Movie Review: Calendar Girls

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's women-centric film 'Calendar Girls' hit theatres on the occasion of Eid-ul Zuha. The film offers dollops of sex and sleaze while pretending to be on the side of victims of showbiz exploitation. In short, 'Calendar Girls' is a complete disaster. The screenplay is abominably vacuous, the dialogue is pathetically pedestrian, and the quality of the acting is cringingly substandard. There isn't a single saving grace in sight in this brainless two hour-plus ride. After Priyanka Chopra starrer 'Fashion' and 'Heroine' featuring Kareena Kapoor, Bhandarkar completes what could be described as a glamour industry trilogy with the starless Calendar Girls.