Calendar Girls Movie Reviews


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  • Bollywood Hungama News Network

    3.5

    Bollywood Hungama News Network | Bollywood Hungama

    CALENDAR GIRLS can be watched for its wholesome entertainment value, hard hitting drama and engaging narrative. Or like Madhur Bhandarkar himself would describe it in one word…. ‘Jalwa’!
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  • Shreya Thakur

    2.5

    Shreya Thakur | Deccan Chronicle

    Calendar Girls does not offer anything new content wise but is worth a watch, considering there’s not much to look forward to this week.
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  • Rashmi

    2.5

    Rashmi | TheWiire

    …has a very realistic story, however, the director fails to execute it perfectly. The movie is a one time watch.
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  • Sweta Kaushal

    2.0

    Sweta Kaushal | Hindustan Times

    Bhandarkar had a revealing, emotional and realistic story at hand; something that could have made for a compelling watch. The narration, bland and plain dialogues and bad acting (save for one or two actors), however, kills the experience. Yes, you won’t lose much even if you give a miss to this film.
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  • Shubha Shetty-Saha

    2.0

    Shubha Shetty-Saha | Mid Day

    What worked for Bhandarkar in 2005 in ‘Page 3’ can obviously not work in 2015 because he is unimaginatively and rather cockily serving us the same dish in a different plate.
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  • IndiaTvNews Reviewer

    2.0

    IndiaTvNews Reviewer | IndiaTvNews

    Every scene seems to have a distinctive Madhur Bhandarkar influence which, over repetitive representations, seem lacklustre and jaded with oft seen, stereotypical characterizations. This pales the viewing experience, this time over.
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  • Surabhi Redkar

    1.5

    Surabhi Redkar | Koimoi

    Calendar Girls is a complete let down on all fronts, acting, writing and direction. Nothing real or reel in this film is appealing…
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  • Troy Ribeiro

    1.5

    Troy Ribeiro | NowRunning

    At the end of “Calendar Girls”, the film simply states: “Life is all about the individual choices we make.”One wonders, if this is actually a warning message for those who intend to watch this film.
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  • Meeta Kabra

    1.5

    Meeta Kabra | Wogma

    I am a little surprised that the sleaze wasn’t as bad as I had expected and it was refreshing to see a Bhandarkar film without a stereotypical, gay fashion designer. Yet, it is always a mark against a film when you start talking about the things the film could’ve done wrong, but didn’t.
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  • Priyanka Prasad

    1.5

    Priyanka Prasad | FilmiBeat

    Calendar Girls is not a drama film but more of a sleazy, super hot but dusted and failed version of Fashion. No recommendation to watch but guys can surely have a good time watching the bikini bods on the big screen.
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  • FridayMoviez Reviewer

    1.5

    FridayMoviez Reviewer | FridayMoviez

    Madhur Bhandarkar fails to deliver this time as ‘Calendar Girls’ does not come anywhere close to his previous effort ‘Fashion’. Neither does the film boast of heavyweights like Priyanka or Kangana nor is the storyline quite as impressive. To sum it all up in one line, we would say ‘This Calendar is not “Haute” at all and the film makes for only a one time watch.
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  • Shubhra Gupta

    1.0

    Shubhra Gupta | Indian Express

    A hurried after-thought, which talks of how these girls are really, truly ‘proud achievers’, comes right in the end. And it’s just that, an after-thought. The rest of it exploits—smugly, tackily, uncomfortably explicitly—young women being exploited.
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  • Saibal Chatterjee

    1.0

    Saibal Chatterjee | NDTV

    Calendar Girls is only about sex and sleaze presented on the pretext of unravelling the decaying innards of Bollywood and the cricketing world.It talks incessantly and very loudly about spot-fixers, sex racketeers, cheating husbands, corporate loudmouths and builders seeking a toehold in showbiz but never makes any sense at all.
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  • Tushar Joshi

    1.0

    Tushar Joshi | DNA India

    Calendar Girls is Madhur Bhandarkar’s weakest attempt at trying to revisit his old formula and create something interesting. Stay away.
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  • Sonia Chopra

    1.0

    Sonia Chopra | Sify

    Whatever the twisted point of view is, it’s pretty bleak. And if you have such a pessimistic view of calendar girls, why make a film on them in the first place?
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  • Preeti Kulkarni

    0.5

    Preeti Kulkarni | Bollywood Life

    If Heroine was bad enough, this film is worse. The girls flit through the frame listlessly. They mouth hilarious dialogues and try to make sense through the wafer thin plot. So, after watching this film there is only one question which pops in my mind. Why, Madhur, for the love of God, would you dare to make such a film?Be wise. Give this film a miss.
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  • Raja Sen

    NR

    Raja Sen | Rediff

    It’s hard to believe Calendar Girls has been made by someone who makes films…
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  • Rachit Gupta

    NR

    Rachit Gupta | Filmfare

    Calendar Girls is more than a decent watch. It’s takes a frivolous subject and weaves an engaging story around it.
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  • Martin D'Souza

    NR

    Martin D'Souza | Glamsham

    Oh My God would be an apt description of this film. OMG is the most-used phrase in this film, if you would want to call it that. And OMG is what you keep mouthing as scene after silly scene unfolds on screen.
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  • Suprateek Chatterjee

    NR

    Suprateek Chatterjee | Huffingtonpost.in

    The biggest irony, of course, is that the movie is one long meta statement. As the story follows the predictable arc of the girls finding success only to face sexism, misogyny and betrayal at every corner, you realise with growing horror that Calendar Girls is also exactly that: an attempt at chixploitation in the garb of social-message filmmaking.
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  • Komal Nahta

    NR

    Komal Nahta | Komal Nahta's Blog

    Calender Girls is too ordinary and routine to stand out, that too, with an all-new lead cast. It may attract the audience in the initial weekend but sustaining at the cinemas is a far cry. Flop.
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  • Shilpa Jamkhandikar

    NR

    Shilpa Jamkhandikar | Reuters

    Bhandarkar’s stories might have had their showtime, but they’re passé now and “Calendar Girls” is an example of a film-maker who has run out of ideas.
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  • Anuj Kumar

    NR

    Anuj Kumar | The Hindu

    It is a glossier, more rounded version of that B-grade entertainment that is increasingly becoming synonymous with Bhandarkar. It will be able to titillate the target audience but as far as reality and expose are concerned, it is as shallow as the television debate that masquerades as badi behas in the film.
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