Fashion is one of Priyanka Chopra’s career-defining films, and yes, it’s a crowd favourite, for all the right reasons. And watching her talk about it, almost a decade and a half later, is truly joyous. Her phenomenal performance as Meghna Mathur was one for the books.
During her recent interview, the actor proved she does not shy away from sharing the limelight and went on to praise her co-star Kangana Ranaut.
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While speaking to Vogue about Madhur Bhandarkar’s 2008 film, Fashion, PeeCee revealed that there were about 110 outfits she wore in the film — something that not many people know.
“I had 120 or 110 costume changes in the film”“Fashion. This was 2008, around that time, and this is one of my first female-led movies. I had been in movies for like 4 years or something, so I was really nervous about it, I worked on it for like 6 months. My co-actors are Mugdha Godse and Kangana Ranaut, two really really prolific actors from India, and Kangana actually won a really prestigious award called the National Award with me for this movie. It was just a really life-changing movie and I had 120 or 110 costume changes in the film, because it was like the life of this model. I remember that it was really talked about, that I wore like 110 outfits in this movie, because it was ‘Fashion’.”
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Social media users got excited hearing PeeCee about one of her most beloved roles. “I miss pc in bollywood,” said a fan. Another netizen stated, “laut aao PC!” One comment read, “I see this and I suddenly miss watching her in Bollywood..,” while another shared, “Miss such actresses who could actually act.”
A social media user even stated, “Kuch bhi kaho lekin this lady is something else. Apne khud ke dam pe, She has achieved milestones which nepo babies don’t even dare to dream.”
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In the same chat, PeeCee went on to talk about her ‘desi girl’ tag that came from the Dostana song Desi Girl. “You know how in Hindi movies, we have dance songs. So this is one of the dance songs which was called Desi Girl. Desi means Indian and it says who’s the hottest girl in the world. The Indian girl,” she shared, adding how she’s known by the tag.
“I’m literally known by this name even now. People will write about it and call me the desi girl. This saree was a Manish Malhotra custom creation and it was like a grey silver and it was light chiffon and I remember feeling so breezy and sexy in it…”
