Fashion is a 2008 Indian drama film directed and co-produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film's screenplay was co-written by Ajay Monga, Bhandarkar and Anuraadha Tewari, and principal photography occurred in Mumbai and Chandigarh. Its music was composed by Salim-Sulaiman and the songs' lyrics were written by Irfan Siddiqui and Sandeep Nath.
The film features Priyanka Chopra in the lead role as Meghna Mathur, an aspiring fashion model; it follows her transformation from small-town girl to supermodel, the Indian fashion industry and the careers of several other models. Fashion also explores feminism and female power in Indian fashion. The film also starred Kangna Ranaut, Mugdha Godse, Arjan Bajwa and Arbaaz Khan in supporting roles. The cast also features several professional fashion models playing themselves.
Development of the film began in 2006. The film's budget was ₹180 million (US$2.7 million); it opened on 29 October 2008 to positive reviews. Critics praised its screenplay, cinematography, music, direction and performances. It collected ₹600 million (US$9.1 million) at the box office and was commercial successful despite being a women-centric film with no male lead. Fashion was nominated for several awards. At the 54th Filmfare Awards, the film received seven nominations including Best Director and won two awards; Best Actress award for Chopra and Best Supporting Actress award for Ranaut. It also won Best Actress award for Chopra and Best Supporting Actress award for Ranaut at the 56th National Film Awards . Several publications listed Fashion as one of the "best women-centric films in Bollywood".
Cast Priyanka Chopra as Meghna Mathur, a small-town girl who becomes a successful model Kangna Ranaut as Shonali Gujral, a successful model who experiences a downfall Mugdha Godse as Janet Sequeira, a model Arjan Bajwa as Maanav, a struggling model who eventually becomes an established model Samir Soni as Rahul Arora, a designer Ashwin Mushran as Rohit Khanna, an aspiring designer Kitu Gidwani as Anisha Roy, head of modelling agency Panache Arbaaz Khan as Abhijit Sarin, a fashion tycoon Suchitra Pillai-Malik as Avantika Sarin, wife of Abhijit Sarin Rohit Roy as Kartik Suri, a photographer Raj Babbar as Meghna's father Kiran Juneja as Meghna's mother Chitrashi Rawat as Shomu Manini Mishra as Sheena Bajaj Harsh Chhaya as Vinay Khosla Konkona Sen Sharma (cameo) as herself Ranvir Shorey (cameo) as himself Wendell Rodricks (cameo) as himself Manish Malhotra (cameo) himself Karan Johar (cameo) as himself Madhur Bhandarkar (cameo) as himself Diandra Soares (cameo) as herself Kanishtha Dhankhar (cameo) as herself Aanchal Kumar (cameo) as herself Usha Bachchani as Sheetal Rakshanda Khan (cameo) as a reporter Rohit Verma as Viren (special appearance) Atul Kasbekar (Cameo) as a photographer
Awards and nominations Main article: List of accolades received by Fashion (film) Fashion received a number of awards and nominations in categories ranging from the film itself to its direction, screenplay, music and acting. At 56th National Film Awards, the film won two awards: Best Actress (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Ranaut).[73] The film received seven nominations at the 54th Filmfare Awards, including Best Director (Bhandarkar) and Best Screenplay and won the awards for Best Actress (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Ranaut).[74][75] It was nominated for six awards at the fourth Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards, winning three: Best Actress (Chopra), Best Supporting Actress (Ranaut) and Best Female Debut (Godse).
