Fashion (2008)

A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that there's a price for her glamorous new life.

Director:

Madhur Bhandarkar

Writers:

Ajay Monga (story and screenplay), Madhur Bhandarkar (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse

12 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Avantika A. Sarin (as Suchitra Pillai-Malik)
Harsh Chhaya	...	Vinay Khosla
Ashwin Mushran	...	Rohit Khanna
Pradeep Kharab	...	Mohsin Merchant (as Pradeep Kharb)
Rinku Patel	...	Leena Mehta
Chitrashi Rawat	...	Shomu

Storyline

Set against the glittering backdrop of the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture fashion, this is the story of a small town girl with big dreams. Meghna always knew she was meant to be famous, but she was about to find out the hard way that success came at a price. Fashion is the tale of what happens when the price of success becomes too much to pay

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Plot Keywords:

fashion | model | affair | price of fame | female protagonist | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Debut film of Mugdha Godse.

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Goofs

The headline in an English newspaper which shows Meghna Mathur is caught by cops for drunk driving shows the different news stating about the US raid in Afghanistan.

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Connections

Referenced in Talaash (2012)

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Soundtracks

Kuchh Khaas
Written by Irfan Siddiqui
Composed by Salim Merchant and Salim Merchant
Performed by Amyth, Neha Bhasin and Mohit Chauhan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Good but far too long

I hate when a good story line is stretched out to a point where it starts feeling painful. Sadly, Fashion is one of those films. It starts out well, absorbs you for one and a half hour , but after that the story gets far too complicated and loses it's charm.

Madhur Bhandarkar films have a lot of sadness attached to it. This one starts on a positive note but when the real Madhur Bhandarkar wakes up, it becomes a true sadist film. Meghna's life becomes more and more sad with each passing minute. I know it's about exploring the dark sides of modeling industry, but there was too much of sadness here. There was a comeback part as well, though.

I would have loved it if it ended under 2 hours and there was no need of dragging it to three more quarters.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 October 2008 (India)

Also Known As:

В плену у моды

Filming Locations:

Abrol Towers, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$105,812, 2 November 2008

Gross USA:

$191,442

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,658,713

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bhandarkar Entertainment, Grassroots Productions, TOABH Talent Management

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min 167 min (British Columbia)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1