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For Adarsh ​​Gunduraj, Calendar began with a simple, familiar image. “We look at a calendar every day,” he says, ahead of the film’s release on Friday. “We mark dates, plan things. But there are also phases when time feels slow, when a day doesn’t pass easily. That thought stayed with me.” After Swartha RatnaAdarsh, the actor and producer, takes a different turn with Calendarwhich is directed by Naveen Shakthi, the story is built around women and a subject he believes is often spoken about in private, not in cinema. He stops short of naming it directly, but indicates that a medical aspect drives the narrative.

“The film revolves around an experience common to women, yet seldom explored on screen,” he says, and further adds, “This is not about money or independence. It’s about something most women go through, no matter where they are from. Background doesn’t change that. Everyone is born to a mother, and men grow up around women. So it’s not limited to one section of the audience.”