Fashion is a 2008 Bollywood film, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.[2] The film has a massive star cast which include Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa.
CREW:
Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Written by Madhur Bhandarkar
Starring Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse, Samir Soni, Arbaaz Khan, Arjan Bajwa
Music by Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography Mahesh Limaye
Editing by Deven Murdeshwar
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
Release date(s) October 29 , 2008
Running time 135 Minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget 20 Crores
PLOT :
Fashion begins in Chandigarh, where aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai to her parents. While her dad (Raj Babbar) out rightly denies her permission, her mom (Kiran Juneja) is supportive. Against her dad’s wishes, Meghna leaves her house with dreams in her eyes to strike it big in the modeling world. But it is not a path of roses for her as she experiences some major difficulties in her initial days in Mumbai. But she gets a good helping hand with an old acquaintance, Rohit (Ashwin Mushran) an aspiring designer who assists big shot designer Rahul Arora (Sameer Soni). She keeps bumping into another struggling model, Maanav (Arjan) while making the rounds of modeling agencies for auditions.
Meghna becomes good friends with Maanav and even starts sharing his apartment after she faces accommodation problems. Meghna gets noticed by India’s top modeling agency Panache’s top official, Anisha Roy (Kitu) who brings her to Panache boss, Abhijit Sareen’s (Arbaaz) notice. Abhijit gets impressed by her ambitious nature and go getter attitude. Panache’s face is Shonali (Kangana) but though very successful, her drug habit starts becoming a problem for her and subsequently for Panache. Abhijit decides to terminate Shonali’s contract and ropes in Meghna in her place.
Soon, Meghna is everywhere – right from being the showstopper at the biggest fashion shows in town to fashion magazine covers to print ads to TV commercials. The overnight success spoils Meghna and the budding love relationship between her and Maanav also comes to an abrupt end. What happens after Meghna reaches the pinnacle of success in the modeling world and how her journey also invariably leads to the downfall of Shonali and what shocking things further await Meghna forms the rest of the film.
CAST :
Priyanka Chopra as a small town girl who becomes a leading model (Meghna Mathur).
Kangana Ranaut as a model who suffers a wordrobe mallfunction a la Carol Gracias (Shonali). Mugdha Godse as a model (Janet).
Arjan Bajwa as the leading man (opposite priyanka) with a dashing personality. (Maanav)
Samir Soni as a gay character (Rahul Arora)
Arbaaz Khan as a Powerful Business Tycoon (Abhijit Sarin)
Konkona Sen Sharma in a cameo appearance playing herself.
Ranvir Shorey in a cameo appearance playing himself.
Wendell Rodricks in a cameo appearance playing himself.
Manish Malhotra in a cameo appearance playing himself.
Karan Johar in a cameo appearance playing himself.
Madhur Bhandarkar in a cameo appearance playing himself.
Michele Renga Katrina... Katrina (Special Appearance)
Noleen Singh... Kareena (Special Appearance)
SYNOPSIS:
The journey of the rise and fall and phoenix like re-birth of India's number one Supermodel.
Set against the glittering backdrop of the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture fashion, this tells the story of one small town girl with a dream and the determination to make it a reality.
Meghna Mathur knew in her bones that she was meant to be famous. Ever ambitious and bright with stars in her eyes, even as a girl with conservative parents from a small north Indian town - she dared to dream of bright lights and the big city...
The world of fashion - the clothes, the colors, the make-up... all of these form a part of a fascinating world that Meghna longed to be a part of.
Meghna never wanted to compromise on anything on her journey to success - as she puts it - whoever said intelligent women couldn't be glamorous?
She reaches the peak of her success and rises to walk the ramps for leading designers across India.
The fashion world lies at her feet - the parties, the brand endorsements, the photographers, the models, the romance and of course - the shows, the shows, the shows!
However karma catches up with Meghna as she slowly starts to pay the price for her fame and her journey to the top.
Her attempt at a comeback was going to be a near impossibility...
However she was never a woman to turn away from a challenge...
"Fashion" explores the world of style through the emotional personal journeys of the key people that make the industry - the dream-weavers of that elaborate world of glamour: the models, designers, photographers, businessmen, agencies etc.
