Madhur Bhandarkar's effort at making movies about different, unexplored subjects is worthy of appreciation. A story about a model who struggles, rises to fame, becomes arrogant, sees the ugly side of the industry, makes mistakes, falls down the fame spiral and rises back up is a great idea. But the part where this movie disappointed was in it's execution. The lead character (Priyanka) comes across as foolish, arrogant, selfish and immature. Example: There is no reason why she argues with the designer who decides to make her the show-stopper. She gets into an affair with a married man with two children and what I really couldn't understand was what she expected from him. Love? She must've known it's not present even before she gets pregnant, yet begrudges him when he doesn't accept responsibility for the child. How she becomes easily arrogant and insults everyone, badmouths a fellow model and the way they react is all totally unconvincing. He decided to portray a gay couple which is great, but the way they one of them decides to get married for convincing his mother and the henceforth we always see always him with his 'wife'. Besides, if the industry is so cruel, how do her friends react so forgiving to her even when she spoils one of their shows. Then in the end she goes to a bar, gets drunk, and the next thing she sees, she's lying near an 'African' guy. It is highly offensive how she reacts to this and the way it was placed in the movie. Yet, one factor saving this movie from becoming worse, apart from the subject is the marvelous acting, especially from Kangana and from Priyanka. I had high hopes from the idea of the film, but it didn't quite live up to it.
Review of Fashion
