Hyderabad, Oct. 3 -- "Smile please!" "Ma'am, one look here!" "Sir, sir, please look!"

A celebrity steps out of an airport. Cameras start flashing. Someone shouts the star's name. Phones go up, photographers rush forward and within minutes, the pictures are everywhere.

Now change the city. The same celebrity walks out of an airport in Hyderabad. Would the scene be the same? Not quite.

In Mumbai, paparazzi have become almost inseparable from celebrity life. In Hyderabad, where some of the biggest names in Indian cinema live and work, the culture has a very different rhythm. So what really happens behind those cameras? And why does spotting a star in Mumbai feel so different from spotting one in Hyderabad?

Siasat.com spoke to paparazzi f...