Fashion - Faux Pas. Review on Fashion

The reason I really wanted to see this movie is all because of Madhur Bhandarkar. In the past he has mesmerized the audience with the inside stories of high end celebrities or street smart bar dancers or the dirty drama that goes in the Corporate world or about Beggars networking in Traffic signal. These movies has given us insight in many lives. I am sure after watching Traffic signal most of us may have either started or stopped giving money to these beggars. He has a knack of captivating his audience and leaving a thgought provoking message. That’s the reason I wanted to see Fashion since it was one of the most awaited movies of this year.

However with all my enthusiasm of knowing the behind the scene of those dazzling ramp walks I was glued to my seat. As the movie

began unfolding each character and the story I was a little disappointed. Which

I will elborate more later. Fashion revolves around the struggling model Meghna

Mathur(Priyanka C) & Shonali Gujral the Supermodel (kangana Ranaut) and of

course Janet(Mughda Godse) a B class model. It starts from Chandigarh where

Meghna dreams of becoming a supermodel. She lands in Mumbai with nothing but

her dreams. Her father(Raj babbar) opposes her idea. Anyways once she lands in

Mumbai she meets with a a guy who is a gay and is working as an assistant to a

known Fashion Designer. This guy helps her throughout her struggle. Then the

actual struggle begins. And of course like Page 3 Madhur has shown the

importance of Networking, where Meghna goes to quite a big parties. She unravels

the truth behind the scene. People more than often wear their face mask to hide

the truth behind. Yet she stays focussed to reach her Supermodel status. She encounters

some good and some bad experience. Then we have Shonali (kangana) who is into

drugs she is the Show stopper for most of the Fashion shows. She has really

stereotyped herself I must say. Same crazy woman acting with heavy dose of

drugs. Comeon give her a break someone. She has projected the snobbish

character who doesn’t care for anything. Her love life is a waste, as usual in

most of her movies. There is this big Model agency by name of Panash owned by known

industrialist Arbaz khan and his wife. Arbaz falls for Meghna and this makes

Shonali out of their agency leaving Meghna as the super model. Then what Meghna

discovers her power and throws her tantrums everywhere(predictable). In her

arragance she turns her back to her old good friends loosing everything for

nothing worth. And then the dirty games begin. Madhur has shown few real

instances  or rather the ones media had

informed us all one was Carol Gracias dress malfunction & the other was a

famous model was found begging on the road, later her parents confessed that

she went missing and was taken to rehabilation. Then of course we have gay

fashion designers getting married to hide their trueself, to avoid society

pressure. How these struggling models are called for big parties and are paid

to just add glamour to these parties(eye candies).

Honestly while writing this review I realized what didn’t

impress me in this movie which is of course the story. It is so predictable

that it doesn’t make one sit and watch. Well atleast that happened with me. I did

expect a lot from this movie but they way Page 3 or Chandni bar was made, this

movie is nowhere close to it. Casting was ok, the actors would have still done

a better job. Somewhere I feel the direction wasn’t that great. Performance was

average. I did like 2 tracks from this movie out of one is the title track we

often see on music channels. Overall an average movie, story not so

captivating. It’s a one time watch movie.

Madhur Bhandarkar you would have still done a better

job.