12 Kannada Heroines in KSIC Calendar 2012:Cinejwala:

Highly reputed yesteryears and current heroines of Kannada cinema decked in Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Saree posed for the KSIC Calendar-2012. This calendar is poles apart compared to the Celebrity Cricket League 2012 calendar released in the last month. All the heroines look very traditional in this Karnataka state government calendar.

The idea of Kannada heroines in KSIC calendar came to Chairman of the board, Kannada producer Vijayakumar. He is known for lavish film starring Dr Vishnuvardhana, Bhanupriya -  ‘Simhadriya Simha’ producer Vijayakumar heading the KSIC as Chairman as he belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He pooled the veterans and current crops for the calendar for photo shoot a month back. The formal release of the KSIC calendar will be on Monday at Atria Hotel in Bengaluru.

The 12 heroines who have appeared with pure KSIC sarees are – Dr Bharathi Vishnuvardhana, Sumalatha Ambarish, Rakshita Prem, Thara Venu, Meena (South Indian actress), Meghana Raj (daughter of star couple Dr Sunder Raj and Pramila Joshai), Soundarya (daughter of Dr Jayamala) Sruthi Gowda, Sanjitha Shetty, Supriya and Megha.

Producer of Kannada films and Chairman of KSIC Vijayakumar says he has given order for 10000 calendars that will be officially released on Monday – 30th of January 2012.