Mumbai: 

When it comes to depicting reality on celluloid, Madhur Bhandarkar has an edge over a lot of filmmakers. Time and again he has proved it with films like ‘Chandni Bar’, ‘Page 3’, ‘Corporate’, ‘Traffic Signal’, ‘Fashion’ and more recently ‘Heroine’ which highlights the real and harsh side of the industry. While he is working on a film tentatively titled ‘Madamji’, he will first begin work on ‘Calendar Girls’ based on the life of models.

A friend of Madhur revealed, “The team of writers has done an in-depth research on the hot models posing for calendars. They have spent a lot of time with them understanding what they go through, the selection criteria and other aspects of their professional life.Interestingly, Madhur has also taken some inspiration from Vijay Mallya and his life in the world of fashion. The liquor baron’s Kingfisher calendar is one the most popular calendars highlighting glamorous faces every year. Buzz is that some portions of the film will have Vijay’s life, who is also known as king of good times.”

The friend said, “ Some inspiration has been taken from Vijay’s life. The important traits of his character and his journey in the field of fashion have been very carefully written. It plays a very important part in the script.”

Deccan Chronicle sent a text message to Madhur but he didn’t respond.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Entertainment> Bollywood / by Mehul S. Thakkar / April 08th, 2014