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New film exposes India’s fashion world
more an more fuss from “fashion” 
A new Bollywood film takes a long hard look at India’s fashion industry, putting the spotlight on its underbelly of drug abuse, depression and politics at a time when haute couture is making inroads into middle-class homes.
Fashion, which opens in cinemas on Wednesday, comes close on the heels of three high-profile fashion expos in New Delhi and Mumbai, in two weeks that have seen the country’s media obsessed over post-show parties hosted by India’s top designers.
Director Madhur Bhandarkar, an award-winning Bollywood filmmaker who created some of the most memorable female protagonists of Indian cinema, said he hoped to give Indians an intimate, fly-on-the-wall look into the corridors of fashion.
“Two years ago, a common man on the streets in India wouldn’t have cared about models and brands and ramp shows,” Bhandarkar told Reuters. “Suddenly, fashion has entered our lives like never before.”
India’s fashion industry has raised its global profile, following a rise in disposable incomes, victories by Indian beauty queens at international pageants and a multitude of fashion events.
3 comments November 4, 2008
I wear 137 costumes in ‘Fashion’: Priyanka Chopra
quite impressive interview
In Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion”, actress Priyanka Chopra will be seen in an unbelievable 137 outfits in the film!Priyanka plays a small-town girl, Meghna Mathur, who goes on to become a supermodel in Mumbai. The dresses support the five subtle but distinct phases her character goes through in the film.
“I wear 137 costumes in ‘Fashion’, and it was required as my character goes through a huge journey in one-and-a-half years. And we had a lot of montages in the film, a lot of ad commercials and of course fashion shows, which is why the requirement of costumes was so high for my character,” Priyanka told IANS in an interview.
Priyanka is seen flaunting a range of clothes from designer wear, while sashaying down the ramp, to t-shirts and jeans while portraying a model’s normal life.
Throwing light on her different looks in the film, she said: “There are five changes that happen to my character in the film. When she comes from Chandigarh, she has a little bit of a small-town kind of styling, then she becomes a model… a little more polished. She then becomes very stylish and then a supermodel.
“When she loses her head, she becomes very arrogant and her make-up becomes darker and a lot more edgy. Then during her downfall, I am devoid of make- up. The resurrection portion is softer because she is scared and broken while trying to regain her self-confidence. We tried all those looks to keep different so that the character’s journey looks seamless through the film.”
Add comment October 29, 2008
Bollywood film offers peek into India fashion trade
more side aspects of fashion 
A new Bollywood film takes a long hard look at India’s fashion industry, putting the spotlight on its underbelly of drug abuse, depression and politics at a time when haute couture is making inroads into middle-class homes.
“Fashion,” which opens in cinemas on Wednesday, comes close on the heels of three high-profile fashion expos in New Delhi and Mumbai, in a fortnight that has seen the country’s media obsessed over post-show parties hosted by India’s top designers.
Director Madhur Bhandarkar, an award-winning Bollywood filmmaker who created some of the most memorable woman protagonists of Indian cinema, said he hoped to give Indians an intimate, fly-on-the-wall look into the corridors of fashion.
“Two years ago, a common man on the streets in India wouldn’t have cared about models and brands and ramp shows,” Bhandarkar told Reuters in an interview. “Suddenly, fashion has entered our lives like never before.”
India’s fashion industry has raised its global profile, following a rise in disposable incomes, victories by Indian beauty queens at international pageants and a multitude of fashion events.
Add comment October 28, 2008
Fashion to premiere in Dubai
I´d love to see a premiere in Europe…
Madhur Bhandarkar’s much hyped Fashion based on the glamorous fashion world is all set to have a grand premiere in Dubai. Madhur will take the entire cast of the film to Dubai for the grand event.
Said an excited Madhur, “We are having a premiere in Dubai as it is Diwali time in India. People will be busy with the celebrations here.”
This is not the first time that Madhur is taking his film to Dubai. Even when Corporate was about to release, Bipasha Basu was promoting it on the finals of the Zee Tv show Sa Re Ga Ma in Dubai.
Add comment October 27, 2008
India:Bhandarkar drops gay kiss from Fashion
The censors had their say…
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has dropped a gay kissing scene between actors Samir Soni and Anil Kumar from his forthcoming film Fashion before it went to the censor board. He, however, plans to restore it on DVD.
“What a beautifully-shot scene of intimacy it is between Samir and Anil. You forget their gender. They’re just two people in love expressing their feelings,” said Bhandarkar.
“I took it out before taking it to the censor board. I thought portraying a homosexual couple was bold enough. The kiss would have been too much. But now I’m planning to restore it on the DVD,” the director said.
The film, which also stars Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa, is releasing Oct 29.
Samir, best remembered as Amitabh Bachchan’s ungrateful son in Baghban, says he didn’t face any nervousness or inhibition while doing it.
“Anil was more nervous than I could ever be. I wasn’t nervous or anxious at all. Why should I be? I think too much hoo-ha is made in our country about sexual orientation. Isn’t there enough violence and unrest being created against minority groups on the basis of religion? Do we need to get all heated up about what two grown-up men do in privacy?” he asked.
The gay kiss in Fashion happens in the car. “It’s a very natural moment between two people in love. And I didn’t have a moment’s hesitation in doing it. Why should I? I don’t have a girlfriend to be answerable to. I did think, ‘Oh my god, what will my parents say?’ But it’s not me, it’s my character kissing the person he loves.
Add comment October 25, 2008
India:Delhi Commission for Women summons Bhandarkar over Fashion
What do you think? Is this neccesary ?
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has summoned filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar after Kangana Ranaut claimed in an interview that she is portraying the role of former model Gitanjali Nagpal in Bhandarkar’s latest, Fashion . Former model Nagpal was found begging on the streets of south Delhi last year.
Bhandarkar has been asked to personally appear before the commission on October 27 for a preview of Fashion before the members of the commission. The film is due for national release next Friday.
The Delhi Commission for Women has strong reservations on the release of the film. The commission claims the director and producer of the film did not seek the prior permission of DCW, before using Gitanjali’s life as a plot in the film.
Barkha Singh, chairperson, DCW told TOI, “Gitanjali is currently staying with her mother and aunt in Haridwar and still recovering from the mental breakdown she went through. The commission had taken her under its wing and will not allow anyone to exploit her name or life without her consent.
The actress Kangana Ranaut has claimed that her character is inspired by Gitanjali’s life and the name of the character is also Gitu. Everyone knows Gitu is Gitanjali’s nick name.”
Add comment October 25, 2008
Fashion on canvas
nice paintings!
Ex-Miss India and Delhi-based artist Anjanna Kuthiala has gone fashionable this time in her continuing association with
Portions of the larger painting that Anjanna has made of the three actresses in FashionBollywood.
The lady has painted the Fashion girls – Kangna Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse – as she sees them, on a 6X4 canvas, which will be unveiled around the release date of the movie. The event is slated for tomorrow in Mumbai, and for the 27th in Delhi, where the cast and crew of the movie will be present.
“Madhur (Bhandarkar, the director of Fashion) is a dear friend and considers me family. He’s been there for nearly six-seven exhibitions of mine, sometimes flying down from Mumbai to Delhi just for my show. So this is my way of paying tribute to Madhur,” says Anjanna. “If I paint women on my canvas, he does that in cinema. He’s among the few directors with the guts to make women-oriented films, and they’re not typical commercial cinema, but they do well. So this is his film, on my canvas,” she says.
Add comment October 24, 2008
“People who’ve seen Fashion have told me that it’s my best work till now” – Madhur Bhandarkar
a quite entertaining interview with Madhur Bhandarkar !
After making films for nearly a decade, Madhur Bhandarkar shows no sign of losing any of the raw intelligence, energy and vitality that have made him a continuing force in the Indian cinema. He has achieved notable success in all his films because he knew what he wanted and showed an adventurous spirit in going out and getting it. For the majority of his films, he lets the simple, resonant situations play out, eliciting excellent performances from his actors, right from Chandni Bar to Satta to Page 3 and Corporate. Picking a favourite Madhur Bhandarkar film can be a tough challenge. They are all so uniformly excellent, moving, hard hitting and honest. As a director he has the confidence, generosity, and intelligence to allow his actor and the characters they play, the freedom to truly reveal themselves on screen. With his new film Fashion, he reveals the entire Fashion Industry in front of you, right from what the models go through, their turmoil, their morals, their aspirations and their sacrifices. And of course, with Madhur behind the camera, you can expect much more. In this Bollywood Hungama exclusive, the director talks to our London correspondent Devansh Patel and gets Fashion-conscious.
First things first! Will Fashion be your fourth National Award winning film?
What a way to start this interview (laughs). I am really keeping my fingers crossed because some of the people who’ve seen the movie have told me that Fashion is my best work till now. I believe in making the film and leaving it to the audiences and the critics to decide whether it’ll work or not. I have done a good job and am waiting for 29th October, the Diwali day which is an auspicious day to release any film. Hope it works.
People who’ve seen the movie have told me that Fashion is my best work till now
It means that it’ll be a very fashionable Diwali, isn’t it?
(laughs) Absolutely fashionable. I am really happy that the movie is releasing on this day because every time I’ve made a film, I wanted to release it during Diwali and that day has come. I am so happy and excited to see the kind of buzz and enthusiasm the movie is generating in India and abroad among the audiences, exhibitors, etc. The songs have also really picked up quite well too, especially, ‘Jalwa‘ and ‘Mar Jawa‘.Mr. Ram Gopal Varma said that the only film he is looking forward to after string of flops is Fashion. He also went on to say that the content of Fashion will be pretty interesting. Any comments?
It’s really great, in fact, I just spoke to him this afternoon and he was really looking forward to Fashion. He can’t wait to see the film. He sent me an sms saying that the promos are also looking stunning. For me personally, it’s really nice because I’ve worked with Mr Varma for couple of years and I’ve learnt a lot from him as far as filmmaking is concerned. He has this gut feeling about movies and when he says that the film will work, it does work.
1 comment October 21, 2008
India:Priyanka’s look in ‘Fashion’ goes through five phases
more details from “fashion”
Priyanka Chopra’s look in filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar’s much-awaited “Fashion” goes through five subtle but distinct phases, tracing her journey from Chandigarh to a top model in Mumbai.
“We followed the journey of Priyanka’s character Meghna Mathur from the time she comes to Mumbai from Chandigarh to become a supermodel in five phases. It’s a very natural, subtle progression,” said Rita Dhody, who has done the styling for the movie, which is a take on India’s fashion fraternity.
“Initially, she is shown as a very hep character with loud colours – everything is matching in her attire from the lipstick to nail polish to even her shoes. It’s a very look-at-me look,” Rita said, explaining Priyanka’s character in ‘Fashion’.
“But when the first change occurs, the colour palette begins to change – her make-up becomes light. Then, when she becomes a model and a supermodel, the contrasting change is very visible. When she starts losing it all, she becomes very edgy – everything from the colour palette to the make-up becomes softer to show she doesn’t care any more about her looks before her resurrection takes place,” the stylist told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.
Releasing Oct 29, ‘Fashion’ also stars Kangana Ranaut, debutante Mugdha Godse, Arbaaz Khan, Arjan Bajwa and many of the who’s who of the fashion industry.
Rita, who runs a company, Ananda, which works on the embroidery silhouettes of international brands like Armani and Chanel, said the actors’ look in the film is based on a classic approach on contemporary fashion and not any existing trend.
3 comments October 19, 2008
India:Fashion, a sneak preview
the first promotional pictures…
After tasting success in Page 3, Corporate and Traffic Signal, director Madhur Bhandarkar is back with Fashion. The film will focus on the behind the scenes happening in the fashion industry. The film stars, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Mughda Godse. Priyanka plays the role of Meghna Mathur, a small town girl who aspires to be a part of the fashion world. She knows what it takes to become a supermodel and will pursue it to the ends of the earth.
Also Watch: How Priyanka, Kangana became supermodels
Add comment October 16, 2008
