Esha reveals Mallya took ‘interest’ in calendar models

Vijay Mallya’s celebrated calendar was 1 of the boldest manner moves successful India. Launched successful 2003, the swimsuit calendar rapidly became the speech of the town. The yearly calendar featured Indian models successful stunning planetary locations and gave a caller fresh instrumentality connected glamour.

By the precocious 2000s, it had turned into a nationalist obsession. Models who appeared successful the calendar often went connected to go Bollywood stars. Big names similar Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Esha Gupta were each portion of it astatine 1 point.Esha Gupta opens up astir Mallya’s involvement successful modelsIn a caller chat with Siddharth Kannan, histrion Esha Gupta spoke astir her acquisition with the calendar and the parties that were reportedly hosted for the models. Siddharth said, “It was said that Vijay Mallya took a batch of involvement successful his Kingfisher models.”

To this, Esha rapidly agreed, saying, “Yes.”He went on, “He had a imaginativeness for them. There utilized to beryllium parties for the Kingfisher calendar models.” But Esha was speedy to clarify her ain involvement, saying, “I wasn’t 1 of those models.”When she was asked if she had attended immoderate of Mallya’s celebrated yacht parties, Esha said, “That I’ve ne'er attended. Na mujhe invitation aaya, to beryllium honest. I deliberation lone 1 enactment erstwhile I was invited to, but I wasn’t a exemplary backmost then.

I was invited done idiosyncratic other successful Delhi.”Vijay Mallya precocious opened up connected the sameWhile the calendar was known for its bold benignant and exotic photograph shoots, it besides became a level that introduced galore young models to the amusement industry. In an earlier interrogation with YouTuber Raj Shamani, Vijay Mallya himself spoke astir however helium picked the models featured successful the calendar.He said, “We chose the close girls, whether it was Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif. We had each the heroines and the stars connected the calendar astatine a younger age. We picked the close talent.”He besides denied immoderate idiosyncratic connections with the actresses featured successful the calendar, adding, “It was strictly to the calendar.”