Rachana Dubey (BOMBAY TIMES; January 26, 2019)

Like every year, there’s much excitement about Dabboo Ratnani’s annual calendar. The 20th edition of the calendar will feature 12 top-of-the-line actors and actresses, each month of the year symbolised by two faces. BT got an exclusive sneak-peek into the calendar, which features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Kriti Sanon, Tiger Shroff, Farhan Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan, Shraddha Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham, Anushka Sharma and Sunny Leone.

Talking about the challenge of putting the calendar together, Dabboo says, “The pressure works, because it keeps me on my toes and I know that I have to wrap this up on time. The idea is to always outdo my previous work. It gets tougher when you have actors like Shah Rukh, Abhishek, Aishwarya and Amitabh Bachchan, who have featured in 18 of my calendars in the past. It keeps me thinking and all fired up.”