Popular Film Photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha is no more. He passed away due to severe heart attack today morning at his Girgaon residence. He was 62. Gautam was instrumental in shaping the career of many film personalities. He began his career as a Fashion Photographer with Lintas and was later associated with Bollywood as a still photographer for many film magazines. He also did cinematography of few Bollywood films, besides writing scripts for two films.

Gautam was also involved in writing and published his own book ‘Faces’ comprising of photos of celebrities and information about them. He used to regularly write a column for Marathi film magazine ‘Chanderi’. Gautam had written the screenplay of Lata Narvekar’s film ‘Sakhee’ and had also done the still photography for publicity poster of Kedar Shinde’s film ‘Yanda Kartavya Aahe’ starring Ankush Choudhary and Smita Shewale.

Gautam was very encouraging to Marathi artistes and was a music lover. We have seen his presence in many Marathi awards function in the recent past. Last year, during the release of Song album of Rock star Mangesh Borgaonkar he was the chief guest, when he praised Marathi artistes for their talent in music field. Many prominent celebrities paid tributes to him after hearing his untimely death. Lata Mangeshkar called him a multitalented person while his sister Shoba Dey said that it was a big loss to her family as he was not only her beloved brother but a good friend to her children. Kedar Shinde recalled the moments while engaging him as a photographer for his publicity banners and called him as the most modest and talented person.