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Fashion (film)
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Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra
, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse
and Arjan Bajwa
. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion
, the movie depicts it through the protagonist's eye. Kangana plays a former supermodel who faces downfall and comes to the streets; though the story resembles the biography of Geetanjali Nagpal, the director has denied that it is based on her life story. Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut won awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2009 National Film Awards
for their roles.
) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai
and pursue her dream of becoming a supermodel. Against her dad's wishes, Meghna leaves her house with dreams in her eyes to strike it big in the modeling world. She experiences some major difficulties in her initial days auditioning several times but being rejected. But she gets a good helping hand with an old acquaintance, Rohit (Ashwin Mushran
), an aspiring gay designer who assists big shot designer Vinay Khosla (Harsh Chhaya). She keeps bumping into another struggling model, Maanav (Arjan Bajwa
) while making the rounds of modeling agencies for auditions.
She visits Rahul Arora's fashion show where she comes face-to-face with reality of the major people in the industry including the reigning supermodel Shonali Gujral (Kangana Ranaut). She is mocked by the show choreographer Christine and is advised to visit hotshot photographer Kartik (Rohit Roy
) for her portfolio. To pay Kartik's high fee she attends functions and even shoots for a lingerie
advertisement, all the while mentored by another smalltime model Janet (Mugdha Godse
). Subsequently, Meghana's lingerie pictures appear on the cover of a magazine found by her relatives. Meghna becomes good friends with Maanav and even starts sharing his apartment after she faces accommodation problems. Meghna is noticed by a top official Anisha Roy (Kitu Gidwani
) of a major modeling agency Panache who brings her to her boss, Abhijit Sarin’s (Arbaaz Khan) notice. Abhijit is impressed by her ambitious nature and go-getter attitude. Panache’s face is Shonali but though very successful, her drug abuse starts becoming a problem for her and subsequently for Panache. Abhijit decides to terminate Shonali’s contract and ropes in Meghna as Panache's new face. Shonali warns Meghna that she will lose herself just as she did.
Meghna becomes an overnight success which nips the budding relationship between her and Maanav. She also starts having an affair with Abhijit. Meanwhile, Janet grabs an opportunity of being designer Rahul Aurora's (Sameer Soni) showstopper. Rahul gets worried as his mother becomes increasingly doubtful of his sexual orientation and asks Janet to marry him though he tells her that his relation with his boyfriend will be compromised to some extent. Shonali, on other hand, has a wardrobe malfunction and her career ends. Her drug abuse gets worse and she lands up at a rehab centre. Meanwhile, Meghna becomes pregnant with Abhijit's child and reluctantly has an abortion due to the conditions in the contract. She tells about their relationship to Abhijit's wife and Abhijit terminates Meghna's contract with Panache.
An angered Meghna, unable to believe what happened, resorts to alcohol to relieve herself. She gets into a verbal fight with Janet and on the same night attends a rave party where under the influence of cocaine, she unknowingly ends up in bed with a black man. When she comes to her senses, she feels guilty of her act and realises how low she had fallen. She returns to her parents in Chandigarh.
Broken and depressed Meghna lives in Chandigarh for more than a year but she has lost all taste for life including her self-confidence. However, encouraged by her father, she goes back to Mumbai. There she befriends Janet again and models for Rohit's show. However, she freezes on stage and gets negative reviews from the whole industry and media. She visits Maanav to ask forgiveness and learns that he is engaged. Shonali is shown on TV as a highly disturbed alcoholic on the streets. Meghna brings her home and takes it as a challenge to rehabilitate Shonali. She also gets an offer from Rahul to be his showstopper and accepts. One day before the show, Shonali goes missing from Meghna's home. Just before Meghna is to walk the ramp, she gets a call from the police that Shonali has been found dead apparently from a drug overdose. Meghna becomes frigid with sadness, but overcomes the grief and walks on the ramp, which not only revives her career but also heals her self-esteem.
She ultimately acknowledges that her ensuing success is not due to her own efforts to revamp herself, but due to Shonali and Shonali alone, for she was the one who instilled once again her newly found self-confidence and gave her a self-recognition in this so-called glamorous world of fashion. Meghna hence gives up her drinking and smoking habits. The movie ends with Meghna walking the ramp in Paris
.
. It had an extremely good opening and most of the shows were a sellout. According to Delhi based distributor Joginder Mahajan "Both films are faring exceptionally well at the box office. Content wise, Fashion is for upper crust audiences and is attracting youngsters; Golmaal Returns is for the masses. However, as per the current statistics, the reaction for Fashion is going at around 70 percent, while Golmaal Returns has fallen to 50 percent. Stay wise, the former is a long-term movie and the initial reaction for it has been 100 per cent." In the end, Golmaal Returns came out to be the fifth highest grossing film of 2008 but Fashion was thirteenth.
Fashion recovered half of its costs - around Rs. 8.5 million - from in-film advertising through its sponsors and endorsements from brands like Lenovo, Sunsilk
, Reebok
and Kimaya even before it released. Box office India declared the film as average after it grossed Rs. 36,75,00,000.
and especially Kangna Ranaut
, for delivering remarkable performances as supermodels who lose everything in the world of fashion. Newcomer Mugdha Godse
was also credited for a confident debut.
Taran Adarsh
from indiaFM gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 rating, saying " Madhur Bhandarkar
, the undisputed king of realistic fares, comes up with yet another hard-hitting film that enlightens you, moves you, motivates and deflates you, even shocks and surprises you and of course, entertains you." He commented "Post Aitraaz
, Fashion is another medal that shines the brightest when you look at her (Priyanka's) body of work. But the real star is Kangna. Her role may not be as lengthy as that of Priyanka, but the actress pitches in an awesome performance. Her confidence at the very start is infectious and her overall performance deserves an ovation. Mugdha Godse is, again, supremely confident."
While Rajeev Masand
from CNN-IBN gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5, saying " Stop thinking of it as a realistic expose and treat it as just another masala potboiler and chances are you won’t complain. " He, in particular, praised Kitu Gidwani
's act as the tour de force performance in the film. Rajeev noted, "Priyanka Chopra turns in a respectable performance, one that will inevitably go down as her best. Ditto for Kangana Ranaut who plays the eccentric superdiva with such an awe and first-timer Mughda Ghodse invests such sincerity into her role..."
Subhash K. Jha called it a truly outstanding film and wrote, "Bhandarkar takes us through a labyrinth of emotions, some devastating in their gut-level directness. But at the end, we come away with a film that gives us something to hold on to permanently even as the characters on screen lose practically everything worth holding on to." Jha noted, "This is Priyanka's coming-of-age film. She looks like a zillion bucks. And acts like a woman who connects with the darkest, most desperate human emotions without wallowing in them. What Kangana does in Fashion, no other actress can do. But there're no surprises in her performance as she has done it before. Mugdha is the female discovery of the year. "
Nikhat Kazmi from The Times Of India
said "(in the movie) show stopper (read scene stealer) is crazy, kinky, Kangana who does an exquisite metamorphosis from a wispy, high-strung, nervous child-woman to a stunning ramp diva. Watch her handle her wardrobe malfunction, make faces at her nagging manager or exchange bitter workplace truths with rival Priyanka in the ladies' washroom and you'll realise she's perfected the Girl Interrupted act after similar roles in Woh Lamhe, Life in a Metro and Gangster. The men? No place for them, especially since the women completely overshadow them."
Indianinfo.com gave a glowing review for the film saying, "Bhandarkar takes us through a labyrinth of emotions, some devastating in their gut-level directness. But at the end, we come away with a film that gives us something to hold on to permanently even as the characters on screen lose practically everything worth holding on to. A truly outstanding film."
. The lyrics are by Sandeep Nath and Irfan Siddique. The music has been endorsed by Sunsilk
for their new advertisement and is promoting the movie.
carried on with their good form. A must listen for everyone."
Bollywood Hungama
was impressed and said "Fashion works in totality and while numbers like "Fashion Ka Jalwa", "Aashiyana" and "Kuch Khaas" are good in their own right. The cake is taken by the "Fashion - Theme" and "Mar Jawan" which are the pick of the lot. In his career so far, Madhur Bhandarkar's films haven't been known for their music, even though the albums of Corporate and Page 3 still saw some sales on the stands. However, Fashion is all set to break the jinx while turning out to be the first Madhur Bhandarkar film ever to boast of a truly mass as well as class appealing score."
ThaIndia
said "Composers Salim-Sulaiman
have created great music for the film Fashion and the success or failure of Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie at the box office wouldn’t change the fate of the album which beyond doubt is a commercial success."
Filmfare Awards
Star Screen Awards
Stardust Awards
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
and Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies...
. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
, the movie depicts it through the protagonist's eye. Kangana plays a former supermodel who faces downfall and comes to the streets; though the story resembles the biography of Geetanjali Nagpal, the director has denied that it is based on her life story. Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut won awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2009 National Film Awards
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
for their roles.
Plot
Aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and pursue her dream of becoming a supermodel. Against her dad's wishes, Meghna leaves her house with dreams in her eyes to strike it big in the modeling world. She experiences some major difficulties in her initial days auditioning several times but being rejected. But she gets a good helping hand with an old acquaintance, Rohit (Ashwin Mushran
Ashwin Mushran
Ashwin Mushran is a voice over artist and thespian who currently resides in Mumbai, India. He has appeared in numerous movies and plays. He is also featured in the Quick Gun Murugan movie, as Dr...
), an aspiring gay designer who assists big shot designer Vinay Khosla (Harsh Chhaya). She keeps bumping into another struggling model, Maanav (Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies...
) while making the rounds of modeling agencies for auditions.
She visits Rahul Arora's fashion show where she comes face-to-face with reality of the major people in the industry including the reigning supermodel Shonali Gujral (Kangana Ranaut). She is mocked by the show choreographer Christine and is advised to visit hotshot photographer Kartik (Rohit Roy
Rohit Roy
Rohit Roy is an Indian television star known for his role in Hindi television serials, such as Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Swabhimaan. Besides working in television series, Rohit has also acted in some of the Bollywood movies, such as Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena, Plan, etc...
) for her portfolio. To pay Kartik's high fee she attends functions and even shoots for a lingerie
Lingerie
Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...
advertisement, all the while mentored by another smalltime model Janet (Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
). Subsequently, Meghana's lingerie pictures appear on the cover of a magazine found by her relatives. Meghna becomes good friends with Maanav and even starts sharing his apartment after she faces accommodation problems. Meghna is noticed by a top official Anisha Roy (Kitu Gidwani
Kitu Gidwani
Kitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in some movies as well as serials in Indian television. She became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaimed for her roles in Dance of the Wind , Deepa Mehta's Earth , Govind...
) of a major modeling agency Panache who brings her to her boss, Abhijit Sarin’s (Arbaaz Khan) notice. Abhijit is impressed by her ambitious nature and go-getter attitude. Panache’s face is Shonali but though very successful, her drug abuse starts becoming a problem for her and subsequently for Panache. Abhijit decides to terminate Shonali’s contract and ropes in Meghna as Panache's new face. Shonali warns Meghna that she will lose herself just as she did.
Meghna becomes an overnight success which nips the budding relationship between her and Maanav. She also starts having an affair with Abhijit. Meanwhile, Janet grabs an opportunity of being designer Rahul Aurora's (Sameer Soni) showstopper. Rahul gets worried as his mother becomes increasingly doubtful of his sexual orientation and asks Janet to marry him though he tells her that his relation with his boyfriend will be compromised to some extent. Shonali, on other hand, has a wardrobe malfunction and her career ends. Her drug abuse gets worse and she lands up at a rehab centre. Meanwhile, Meghna becomes pregnant with Abhijit's child and reluctantly has an abortion due to the conditions in the contract. She tells about their relationship to Abhijit's wife and Abhijit terminates Meghna's contract with Panache.
An angered Meghna, unable to believe what happened, resorts to alcohol to relieve herself. She gets into a verbal fight with Janet and on the same night attends a rave party where under the influence of cocaine, she unknowingly ends up in bed with a black man. When she comes to her senses, she feels guilty of her act and realises how low she had fallen. She returns to her parents in Chandigarh.
Broken and depressed Meghna lives in Chandigarh for more than a year but she has lost all taste for life including her self-confidence. However, encouraged by her father, she goes back to Mumbai. There she befriends Janet again and models for Rohit's show. However, she freezes on stage and gets negative reviews from the whole industry and media. She visits Maanav to ask forgiveness and learns that he is engaged. Shonali is shown on TV as a highly disturbed alcoholic on the streets. Meghna brings her home and takes it as a challenge to rehabilitate Shonali. She also gets an offer from Rahul to be his showstopper and accepts. One day before the show, Shonali goes missing from Meghna's home. Just before Meghna is to walk the ramp, she gets a call from the police that Shonali has been found dead apparently from a drug overdose. Meghna becomes frigid with sadness, but overcomes the grief and walks on the ramp, which not only revives her career but also heals her self-esteem.
She ultimately acknowledges that her ensuing success is not due to her own efforts to revamp herself, but due to Shonali and Shonali alone, for she was the one who instilled once again her newly found self-confidence and gave her a self-recognition in this so-called glamorous world of fashion. Meghna hence gives up her drinking and smoking habits. The movie ends with Meghna walking the ramp in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Cast
- Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
as Meghna Mathur, a small town girl who becomes a very successful model - Kangana Ranaut as Shonali Gujral, a successful model who faces a downfall
- Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
as Janet Sequeira, a model - Arjan BajwaArjan BajwaArjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies...
as Maanav, a struggling model - Samir SoniSamir SoniSamir Soni is an Indian actor and a model who appears in Bollywood films.- Biography :Soni was born on 1970 to a Punjabi Hindu family in London, United Kingdom and attended school at St. Xavier's School, Delhi...
as Rahul Arora, a leading designer - Ashwin MushranAshwin MushranAshwin Mushran is a voice over artist and thespian who currently resides in Mumbai, India. He has appeared in numerous movies and plays. He is also featured in the Quick Gun Murugan movie, as Dr...
as Rohit Khanna, an aspiring designer - Kitu GidwaniKitu GidwaniKitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in some movies as well as serials in Indian television. She became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaimed for her roles in Dance of the Wind , Deepa Mehta's Earth , Govind...
as Anisha Roy, head of a top-notch modelling agency - Arbaaz Khan as Abhijit Sarin, a powerful fashion business tycoon
- Suchitra Pillai-MalikSuchitra Pillai-MalikSuchrita Pillai known simply as just Suchitra Pillai, is an Indian actress, model, anchor, and veejay. She was a graduate in electronic engineering, but chose modelling over engineering...
as Avantika Sarin, the wife of Abhijit Sarin - Rohit RoyRohit RoyRohit Roy is an Indian television star known for his role in Hindi television serials, such as Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Swabhimaan. Besides working in television series, Rohit has also acted in some of the Bollywood movies, such as Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena, Plan, etc...
as Kartik Suri, a photographer - Raj BabbarRaj BabbarRaj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...
as Meghna's father - Kiran JunejaKiran JunejaKiran Juneja/Kiran Joneja is a veteran Indian actress. She works in Hindi Cinema also called bollywood. She is second wife of famous filmmaker Ramesh Sippy. She hails from Punjabi Bagh area of New Delhi, India and her father was a doctor.-TV career:She started with modeling assignments for...
as Meghna's mother - Chitrashi RawatChitrashi RawatChitrashi Rawat is a state hockey player and an actress from India. She played the role of Komal Chautala, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the movie Chak De India. At age 17, Chitrashi played left striker in hockey for Uttarakhand state in India...
as Shomu - Manini Mishra as Sheena Bajaj
- Harsh Chhaya as Vinay Khosla
- Konkona Sen SharmaKonkona Sen SharmaKonkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.Making her...
in a cameo appearance playing herself - Ranvir ShoreyRanvir ShoreyRanvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ. Since making his debut in Ek Chotisi Love Story , he has starred in a number of high profile films such as Jism and Lakshya...
in a cameo appearance playing himself - Wendell RodricksWendell RodricksWendell Rodricks is a prominent fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. He has been listed among one of India's top ten designers. His work has involved a wide range of fashion—from lecturing on world costume history to fashion journalism and styling for international...
in a cameo appearance playing himself - Manish MalhotraManish MalhotraManish Malhotra is considered to be India's leading and most successful fashion designer.Manish Malhotra has designed for many leading actresses in Bollywood. He is known for his different style and his ability to envision a 'look' for the character. He is known for designing the costumes for...
in a cameo appearance playing himself - Karan JoharKaran JoharKaran Johar is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and Television host. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and Yash Johar. He is one of the most successful filmmakers in Bollywood. He is most known for directing and producing some of Bollywood's highest grossing films in India and the...
in a cameo appearance playing himself - Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
in a cameo appearance playing himself - Diandra in a cameo appearance playing herself
- Kanishtha Dhankhar in a cameo herself Model
- Aanchal Kumar in a cameo playing herself (Jalwa-fashion show)
- Usha Bachchani as Sheetal
- Rakshanda Khan in a cameo appearance as the reporter
- Rohit Verma as Viren (special appearance)
Box office reception
The movie released on 29 October 2008 with Golmaal ReturnsGolmaal Returns
Golmaal Returns is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film is a sequel to the 2006 film, Golmaal Fun Unlimited with Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles and Shreyas Talpade taking on the role originally played by Sharman Joshi. Kareena Kapoor,...
. It had an extremely good opening and most of the shows were a sellout. According to Delhi based distributor Joginder Mahajan "Both films are faring exceptionally well at the box office. Content wise, Fashion is for upper crust audiences and is attracting youngsters; Golmaal Returns is for the masses. However, as per the current statistics, the reaction for Fashion is going at around 70 percent, while Golmaal Returns has fallen to 50 percent. Stay wise, the former is a long-term movie and the initial reaction for it has been 100 per cent." In the end, Golmaal Returns came out to be the fifth highest grossing film of 2008 but Fashion was thirteenth.
Fashion recovered half of its costs - around Rs. 8.5 million - from in-film advertising through its sponsors and endorsements from brands like Lenovo, Sunsilk
Sunsilk
Sunsilk is a hair care brand, primarily aimed at women, produced by the Unilever group, which is now considered the world's leading company in hair conditioning and the second largest in shampoo. Sunsilk is Unilever’s leading hair care brand, and ranks as one of the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate's...
, Reebok
Reebok
Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
and Kimaya even before it released. Box office India declared the film as average after it grossed Rs. 36,75,00,000.
Critical reception
Critics praised Priyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
and especially Kangna Ranaut
Kangna Ranaut
Kangna Ranaut is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster. She won both a Filmfare and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a troubled model in Fashion .-Early life:Ranaut was born to...
, for delivering remarkable performances as supermodels who lose everything in the world of fashion. Newcomer Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse
Mugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
was also credited for a confident debut.
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst. He is also a former producer and screenwriter. He is the son of film director and producer, B.K. Adarsh....
from indiaFM gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 rating, saying " Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
, the undisputed king of realistic fares, comes up with yet another hard-hitting film that enlightens you, moves you, motivates and deflates you, even shocks and surprises you and of course, entertains you." He commented "Post Aitraaz
Aitraaz
Aitraaz is a 2004 Bollywood thriller film starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, directed by Abbas-Mustan. Chopra received the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her performance. This film was largely based on the 1994 Hollywood movie Disclosure...
, Fashion is another medal that shines the brightest when you look at her (Priyanka's) body of work. But the real star is Kangna. Her role may not be as lengthy as that of Priyanka, but the actress pitches in an awesome performance. Her confidence at the very start is infectious and her overall performance deserves an ovation. Mugdha Godse is, again, supremely confident."
While Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand is an Indian film critic and entertainment reporter for CNN-IBN. Masand started his career as an entertainment correspondent at the young age of 16...
from CNN-IBN gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5, saying " Stop thinking of it as a realistic expose and treat it as just another masala potboiler and chances are you won’t complain. " He, in particular, praised Kitu Gidwani
Kitu Gidwani
Kitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in some movies as well as serials in Indian television. She became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaimed for her roles in Dance of the Wind , Deepa Mehta's Earth , Govind...
's act as the tour de force performance in the film. Rajeev noted, "Priyanka Chopra turns in a respectable performance, one that will inevitably go down as her best. Ditto for Kangana Ranaut who plays the eccentric superdiva with such an awe and first-timer Mughda Ghodse invests such sincerity into her role..."
Subhash K. Jha called it a truly outstanding film and wrote, "Bhandarkar takes us through a labyrinth of emotions, some devastating in their gut-level directness. But at the end, we come away with a film that gives us something to hold on to permanently even as the characters on screen lose practically everything worth holding on to." Jha noted, "This is Priyanka's coming-of-age film. She looks like a zillion bucks. And acts like a woman who connects with the darkest, most desperate human emotions without wallowing in them. What Kangana does in Fashion, no other actress can do. But there're no surprises in her performance as she has done it before. Mugdha is the female discovery of the year. "
Nikhat Kazmi from The Times Of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
said "(in the movie) show stopper (read scene stealer) is crazy, kinky, Kangana who does an exquisite metamorphosis from a wispy, high-strung, nervous child-woman to a stunning ramp diva. Watch her handle her wardrobe malfunction, make faces at her nagging manager or exchange bitter workplace truths with rival Priyanka in the ladies' washroom and you'll realise she's perfected the Girl Interrupted act after similar roles in Woh Lamhe, Life in a Metro and Gangster. The men? No place for them, especially since the women completely overshadow them."
Indianinfo.com gave a glowing review for the film saying, "Bhandarkar takes us through a labyrinth of emotions, some devastating in their gut-level directness. But at the end, we come away with a film that gives us something to hold on to permanently even as the characters on screen lose practically everything worth holding on to. A truly outstanding film."
Music
The music is composed by Salim-SulaimanSalim-Sulaiman
Salim Merchant And Sulaiman Merchant are a musical duo of brothers, born and brought up in Bhuj, Kutch, India. They belong to Ismaili Muslim family and are inspired by their father Sadruddin Merchant, who used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra in India..Steeped in a family tradition of music as the...
. The lyrics are by Sandeep Nath and Irfan Siddique. The music has been endorsed by Sunsilk
Sunsilk
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for their new advertisement and is promoting the movie.
Reception
The album received positive reviews especially for songs like "Mar Jawan" and the main theme. The Newsdose.com said that "It’s an above average album with classics like "Mar Jawan" and Theme of Fashion. Madhur Bhandarkar finally get's a good soundtrack for his movie and Salim-SulaimanSalim-Sulaiman
Salim Merchant And Sulaiman Merchant are a musical duo of brothers, born and brought up in Bhuj, Kutch, India. They belong to Ismaili Muslim family and are inspired by their father Sadruddin Merchant, who used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra in India..Steeped in a family tradition of music as the...
carried on with their good form. A must listen for everyone."
Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama
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was impressed and said "Fashion works in totality and while numbers like "Fashion Ka Jalwa", "Aashiyana" and "Kuch Khaas" are good in their own right. The cake is taken by the "Fashion - Theme" and "Mar Jawan" which are the pick of the lot. In his career so far, Madhur Bhandarkar's films haven't been known for their music, even though the albums of Corporate and Page 3 still saw some sales on the stands. However, Fashion is all set to break the jinx while turning out to be the first Madhur Bhandarkar film ever to boast of a truly mass as well as class appealing score."
ThaIndia
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said "Composers Salim-Sulaiman
Salim-Sulaiman
Salim Merchant And Sulaiman Merchant are a musical duo of brothers, born and brought up in Bhuj, Kutch, India. They belong to Ismaili Muslim family and are inspired by their father Sadruddin Merchant, who used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra in India..Steeped in a family tradition of music as the...
have created great music for the film Fashion and the success or failure of Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie at the box office wouldn’t change the fate of the album which beyond doubt is a commercial success."
Track listing
| Song | Singer(s) | Notes | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fashion Ka Jalwa" | Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed... , Satya Hinduja & Robert Bob Omulo |
Picturised on Priyanka's Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film... first visit to a fashion show and Kangana's first appearance |
4:40 |
| "Mar Jawan" | Salim Merchant & Shruti Pathak Shruti Pathak Shruti Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian playback singer and lyricist working in Hindi films.With just one song, 'Mar Jawa', singer Shruti Pathak managed to grab the attention of Bollywood. Like the protagonist of the film Fashion, Shruti too has had to struggle her way into Bollywood... |
Picturised on Priyanka's first fashion show and Kangana's awe-inspiring walk | 3:59 |
| "Kuch Khaas" | Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan is an Indian pop and playback singer, most known for his romantic ballads. He started his career singing Indian pop songs with the band Silk Route, which released two albums, Boondein and Pehchan. The song "Dooba Dooba" became a rave in the Indipop music scene. However, the band... & Neha Bhasin Neha Bhasin Neha Bhasin is an Indian singer-songwriter, performer, and TV hostess and was a member of the Indian pop girl group Viva!.-Biography:Neha Bhasin was born on November 18, 1982 in Delhi in a Punjabi Khatri family, India to Ashok Bhasin and Rekha Bhasin and has an elder sister and a younger brother... |
Picturised on the moments of Priyanka and Arjan Bajwa Arjan Bajwa Arjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies... |
4:59 |
| "Aashiyana" | Salim Merchant | Picturised on Priyanka's rise to fame | 5:27 |
| "Fashion Ka Jalwa (Remix)" | Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed... , Satya Hinduja & Robert Bob Omulo |
Picturised on Priyanka in a club facing the downfall | 4:10 |
| "Mar Jawan (Remix)" | Salim Merchant & Shruti Pathak Shruti Pathak Shruti Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian playback singer and lyricist working in Hindi films.With just one song, 'Mar Jawa', singer Shruti Pathak managed to grab the attention of Bollywood. Like the protagonist of the film Fashion, Shruti too has had to struggle her way into Bollywood... |
Present as background score in the whole movie | 3:39 |
National Film Awards
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- Kangana Ranaut
Filmfare AwardsFilmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
- Best DirectorFilmfare Best Director AwardThe Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in the Hindi film Industry. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year.-Superlatives:...
- Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion... - Best Actress AwardFilmfare Best Actress AwardThe Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...
- Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film... - Best Supporting Actress AwardFilmfare Best Supporting Actress AwardThe Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
- Kangana Ranaut - Best Female Playback AwardFilmfare Best Female Playback AwardThe Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....
- Neha Bhasin - Best Female Playback AwardFilmfare Best Female Playback AwardThe Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....
- Shruti PathakShruti PathakShruti Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian playback singer and lyricist working in Hindi films.With just one song, 'Mar Jawa', singer Shruti Pathak managed to grab the attention of Bollywood. Like the protagonist of the film Fashion, Shruti too has had to struggle her way into Bollywood... - Best Female Debut AwardFilmfare Best Female Debut AwardThe Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a female actor in a debut role....
- Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition... - Best Screenplay AwardFilmfare Best Screenplay AwardThe Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.-Superlatives:Most AwardsSalim-Javed - 3Basu Chatterjee - 2Mani Ratnam - 2Vijay Tendulkar - 2Rajkumar Hirani - 2...
- Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari, Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
Star Screen AwardsStar Screen AwardsThe Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.- History :...
- Best Actress - Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
- Best Female Playback - Shruti PathakShruti PathakShruti Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian playback singer and lyricist working in Hindi films.With just one song, 'Mar Jawa', singer Shruti Pathak managed to grab the attention of Bollywood. Like the protagonist of the film Fashion, Shruti too has had to struggle her way into Bollywood...
For "Mar Jawaan" - Best Supporting Actress - Kangana Ranaut
- Best Supporting Actress - Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
- Best StoryStar Screen Award for Best StoryThe winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Story are listed below:-1990s:*1994 Krantiveer - K.K. Singh*1995 Param Vir Chakra - Ashok Kaul*1996 Maachis - Gulzar*1997 Virasat - Kamal Haasan*1998 Zakhm - Mahesh Bhatt...
- Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
, Ajay MongaAjay MongaAjay Monga is an Indian scriptwriter and film director. He has written films like Corporate which starred Bipasha Basu and Kay Kay Menon and Fashion both directed by Madhur Bhandarkar....
, Anuradha Tiwari
IIFA Awards
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- Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion... - Best Supporting ActressIIFA Best Supporting Actress AwardThe IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.The award is given in the current year but the actress who wins it is awarded for the previous year.The winners are listed below:-- See also :...
- Kangana Ranaut - Best StoryIIFA Best Story AwardThe IIFA Best Story is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.The winners are listed below:...
- Anuradha Tiwari, Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
, Ajay MongaAjay MongaAjay Monga is an Indian scriptwriter and film director. He has written films like Corporate which starred Bipasha Basu and Kay Kay Menon and Fashion both directed by Madhur Bhandarkar....
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- Best Supporting Actress - Kangana Ranaut
- Breakthrough Performance Male - Arjan BajwaArjan BajwaArjan Bajwa is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.-Background:Born and brought up in Delhi, His father was the Deputy Mayor of Delhi - S. S Bajwa and his mother is a homemaker. Arjan has a Graduation degree in Architecture. He used screen name Deepak for the Telugu movies...
- Breakthrough Performance Female - Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
- Best Film
- Best Director - Madhur BhandarkarMadhur BhandarkarMadhur Bhandarkar is a National Award-winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He is best known for his films such as Chandni Bar , Page 3 , Traffic Signal , and Fashion...
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- Best Supporting Actress - Kangana Ranaut
- Best Female Debut Award - Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...