Photographer Jagdish Mali no more

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Eminent fashion and celebrity photographer and father of actress Antara Mali, Jagdish Mali succumbed to long-standing liver ailments at Nanavati Hospital in Vile Parle on Monday morning.
Mr Mali was diagnosed with liver ailments in 1998 for the first time, but of late he was said to be stable.
In a statement, Nanavati Hospital said, “Photographer Mr Jagdish Mali had a long-standing liver problem. He was diagnosed with it 16 years ago. Though he had been on treatment, he would become unwell intermittently. This time, his problem worsened so much, from where it was impossible to come back from. Mali ultimately suffered multi organ failure after the liver cirrhosis, and succumbed at 11 am on Monday (sic).”
The photographer started his career in the 1980s and went on to work with the biggest names in the Hindi film industry for almost three decades. The list include illustrious names like Rekha, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor and many others.
Mr Mali was in the news in January last when actress Mink Brar reportedly spotted him in a “disoriented” state in a western suburb. Brar is said to have then informed Antara about her father’s condition. Later, Antara denied that her father was “mentally unstable” as was reported at the time.
Filmmaker Ashok Pandit expressed condolence on micro-blogging site Twitter: “Ace photographer Jagdish Mali passed away at 11.20 am today (Monday) at Nanawati Hospital. Will miss you Jaggi. RIP.” (sic)
Photographer Subi Samuel tweeted: “Iconic photographer, @jagdish mali passes from here to eternity. RIP Sir. You have been an inspiration to me, and millions of Bollywood followers!!! (sic)
Besides being a photographer of repute, Mali was also an ad filmmaker and produced music videos. He also worked on some international projects such as Harper Queen, and did the publicity features for
Hotel Ramada International, apart from other fashion catalogues. He was also the recipient of the Minatai Thackeray Award for the best work in photography.