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Actors Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut in Fashion

Anyone who's had the opportunity to get an insight into the Indian fashion industry, knows that Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion, is nothing but an accumulation of sordid stereotypes, and everything that's murky, to present an industry that's said to be worth Rs 750 crore in 4 years. An industry that Madhur prefers to portray as constantly doped, high or climaxing.

How did you...
...manage to make Priyanka Chopra, one of the most photogenic faces in the industry, look tacky through 2 hours 45 minutes? We were impressed with the glitter on her eyelids, matte maroon lipstick and clownish blush in the first half of the film, attributing it to a realistic portrayal of the small town Cuticura make-up regime. But it didn't get better even when she transformed into a supermodel, except for one stray party scene where she thanks part-time lover Arbaaz Khan for paying the abortion clinic bill. Refer to Dostana promos for the "How-to-make-Priyanka-look-hot" guide, please.

Who told you...
...that the showstopper garment walks in at the start of a show? Let's do a simple exercise in
semantics. Show+stopper would have to refer to the garment that stops/ends a show. And so, by definition, it would have to be the last garment that's showcased.

Why did you...
...lie on a talkshow? While addressing audience queries together with Priyanka, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse, designer Narendra Kumar, adman Alyque Padamsee and former supermodel Shyamolie Varma, you claimed that not all designers are gay, and you haven't resorted to stereotypical portrayals. But your film introduces 4 main designers 3 male, 1 female. All three are gay, obnoxiously so. Yes, we have homosexual designers, just like we have homosexual admen, IT professionals and bankers. But they are not all limp-wristed panic attack sufferers who foam at the mouth when the media approaches them for a reaction to say, a wardrobe malfunction. Research should have revealed to you that veteran designer Rajesh Pratap Singh, whose show had a model's sleeve slip off, exposing her chest, was dignified as always when dealing with media calls at the time.

How did you...
...arrive at the arithmetic that one red-lipped magazine editor, a blonde designer and his squeeze, the suited owner of a modelling agency and his spaghetti-choli sporting wife make up row 1 at a fashion show? We usually have buyers from India and abroad, a band of over 10 influential fashion editors, students from
fashion design institutes, and moneyed customers constituting a full house.