Actor Mugdha Godse met Madhur Bhandarkar during the time he was making Traffic Signal and expressed her desire to work with him. However, things didn’t work out at that time. And when Fashion happened, Bhandarkar found the perfect girl for the role of Janet. Recalling how she came on board, Godse shares with us, “He with his team used to visit fashion shows to understand their workings and spend a lot of time backstage.
While it was “a bit scary” for Mugdha Godse, who herself was a top model, because the “film’s story was very close to reality”, she shares how shooting with the team made it a fun experience. “I remember shooting on my birthday and all of them celebrated it together. Priyanka got the cake and balloons.
Samir Soni played the character of Rahul Arora, a gay designer in the film, who also has a boyfriend. Soni recalls shooting a scene where he had to kiss the guy as he dropped him off the car and how it turned out to be one of the funniest memories from the film’s shoot. “My whole idea of doing the film was that I wanted to play Rahul’s character in a way that you forget his gay-ness. Because earlier, gay characters were shows in a very stereotypical way.
Soni goes on to share how changes were made eventually. “Madhur later tweaked the scene and I just had to give him a peck on the cheek.
