![Workers assembling jewellery, Nirav Modi Factory](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-01-1920x1281.jpg)
![Inspection of jewellery, Nirav Modi Factory](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-02-1920x1281.jpg)
![In-house cutting of diamonds, Nirav Modi Factory](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-03-1920x1282.jpg)
![Hand-painting for the archive, Nirav Modi Factory](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-04-1920x1282.jpg)
![Ground Floor, Nirav Modi Store, Mumbai.](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-05-1920x1281.jpg)
![1st Floor, Nirav Modi Store, Mumbai.](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-06-1920x1281.jpg)
![1st Floor, Nirav Modi Store, Mumbai.](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-07-1920x1281.jpg)
![Window Display at the Nirav Modi Store, Mumbai.](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-08.jpg)
![From the Lotus Collection](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-09-1920x1281.jpg)
![The Lobby of the Umaid Bhavan Hotel, Jodhpur](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-10-1920x1281.jpg)
![The Heritage Room at Umaid Bhavan Palace, Jodhpur](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-11-1920x1281.jpg)
![Portrait of Nirav Modi at Umaid Bhavan Hotel](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-12-1920x1282.jpg)
![Portrait of Nirav Modi at Umaid Bhavan Hotel](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-13.jpg)
![Dresses to be worn by the models are made of fresh flowers](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-14-1920x1282.jpg)
![Dresses to be worn by the models are made of fresh flowers](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-15.jpg)
![Models in the make-up room](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-16-1920x1281.jpg)
![Models in the make-up room](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-17-1920x1282.jpg)
![Models in the make-up room](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-18-1920x1282.jpg)
![Models in the green room before the fashion show](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-19-1920x1281.jpg)
![Models in the green room before the fashion show](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-20-1920x1282.jpg)
![Models in the green room before the fashion show](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-21-1920x1282.jpg)
![Models in the green room before the fashion show](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-22.jpg)
![Fashion show during the lunch event](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-23.jpg)
![Fashion show during the lunch event](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-24-1920x1282.jpg)
![Fashion show during the lunch event](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-25.jpg)
![Fashion show during the lunch event](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-26-1920x1282.jpg)
![Fashion show during the lunch event](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-27-1920x1282.jpg)
![Nirav Modi Jewellery Exhibition at Umaid Bhavan Palace, Jodhpur](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-28-1920x1281.jpg)
![Crowds at the Nirav Modi Exhibition](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-29-1920x1281.jpg)
![Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur with Nirav Modi at the Exhibition](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-30-1920x1282.jpg)
![Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur with Nirav Modi at the Exhibition](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-31-1920x1282.jpg)
![Dinner service at the Umaid Bhavan Palace](http://sunilthakkar.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NiravTelegraph-32-1920x1281.jpg)
I was commissioned by The Telegraph UK to produce images for an editorial piece on the Nirav Modi jewellery brand. The brief included documenting the making of the jewellery at their workshop in Mumbai, photographing their flagship store at Kala Godha and documenting their royal five year celebration at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
The celebration included a beautifully designed fashion show, in which the models were dressed in clothes made of fresh flowers that had been sewn in just a few hours before the event. This was accompanied by an eloquently designed exhibition of the jewellery and a royal feast at the gardens of the palace in company of Maharaja Gaj Singh.
The article, which is written by Saphora Smith, was published in November, 2016.
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