National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, whose next, Calendar Girls, revolves around the lives of swimsuit models, will not feature any characters lighting up on screen.

The director, who had moved High Court to protest against incorporating the smoking disclaimer in his last film, Heroine, has decided to do away with the smoking scenes in this one. “There is no way he can show smoking scenes in the film without the mandatory disclaimer. He had shot 10-12 sequences with actresses puffing on a cigarette before he took this decision and has done away with them,“ a source close to the development told Mirror. Konkona Sen Sharma was seen smoking in Page 3, Priyanka Chopra in Fashion, Bipasha Basu in Corporate and Kareena Kapoor in Heroine. But in Calendar Girls, which is gearing up for a June release, even Suhel Seth, whose character is inspired by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, too will be seen without his trademark cigar. “But he will be seen with a drink in his hand most of the time,“ adds the source.

When contacted, Madhur said, “The disclaimers take the attention away from the drama on screen and are a distraction. So, I have decided against smoking scenes.“