Excerpts from Dabboo Ratnani's interview for his 2016 calendar
What about Hrithik Roshan?
The first time he ever faced the camera was with me. He came to me and told me he wanted to make his portfolio. He didn't tell me at that time that he was Rakesh Roshan's son but just said that he knew me from school. We fixed the time for the shoot and he wore borrowed clothes from my friends. On the day we were to shoot, it started raining and I told him, 'I have this dilapidated place but I can set up the lights there and we can shoot.' With literally water falling from the ceiling, we shot. But from the time I first saw him through the lens, I knew this guy will be something else. He said, 'I will pay you after 10 days' and I agreed. After the shoot was over, he told me how he was Rakesh Roshan's son and he said, 'I am going to show him the pictures and if he likes them he is going to pay me money. And then I will come and pay you.' His dad saw the pictures, called me and said, 'Amazing pictures' but it was a month and Hrithik forgot to pay me. In those days, that money was important for me so I got my assistant to call him and tell him that I had given him a 50% discount but that the payment had still not come. He sent a cheque of the original 100% amount without reducing the 50% discount immediately and I felt so bad. Hrithik is a lovely human being.
Who for you is the most good looking male star?
Hrithik Roshan.