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{{Short description|Indian annual calendar 2003–2021}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

[[File:Deepika and Siddharth Mallya at Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2011.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Deepika Padukone]], herself a Kingfisher Calendar Girl of 2006, at the launch of the calendar in 2011.]]

The '''Kingfisher Calendar''' was an annual calendar featuring models in swimsuits published by the Indian conglomerate [[United Breweries Group]] for 19 years from 2003 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar is now a thing of past | date = 19 January 2022 | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/buzz/kingfisher-swimsuit-calendar-is-now-a-thing-of-past/articleshow/88971034.cms | work = [[Times of India]] | access-date = 9 September 2022}}</ref> Described by [[Rediff]] as "arguably the most prestigious modelling assignment in India", it was credited with advancing the careers of models and actresses like [[Katrina Kaif]], [[Deepika Padukone]], [[Yana Gupta]], [[Sonali Raut]], [[Ujjwala Raut]], [[Nargis Fakhri]], [[Bruna Abdullah]], Deepti Gujral, [[Lisa Haydon]], Aishwarya Sushmita and [[Angela Jonsson]].<ref>{{Cite news | title = Kingfisher Calendar 2012: Bikini beauties battle it out! | date = 18 October 2011 | url = http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-glamour-meet-the-kingfisher-calendar-2012-contestants/20111018.htm | work = [[Rediff.com]] | accessdate =16 January 2012}}</ref> Photographer [[Atul Kasbekar]] has been associated with the calendar since its inception in 2003 till its final issue in 2021. Kasbekar along with [[Vijay Mallya]] are credited with the idea of creating the annual Kingfisher Calendar.<ref>{{cite news | first = Deepti | last = Jakhar | title = Sizzling beauties of Kingfisher Calendar 2012 | date = 10 January 2012 | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/beauty/story/kingfisher-calendar-2012-sizzles-89044-2012-01-09 | work = [[India Today]] | access-date =13 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Sanskrity | last = Sinha | title = Kingfisher Calendar 2012 Unveiled: Models' Exclusive Bikini Shots (PHOTOS) | date = 12 January 2012 | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280697/20120112/kingfisher-calendar-2012-unveiled-models-exclusive-bikini.htm | work = [[International Business Times]] | accessdate =13 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Kingfisher Bikini babes audition for Kingfisher Calendar 2011 | date = 12 September 2010 | url = http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/sep/09/slide-show-1-glamour-kingfisher-calendar-2011-auditions.htm | work = [[Rediff.com]] | accessdate =16 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Deepti | last = Jakhar | title = Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar 2012 to be unveiled soon | date = 10 December 2011 | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/whats-hot/story/kingfisher-swimsuit-calendar-2012-vijay-mallya-148341-2011-12-09 | work = [[India Today]] | access-date =16 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Making of Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2010 | date = 28 October 2009 | url = http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=3329686 | work = [[MSN.com]] | accessdate = 16 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120501090052/http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=3329686 | archive-date = 1 May 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Photographers, locations, models and production ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
! width="60px"|Year
! width="80px"| Photographer
! width="120px"| Location
! width="450px"| Models
|-
! 2003
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Mauritius]]
| Shivani Kapur, [[Ujjwala Raut]], Vidisha Pavate, [[Yana Gupta]] and [[Katrina Kaif]]
|-
! 2004
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Thailand]]
|[[Yana Gupta]], [[Nifa Hindes]], Pia Trivedi, Vidisha Pavate and Rohini Tiwari
|-
! 2005
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[South Africa]]
| [[Yana Gupta]], [[Cindy Burbridge]], [[Asha Leo]], Pia Trivedi and [[Sheetal Menon]]
|-
! 2006
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Australia]]
| [[Deepika Padukone]], [[Shruti Agrawal]], [[Karishma Kotak]], Neelam Chauhan, Shilpa Reddy and Mashoom Singha
|-
! 2007
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[French Riviera]], France
| [[Bruna Abdullah]], [[Mia Uyeda]], [[Nikii Daas]], Deepti Gujral, [[Shamita Singha]] and Selma Lasrado<ref name=one>{{cite news | title = Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar 2007 | date = 29 December 2006 | url = https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/kingfisher-calender-2007-291206.html | work = [[Oneindia.in]] | access-date = 16 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
! 2008
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Goa]], [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]], [[Ladakh]] and [[Udaipur]], India
| Deepti Gujral, [[Preeti Desai]], [[Sheetal Menon]], Monikagana Dutta, [[Shruti Agrawal]], Melissa Mehra and [[Tamara Moss]]
|-
! 2009
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || Islands on the [[Andaman Sea]]
| Monikana Dutta, [[Nargis Fakhri]], Mimi Blix, [[Tamara Moss]], Katya Melnikova and Sunisa Jongsawat
|-
! 2010
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Maldives]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Making 'Kingfisher Calendar 2010' | date = 26 November 2009 | url = http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/fashion/indian-models/making-kingfisher-calendar-2010/Making-of-Kingfisher-Calendar-2010/articleshow/5271404.cms |work=The Times of India | accessdate =16 January 2012}}</ref>
| [[Esha Gupta]], [[Gia Johnson|Gia Johnson-Singh]], [[Ashika Pratt]], [[Himarsha Venkatsamy]], [[Anjali Lavania]] and [[Sonali Raut]]
|-
! 2011
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Mauritius]]
| Fiona Thomas, [[Angela Jonsson]], [[Lisa Haydon]], [[Anjali Lavania]], Cherlotte Lohmann and Lisa Golden<ref>{{cite news | title = Reloaded: Kingfisher Calendar 2011 | date = 12 December 2011 | url = http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/gallery/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=4760561#image=1 | work = [[MSN.com]] | accessdate = 16 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111222074123/http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/gallery/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=4760561#image=1 | archive-date = 22 December 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
! 2012
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Negombo]], Sri Lanka
| [[Tina Desai]], [[Angela Jonsson]], Maia Haydon, Mimi Blix, [[Saiyami Kher]], and [[Nathalia Kaur]]<ref>{{cite news | first = Sanskrity | last = Sinha | title = Kingfisher Calendar 2012 Unveiled: Models' Exclusive Bikini Shots (PHOTOS) | date = 12 January 2012 | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280697/20120112/kingfisher-calendar-2012-unveiled-models-exclusive-bikini.htm | work = [[International Business Times]] | accessdate =16 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
! 2013
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[South Africa]]
| [[Kanishtha Dhankar]], Elena Fernandes, Nevena Pejatovic, [[Deborah Priya Henry|Priya Emmanuel]] and [[Kyra Dutt]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingfishercalendar.com/2013/ |title=Kingfisher Calendar 2013 |website=www.kingfishercalendar.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106193926/http://www.kingfishercalendar.com/2013/ |archive-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! 2014
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Boracay]], Philippines
| [[Nicole Faria]], [[Rochelle Rao]], Rikee Chatterjee, Ketheleno Kenze, [[Sobhita Dhulipala]] and [[Sahar Biniaz]]<ref name="kingfishercalendar">{{cite web|url=http://kingfishercalendar.com/2014/|title=#KFCalendar2014|publisher=kingfishercalendar.com|accessdate=24 July 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714081434/http://kingfishercalendar.com/2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
! 2015
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Turkey]]
| [[Sarah Jane Dias]], Keisha Lall, Dayana Erappa, Elena Fernandes and [[Aastha Pokharel]]<ref name="kingfishercalendar2">{{cite web|url=http://kingfishercalendar.com/2015/|title=#KFCalendar2015|publisher=kingfishercalendar.com|accessdate=24 July 2016|archive-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725121941/http://kingfishercalendar.com/2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! 2016
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Seychelles]]
| [[Aisha Sharma]], [[Aishwarya Sushmita]], Maya Hendricks, [[Noyonita Lodh]] and [[Sushrii Shreya Mishraa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kingfishercalendar.com/2016/|title=#KFCalendar2016|publisher=kingfishercalendar.com|accessdate=24 July 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714094127/http://kingfishercalendar.com/2016/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! 2017
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Mykonos]], Greece
| [[Vartika Singh]], Meenakshi Rathore, Dayana Erappa, [[Kanishtha Dhankar]], Alliny Gomes, Helena Gomes and [[Nora Fatehi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/lifestyle/kingfisher-calendar-2017-say-hello-to-these-sexy-af-bikini-hotties-1714083/|title=#KFCalendar2017|publisher=india.com|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
!2018
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] ||[[Croatia]]
| Priyanka Moodley, Ishika Sharma, Priyanka Karunakaran and Mitali Rannorey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kingfishercalendar.com/2018/|title=#KFCalendar2018|publisher=kingfishercalendar.com|accessdate=1 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106152926/http://kingfishercalendar.com/2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

!2019
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] ||[[Sardinia]], Italy
| [[Sushrii Shreya Mishraa]], [[Shubra Aiyappa]], Madusha Mayadunne and Diva Dhawan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kingfishercalendar.com/2019/|title=#KFCalendar2019|publisher=kingfishercalendar.com|accessdate=20 April 2019|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420175750/http://kingfishercalendar.com/2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!2020
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] ||[[Western Cape]], South Africa
| [[Aditi Arya]], [[Zoya Afroz]], [[Pooja Chopra]] and [[Aishwarya Sushmita]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
|-
!2021
| [[Atul Kasbekar]] || [[Kerala]], India
| Gehna Mahiarya, Krithika Babu, [[Adline Castelino]], Sumita Bhandari and [[Anukreethy Vas]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/behold-the-kingfisher-calendar-2021/20201229.htm | title = Behold! The Kingfisher Calendar 2021 | work = rediff.com | accessdate = 9 September 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt==
[[File:07 Nathalia Department - Flickr - rgvzoomin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Nathalia Kaur]], winner of the Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt 2012]]
The ''Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt,'' now known as ''Kingfisher Supermodels'' <ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|url=http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/kingfisher/|title=Kingfisher Supermodels 3|publisher=goodtimes.ndtv.com|accessdate=24 July 2016|archive-date=21 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721061305/http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/kingfisher|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an annual competition to select a model for the annual calendar. Started in 2010, the competition has been televised by [[NDTV Good Times]].<ref name=herald/> The format includes competing 10 women in a reality show across 13 episodes.<ref>[http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/kingfisher/default.aspx Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2012: Nathy ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215185210/http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/kingfisher/default.aspx |date=15 February 2012 }}, ''[[NDTV Good Times]]''. Retrieved 13 January 2012.</ref>

===Winners===

<ref name=hindu>Shalini Shah, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2740015.ece Sees, shoots and leaves], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 23 December 2011, Retrieved 12 January 2012.</ref>
* 2010 – [[Himarsha Venkatsamy]]<ref>{{cite news | title = llt | url = http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/NDTV-Show-Special.aspx?ID=411 | work = [[NDTV Good Times]] | accessdate = 13 January 2012 | archive-date = 24 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141024122446/http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/Ndtv-Show-Special.aspx?ID=411 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* 2011 – [[Angela Jonsson]]<ref name=ht>{{cite news|title=Angela Jonsson prefers good story over big names |date=7 December 2011 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Angela-Jonsson-prefers-good-story-over-big-names/Article1-779049.aspx |work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114165602/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Angela-Jonsson-prefers-good-story-over-big-names/Article1-779049.aspx |archivedate=14 January 2012 }}</ref>
* 2012 – [[Nathalia Kaur]]<ref name=herald>{{cite news | first = Nafeesah | last = Ahmed | title = Going for the kill | date = 8 January 2012 | url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/217424/going-kill.html |work=Deccan Herald | accessdate =13 January 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/photo/nathalia-pinheiro-kingfisher-calendar-girl-2012-nathalia-pinheiro-kingfisher-366852-2011-12-15 Kingfisher Calendar Girl], ''[[India Today]]'', Retrieved 13 January 2012.</ref>
* 2013 – Nevena Pejatovic
* 2014 – Ketholeno Kense
* 2015 – [[Aastha Pokharel]]
* 2016 – [[Aishwarya Sushmita]]

==In popular culture==
There is a 2015 Hindi film called [[Calendar Girls (2015 film)|''Calendar Girls'']] based on the Kingfisher Calendar phenomenon.

==See also==
*''[[India's Next Top Model]]''
*[[Pirelli Calendar]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Recurring events established in 2003]]
[[Category:Indian reality television series]]
[[Category:Modeling-themed reality television series]]
[[Category:Promotional calendars]]
[[Category:Published calendars]]
[[Category:Swimsuits]]

Kingfisher Calendar - Revision history

SaraD96423049267 at 21:06, 4 February 2026