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A five-day photo exhibition at the NCPA will offer the visitor rare, iconic frames as well as candid shots captured by India's finest photographers

Photographer Harkiran Singh Bhasin captures a candid frame of Western Classical music conductor Zubin Mehta watching an India vs Pakistan cricket match backstage, during The Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, on March 30, 2011. The maestro will perform in the city on October 25 and 26

A portrait. Pic courtesy/S Paul

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of US President John F Kennedy, in 1962, adjusting a strand of Jawaharlal Nehru’s hair. Pic courtesy/ Homai Vyarawalla

Mahatma Gandhi during his march through Bihar, March 1947. pic courtesy/Jagan Mehta

(From left) Rama Vaidyanathan with daughter Dakshina during a Bharatanatyam performance, Dwita — Duality of Life at NCPA Mudra Dance Festival 2014. pic courtesy/Mukesh Parpiani

T S Satyan’s signature photograph from his temple series of South India

A Dervish dance performance by Ziya Azazi in Sama’a: The Mystic Ecstasy Festival of Sufi Music presented by NCPA in 2014. pic courtesy/Narendra Dangiya

 Naseeruddin Shah (right) during a performance of Waiting For Godot at NCPA on June 13, 2012. Pic Courtesy/Harkiran Singh Bhasin

 Jawaharlal Nehru conducting an informal botany class with his grandsons, Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi in 1950. Pic Courtesy/Homai Vyarawalla

(From left) Kalamandalam Piyal Bhattacharya and troupe during a Kathakali performance at NCPA in 2014. Pic Courtesy/Narendra Dangiya

Artists during a performance of I Pagliacci, an Italian opera composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo that is still widely staged, at NCPA’s Jamshed Bhabha Theatre in 2012. Pic Courtesy/Harkiran Singh Bhasin

Grammy Award-winning singer Angelique Kidjo during a performance at NCPA in 2011. Pic Courtesy/Harkiran Singh Bhasin

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