Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar 2010: Photographed in Maldives

The annual edition of the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar from flamboyant liquor baron, airline owner and F1 team owner Vijay Mallya is one of the most glamorous end-of-year publishing events in India.

Mumbai celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar has been shooting India’s hottest faces and bodies since 2003 (at least of those women whose families wouldn’t have a heart attack at the thought). It is widely perceived that you have made it as a model if you land this assignment — which is only slimly disguised code for “show me the door to Bollywood.”