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A story of love, memory and the power of photography.
Through her lens, Avani Rai pays tribute to her father, legendary photographer Raghu Rai, celebrating his extraordinary vision and legacy. A personal tribute, part of The Cal™️ 2027.
Credits
Director: Avani Rai @avani.rai and Navzar Eranee @neranee
DOP: Ravi Varman @r_varman_
Associate Director: Wesley Joseph
First AC / Camera Operator: Tenzing Kelsang @tenzinkelsang_, Wesley Joseph
2nd AC: Shreya Rana @shhhreyyz, Varun Gajjar
Gaffer / Technicals: Harman Achint @iamharmanachint
Local Production: Ransom Film (India) @ransomfilms
Co Producer: ProdCo @prodcofficial
Offline (Editor): Ajit K Nair @ajit.k.nair
Sound and Grade: Harbor Production Company @harborpictureco
Music Composer: Zohaib Kazi @zohaibkazi
Music Producers: Zohaib Kazi @zohaibkazi, Shikhar Yuvraj Manchanda @manchandashikhar & Charan Singh Pathania @charanmusic
Music Mix: The Beast India Company, @Thebeastindiacompany
Violin: Jitendra Thakur
Online Studio: Splice Studioz @splicestudioz
Assistant Producer: Meghna Vishwakarma @meghna__08
Post: Alokananda Dey @iam_aloka
#PirelliCalendar
26 Oct 2026
DIGGER : Sometimes you find yourself somewhere and realise, this is where you want to be. Thank you, my friend @chivexp 🤍
The feeling of being on set with Chivo, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise is indescribable.
Every time I am on a film set, I feel alive. It is everything all at once - To be invisible, to observe, to learn, to meet people, to witness extraordinary minds at work and be inspired every second.
This is exactly why I want to make films. For the worlds they open up, the people they bring together, and the endless possibility of creating something for posterity. 1/2
05 Nov 2026
I’ve spent so much of my life behind the camera, finding ways to connect with the world and the people in it. Photography, for me, has always been about breaking barriers, building trust, and creating something that neither of us could have imagined alone.
To be on the other side of the lens, photographed by Solve, my co-creator on the Pirelli Calendar 2027, was a beautiful reminder of that exchange. To surrender to someone else’s gaze, to let go of authorship for a moment, and to allow yourself to be seen rather than to see, is an equally meaningful part of the process.
Maybe that’s what I love most about photography: the meeting of two perspectives, and the possibility of discovering something new in the space between them.
Thank you, Solve, for this experience. 🤍
#pirelliCal2027
30 Oct 2026
A little 💌
For @2112saldon_ladakh
Film directed by : Avani Rai (@avani.rai )
Photographer : Avani Rai (@avani.rai )
Editor : manthan sharma (@manthan.mp4 )
Cinematography by : Avani rai (@avani.rai ), Daksh Chindalia (@dakshchindalia )
Art Direction : Vibhash (@therandomhead)
Talent : Ravleen Varghese Binu (@ravleen_v )(@animacreatives ), Nangskit Angmo (@zes_angmo_ )
Pema Tsamchoe (@_itspema ), Ninkala (@ninkala__ )
Styling : Bikash Choudhury (@camcardashian.cc ) Vibhash (@therandomhead )
Assisted By : Etdzes Tsering Chosdon (@dz3s.jb ), padma zesdan (@zesdann)
Hair & Makeup : Umang Thapa (@umang.artist )
Accesories Coutresy : Lhanzey Palden ( @mapcha.studio )
Footwear Courtesy : Anita Soundar ( @disobediencechennai )
05 Sep 2025
Where is home when no single place contains all of you?
For her first T MENA cover, the British-Moroccan model Nora Attal (@noraattal) returns to Morocco and reflects on a life lived between places. From childhood summers in Larache to a career spent travelling the world, Attal considers the people, memories and inherited histories that have shaped her understanding of belonging.
She speaks about her family’s journey to Britain, beginning her modelling career as a teenager and why the person behind an image will always matter more than the image itself.
Read A Life Between Places at the link in bio.
Editor in Chief: Sara Hamdan @bysarahamdan
Story: Rachel Bassett @rachbassettgould
Creative director: Dané Stojanovic @danestojanovic
Photographer: Avani Rai @avani.rai
Executive producer: Noor Miah @noormiah.mov
Producer: Ghalia Chraibi @edtrl.agency
Project manager: Grace Boulter @gboulter
Photography assistant: Harman Achint @iamharmanachint
Stylist: Carmelo Corvaia @carmelocorvaia5
Hair stylist: Jordan Robertson @itsjordanrobertson
Make-up artist: Ricky Morandin @ricky_morandin
Nail technician: La Sultana
Production assistant: Ayoub El Bardii @ayoub_elbardii
Video editor: Manthan Sharma @manthan.mp4
Retoucher: Myriam Barrionuevo @myribarri
Location: @maisonbrummell
#morocco #cartier #aboditransylvania #marakesh
17 Sep 2026
For @tmagazine.me
02 Jun 2026
For @tmagazine.me
Creative Direction: @danestojanovic
Photographer: @avani.rai
Styling: @carmelocorvaia5
Model: @jadebaya @thefaceparis
Hair Artist: @mamrezabbasi @thegreenappleitalia
Make Up Artist: @andreaseverinosailis @blendmanagement
Executive Producer: @steff.producer
Casting Director: @emilieastrom @rawstudio.casting
Styling Assistants: @evacarlottadevincenzi & Jacopo Greco
Lighting Assistant: @saradipancrazio
21 May 2026
W198 ‘The Cal 2027 - Avani Rai's Tribute to Raghu Rai’ directed by @avani.rai & @neranee for @pirelli
Directors: @avani.rai, @neranee
Co-Production Company: ProdCo
ProdCo Founding Partners / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge
DOP: @r_varman_
Production Designer: @teepeedom
Additional Production Design: @twishapal
Head Stylists: @gagabytanyasharma, Sujata Sharma
Creative Advisor: @purvairai
Client: @pirelli
Local Production Company:: @theproductionclub
The Production Club EPs: @camillajohnsonhill, Jade Jean-Marie, @natasharoseforte
Local Production Company: @ransomfilms
Ransom Film: @khurana.salil, Suhana Sharma, @sachn_singh
Producer: Padmini Nandakumar
Associate Producer: @rimalarora1234
Production Coordinator: Supreet Aneja
Camera / Lighting
1st AC / Camera Operators: @tenzinkelsang_, Wesley Joseph
2nd ACs: @shhhreyyz, Varun Gajjar
Director’s Assistants: @iam_aloka, @anaiyakalra, @_sahanaz, @shhhreyyz, @major_tom2, @saalikhushi, @trivyas
Associate Director: Wesley Joseph
Lighting & Camera Support
Gaffer / Technicals: @iamharmanachint
Lighting Assistants: Sahil Gautam, Pankaj Kumar, Kishan, Golu, Vivek, Yogesh, Sumit, Sachin, Jagannath Chavan, Dinesh Magar, Kishor Mhatre, Aadesh Yadav, Akshay Magar, Neeraj Singh, Karan Singh, Mitesh Solanki, Subhash Yadav
Focus Pullers: Golu Singh, Hari Shankar Choudhary, Sagar Chaudhary
Camera Attendants: Mukesh Gupta, Amit Thakur, Samir, Manju Alam, Kundan Kumar, Sachin Maddy
Camera Attendants (Mumbai): Samsuddin, Kundan Kumar, Shubham Gupta
Post Production
Offline Editor: @ajit.k.nair
Sound and Grade: @harborpictureco
Sound Design & Mix: @gcastlesound, @jim_db
Colour Grade: @alexgregorycolour
Colour Producer: Charlie Morris
Music Composer: @zohaibkazi
Music Producers: @zohaibkazi, @manchandashikhar, @charanmusic
Music Mix: @Thebeastindiacompany
Violin: Jitendra Thakur
Online Studio: @splicestudioz
Flame Creative Head: @sohamrawal
Associate Flame Artist: Sujal Shetty
Assistant Producer: @meghna__08
Post: @iam_aloka
29 Oct 2026
For my Papa 🤍 My father taught me that photography begins with attention. That attentiveness taught me that images begin with a relationship - the willingness to spend time with something before trying to define it.
The biggest lesson my father gave me wasn’t technical. It was about how to move through the world. Photography begins with patience, curiosity and a genuine interest in life itself.
For my father, attention was a form of respect. He believed that life revealed itself constantly, but only to those willing to slow down enough to notice. He often spoke about what he called the mind’s “in-built memory card” - the tendency to rely on familiar ideas and repeat what one has already seen rather than respond openly to what is actually present. For @mumbaimirrorofficial
16 Aug 2026
Looking for the Divine in every frame. A personal journey through roots, identity and belonging behind the scenes of the 2027 #PirelliCalendar.
Avani Rai, Director & Photographer
07 Oct 2026
There are returns that begin as journeys, and others that reveal themselves as inheritances.
When Avani Rai went back to Punjab to build a house, she was not entering unfamiliar territory so much as stepping more deeply into a place that had already shaped her. Her mother, the conservation architect Gurmeet Sangha Rai, had never entirely left. Her grandmother had stayed when leaving might have been easier. Across three generations, the story becomes less about property than presence: the women who held ground, bought back, rebuilt and made sacred what history might otherwise have passed over.
For “The Emotional Readiness of Return,” Rai’s photographs do not look at Punjab from the outside. They come from within a practice of belonging, where the image becomes evidence, the house becomes memory and return becomes a way of understanding where you are meant to go.
Read the full cover story at the link in bio.
Editor in Chief: Sara Hamdan @bysarahamdan
Story: Marne Schwartz @marnelenoir
Photographs: Avani Rai @avani.rai
13 Aug 2026
India through the lenses of Sølve Sundsbø and Avani Rai.
Discover the making of the #PirelliCalendar 2027
24 Jul 2026
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