Kingfisher Calendar 2009 Launch Party (View Pictures)

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Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal, Vijay Mallya



Vijay Mallya

The scene-stealer when it comes to calendars, the Kingfisher calendar was released in the capital on Sunday.
As year on year, the pictures on each page are riveting, glamorous and ooze sex appeal.

India's answer to the world famous Pirelli calendars is industrialist Vijay Mallya's dream project that gets hotter and hotter over the years.

Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar too was present at the function as Bollywood heartthrob Arjun Rampal unveiled the awaited calendar for 2009.

Talk of glamour.. and the annual Kingfisher calender sure gets us oodles of it.. The 2009 version is out. Sushant Mehta gets us the first look.

Six of the hottest women in the world, handpicked by the King of Good Times, Vijay Mallya himself, the Kingfisher calendar oozes glamour.

Arjun Rampal said, I don't know about how women feel. But for men, it's a treat. It puts a smile on your face in times of recession."

Lensman extraordinaire Atul Kasbekar said, "I have shot it with no gimmicks, just shot with beautiful women at a beautiful location."

Mallya summed it up thus. "It is sensuous and I am not ashamed to say that I pick the girls myself. I make the final decisions. It's very difficult to select final 12 images out of so many," the tycoon confessed.
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