Fashion (2008)

Director:

Madhur Bhandarkar

Writers:

Ajay Monga (story) and
Madhur Bhandarkar (story)

Release Date:

29 October 2008 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Set against the glittering backdrop of the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture fashion, this...

Plot Keywords:

Fashion | Premarital Sex | Sexual Favor | Wine | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Priyanka Chopra	...	Meghna Mathur
Kangana Ranaut	...	Shonali Gujral
Mugdha Godse	...	Janet Sequeira
Arbaaz Khan	...	Abhijeet Sarin
Arjan Bajwa	...	Manav Bhasin
Raj Babbar	...	Mathur
Kiran Juneja	...	Mrs. Mathur
Samir Soni	...	Rahul Aurora (as Sameer Soni)
Kitu Gidwani	...	Anisha Roy
Suchitra Pillai-Malik	...	Avantika A. Sarin
Harsh Chhaya	...	Vinay Khosla
Ashwin Mushran	...	Rohit Khanna
Pradeep Kharab	...	Mohsin Merchant (as Pradeep Kharb)
Rinku Patel	...	Leena Mehta
Chitrashi Rawat	...	Shomu

Runtime:

Canada:167 min (British Columbia)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Abrol Towers, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Bhandarkar Entertainment

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Madhur Bhandarkar]Plays himself as a movie director who "must be doing research for a real-life based movie". One of the models is shown passing a snide comment at him that he "won't leave even the fashion world alone."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Shonali's boyfriend is roughing around with Shonali on the stairs at the restaurant, he pushes her and her bag falls over the railing onto the floor all the way below. In the next shot, she is seen getting up and picking up her bag from one of the steps.

Soundtrack:

Jismo Ka Hai Yeh Jalwa

Watchable but not as hard-edged as expected

'Fashion' is consistently entertaining if not as hard-edged as Madhur Bhandarkar's earlier films. It's basically a star vehicle for Priyanka Chopra, who does well as a supermodel who makes an unlikely comeback. The film lacks inside information on the fashion industry and mostly restricts itself to catty remarks about designers stealing ideas. Most of the film deals with Priyankas's journey through the fashion world. Kangna Ranaut excels in her role as the reigning 'show-stopper' despite her awkward dialog delivery. The film does go on too long but remains watchable.

Overall 7/10