With good reports coming from multiplexes and other theaters about Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion, the director is thrilled and excited.

“Thank you so much. I am so pleased that the audiences have loved my first big commercial film. Fashion is the biggest film of my career yet and the stakes were high. At the multiplexes across India, it is going super-strong and has also been critically acclaimed. I can’t ask for more,” he said.

‘Fashion’ is being hailed as Priyanka Chopra’s best ever performance. “Priyanka has herself stated in interviews that Fashion is her best ever role. I am sure the film will fetch her the Best Actress Award at the award functions next year. But I am also pleased with the way Kangna and Mugdha have performed. Credit has to be given to them too,” remarks Madhur.

Some critics have also criticized the film by saying that Madhur Bhandarkar films almost look like sequels to each other. But Bhandarkar clears the air, “From Chandni Bar to Page 3 to Corporate to Fashion, I have used a different premise in all my films. But because there are a few scenes, which look the same, critics think that all my films look the same. I love having competition with myself when I am compared with my own films. It’s better than be compared to any Hollywood film. Tomorrow if I put a camera in a bar, people will say it’s like Chandni Bar, if I put a camera on the streets, they’ll say it’s like Traffic Signal. So what do I do?”

Does Madhur really intend to make a sequel to Fashion? He states clearly, “People have always told me and have dropped in comments that I should make a sequel to Corporate, Page 3 and Chandni Bar but I am not so keen on making sequels as I like my films to end on a particular note. The sequel to Fashion is out of question.”

Madhur Bhandarkar has no complaints. “The kind of response I’ve got from the UK, US, Gulf and Australia is unbelievable. It feels great. This is the first time I’ve gone through a bigger spectrum. Never before I have got so much response to my films from these countries. Even the songs of Fashion are chartbusters in the U.K. People have accepted Fashion in the overseas and it makes me proud.”