Priyanka Chopra World

Priyanka Chopra may be high on fashion these days, but the actress recently faced a wardrobe crisis in Abu Dhabi, UAE recently.

Says Priyanka, “I was in Abu Dhabi for the opening ceremony of the Middle East International Film Festival. Since I was representing India, I wanted to be seen in a sari,” But unfortunately for Priyanka, the blouse that went with the sari just wouldn’t fit her.

And true to her celebrity status, Priyanka did throw a royal fit once she returned to India. She gave her designer a major dressing down and even threatened to never work with him ever again.

Unlike most actresses, Priyanka doesn’t deny the incident. She says, “The blouse wouldn’t fit properly. But fortunately for me, I always carry a back-up. So I ended up wearing another dress instead of the sari. I feel sad that I couldn’t wear the sari because my sari-clad look in Dostana has been liked by many.

Priyanka’s sari in the song Desi girl from her upcoming film Dostana has been much talked about. Reveals Priyanka, “That sari is a Manish Malhotra creation. It’s a grey and silver sari.”

About her intimate scenes with Arjan Bajwa in Fashion, Priyanka says, “There are love scenes, but nothing so sensational. As for the film getting an A certificate, Life... In A Metro and Race got an A certificate too and they did well. As for me, well, this is my first ‘Adults’ film. After children’s films like Krrish and Drona I needed that! Fashion has some really intense scenes of drug abuse. Fashion is not kid stuff.”

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A lot of thought went into the styling of actress Priyanka Chopra in Madhur Bhandarkar’s upcoming film Fashion .

Priyanka’s character in the film is that of a small-town girl who comes to Mumbai to become a supermodel. Her character undergoes change from a gaudily dressed girl from Chandigarh to a budding model with a sophisticated fashion sense. Then, her character goes through personal crisis. For these sequences, she was given a neglected look. And finally, she overcomes her demons and emerges a supermodel.

Rita Dhody, Priyanka’s stylist in the film gave her as many as five different looks in keeping with the character throughout the course of the story.

"Initially, she (Priyanka) is shown as a very hep character with loud colours - everything is matching in her attire from the lipstick to nail polish to even her shoes. It's a very look-at-me look," Rita is quoted by a news agency.

"But when the first change occurs, the colour palette begins to change. Her make-up becomes light. Then, when she becomes a model and a supermodel, the contrasting change is very visible. When she starts losing it all, she becomes very edgy - everything from the colour palette to the make-up becomes softer to show she doesn't care any more about her looks before her resurrection takes place," says the stylist.

Rita, however, goes on to add that the changes in the styling of Priyanka’s character have been done in a seamless, subtle manner.

‘Fashion’ is Madhur Bhandarkar ’s attempt to expose the hidden face of the fashion industry. The movie also stars Kangana Ranaut , Mugdha Godse , Arjan Bajwa , Arbaaz Khan and Kitu Gidwani.

The film is set to release on October 29.

(With quotes from IANS)
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Priyanka Chopra's look in filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's much-awaited "Fashion" goes through five subtle but distinct phases, tracing her journey from Chandigarh to a top model in Mumbai.

"We followed the journey of Priyanka's character Meghna Mathur from the time she comes to Mumbai from Chandigarh to become a supermodel in five phases. It's a very natural, subtle progression," said Rita Dhody, who has done the styling for the movie, which is a take on India's fashion fraternity.

"Initially, she is shown as a very hep character with loud colours - everything is matching in her attire from the lipstick to nail polish to even her shoes. It's a very look-at-me look," Rita said, explaining Priyanka's character in 'Fashion'.

"But when the first change occurs, the colour palette begins to change - her make-up becomes light. Then, when she becomes a model and a supermodel, the contrasting change is very visible. When she starts losing it all, she becomes very edgy - everything from the colour palette to the make-up becomes softer to show she doesn't care any more about her looks before her resurrection takes place," the stylist told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.

Releasing Oct 29, 'Fashion' also stars Kangana Ranaut, debutante Mugdha Godse, Arbaaz Khan, Arjan Bajwa and many of the who's who of the fashion industry.

Rita, who runs a company, Ananda, which works on the embroidery silhouettes of international brands like Armani and Chanel, said the actors' look in the film is based on a classic approach on contemporary fashion and not any existing trend.

"It is very contemporary and a very much today's look, but my idea was to streamline and take it to the classic side than making it trend-based," she said.

Rita revealed that the styling for Kangana's character in 'Fashion' would make "audiences feel sorry for her".

"The movie begins with Kangana's look as a supermodel. She is very thin so we gave her short dresses with low necklines that wouldn't look vulgar as we wanted the image to stick to people's minds that she is a supermodel who is very comfortable with her body," she explained.

"We also used Kangana's hair in an exotic manner. We cut it short but kept her mop of curls to make her look more vulnerable when she loses it all. During that phase, she is also shown sporting long t-shirts that would make audiences feel sorry for her," Rita said.

Debutante Mugdha Godse, who plays a failed model, sports a great look.

"Mughda's look in the film is a fusion of rock and a grunge to give her the survivor look as a B-grade model who would do anything before we clean it up, making her more chic and glamorous. We gave her a little bikini top and a t-shirt slashed up like a choli (blouse). She also sports a pair of chains and ankle boots," she said.

"She's got a very tiny waist so we tried showing it. We gave her really low-waist trousers and a beautiful tattoo on the side of her hipbone. Her hair was cut short and infused with a strong essence of red in it," she added.

This is the first time Rita has done the styling for a film and she admits it wasn't an easy job.

"A lot of detailing went into the film from jewellery, clothes, colour, accessories to nail polish. We had to make sure that everything was in sync with the frame and complemented each other and for that we even worked on the junior artists. We wanted to make it look very authentic and real.

"We didn't try to sensationalise it by making it more bling or costume-based. I had to restrain myself from going overboard as Madhur can't take over the styling and there were huge time and budget constraints,{rsquo}{rsquo} said Rita, who has helped in positioning and building global brands like Dolce & Gabbana (D&G), Chloe, Stella McCartney and Fendi in India.

"We had 11 character-based ramp shows in the film as part of the story line that were very much thought about. There is also a lot of jeans and shirt that have been used in the movie to show the models in real life,{rsquo}{rsquo} she added.

Rita confessed that she is exhausted with her maiden venture and plans to "refresh" herself before signing on another project.

With boyfriend Harman Baweja busy with his shoot in Bangkok, Priyanka Chopra decided to wrap up all her pending work, pronto. And made herself ill.

On Wednesday, she wrapped up shooting only in the wee hours. By the time she was through, Piggy Chops was flushed and feverish. The thermo-meter read 103 degrees. Ominous! But did PC stop? No way!

She drove straight to another studio to redub portions of Fashion since some of her lines weren’t audible.. thanks to a technical glitch. After a series of duds, PC has her hopes hopes pinned on this Madhur Bhandarkar exposé and refuses to take even a day off from work.

Naturally, Harman is maha concerned about his Pranks’ failing health.. he’s on the phone a dozen times a day for hourly updates.

He insists she take better care of her health and even gives her a dressing down. Cho chweet, this Baweja bacha. No wonder PC is latoo over him.. even after that 5020 Love Story. Tsk tsk.

At the ongoing Middle East International Film Festival, Priyanka Chopra bonded well with Spanish star Antonio Bandares and his wife Melanie Griffith.

The Bollywood actress attended the festival in Dubai because her upcoming film Fashion was supposed to premiere there. However, because the post-production work wasn’t complete, the film could not feature at the fest but Priyanka was invited anyway. On the opening night of the festival, Priyanka walked the red carpet dressed in red gown with a beautiful diamond neck piece on her slender neck, and pin-up hairdo, giving her a chic and elegant look.

She got a chance to meet her Hollywood counterparts like Meg Ryan and Melanie Griffith.

In fact, Priyanka shared a good two hours with Hollywood's hot couple Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas.

“I did spend come time chatting with Antonio and his wife Melanie. We sat together at the opening. Antonio was extremely charming. He was familiar with the Bollywood film industry and the financial leaps it has made in recent years,” Priyanka is quoted by a news agency.

The actress is now back in Bollywood and looking forward to the release of her films ‘Fashion’ and Dostana .
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