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1997(1st) ~ 2024(28th)
Off the Fantastic
Madhur BHANDARKAR
India2008 160 min 35mm C Korean Premiere
Madhur BHANDARKAR"s Fashion deals with the reality of the fashion industry, with the main character Meghna leaving for Mumbai, determined to be a super model. Though off to a rocky start, she ultimately realizes her dream in the home of Bollywood. A standard girl-makes-it-in-the-city fare, Fashion succeeds the line of Showgirls, Flashdance, and Coyote Ugly, with differences being this one also focusing on the downside of such success. But as she plunges herself into the cruel reality of the industry, the plot disintegrates into another Cinderella story, lacking voyeuristic infiltration like the one presented in The Devil Wears Prada. (Picture Meghna drinking, smoking, doing drugs, and even going for an abortion.) But Fashion successfully resurrects the romantic disillusion lost in reality shows like Project Runway. Also entertaining are the sophisticated Bollywood visuals, interspersed throughout the movie like music videos. (KANG Yu Jung)