s that you ain‘t anybody in Bollywood unless you have been clicked by Rajadhyaksha.

A cousin of writer and socialite Shobha De, Rajadhyaksha was a keen collector of opera recordings and had held several talk shows on the subject. One of India‘s most celebrated portraitist, he has photographed almost all the icons of the Indian film industry.

A classmate of actor Shabana Azmi, Rajadhyaksha left his advertising job in 1987 and took up commercial photography. He worked for De‘s magazine ‘Celebrity‘ and soon emerged as a leading celebrity photographer.

Tweeted Madhur Bhandarkar, "Shocked to hear about the demise of best portraitist photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha. He was a great human being and will be missed always. RIP!"