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Fan

  • 2016
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  • 2h 22m
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6.8/10
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Shah Rukh Khan in Fan (2016)
An Indian superstar becomes an unhealthy obsession for a Delhi-based fan.
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Gaurav's world revolves around the superstar Aryan Khanna. What happens when his passion turns into a dangerous obsession that crosses the fine line?Gaurav's world revolves around the superstar Aryan Khanna. What happens when his passion turns into a dangerous obsession that crosses the fine line?Gaurav's world revolves around the superstar Aryan Khanna. What happens when his passion turns into a dangerous obsession that crosses the fine line?

  • Director
    • Maneesh Sharma
  • Writers
    • Maneesh Sharma
    • Habib Faisal
    • Sharat Katariya
  • Stars
    • Shah Rukh Khan
    • Shriya Pilgaonkar
    • Sayani Gupta
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    52K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Maneesh Sharma
    • Writers
      • Maneesh Sharma
      • Habib Faisal
      • Sharat Katariya
    • Stars
      • Shah Rukh Khan
      • Shriya Pilgaonkar
      • Sayani Gupta
    • 363User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Shah Rukh Khan
    Shah Rukh Khan
    • Gaurav Chandna…
    Shriya Pilgaonkar
    Shriya Pilgaonkar
    • Neha
    Sayani Gupta
    Sayani Gupta
    • Aryan Khanna's Legal Advisor
    Waluscha De Sousa
    Waluscha De Sousa
    • Aryan Khanna's Wife
    Deepika Amin
    Deepika Amin
    • Gaurav's mother
    Yogendra Tikku
    Yogendra Tikku
    • Gaurav's Father
    Taher Shabbir
    Taher Shabbir
    • Sid Kapoor
    Farah Ahmed
    • Red Carpet Guest…
    Imtiaz Ahmed
    • Abru
    Usman Akram
    • Reporter
    Manoj Anand
    Manoj Anand
    • Red Carpet Guest…
    Anushka Arora
    • Red Carpet Guest…
    Robert-Anthony Artlett
    • Train Station Passenger
    Niranjan Asrani
    Niranjan Asrani
    • Indian Police Commissioner
    Mohit Bagri
    • Dhruv Khanna
    Helen Banks
    • Commuter
    Richard Banks
    Richard Banks
    • Police Officer
    Kishore Bhatt
    Kishore Bhatt
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      • Maneesh Sharma
    • Writers
      • Maneesh Sharma
      • Habib Faisal
      • Sharat Katariya
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    User reviews363

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    7adarshbohra69

    Mindblowing Acting By SRK

    After Watching This Movie,First Words Will Come out from your Mouth will be"Shahrukh me tera jabra Fan Ho Gya". This Movie Has A Uniuqe Drama with very different story along with fantafabulous acting Of The Shahrukh Khan in His role as Gaurav Specially. The Srk'Acting In The Film is what called the real acting and performance,i was speechless after watching Dedication Of SRK A 50 Year Actor Playing The Role of 21 Year Young Boy With That Level Of Energy. I Do Appreciate Manish Sharma The Director Of The Fan Movie & Excellent Screenplay from begging to end,tempo of the movie is well Maintained.Direction Was Fantastic In First Half,But Story Goes Little Off Plot In 2nd Half. Oscar Winning Wizard Greg Cannom (Hollywood's special makeup effects artist),and the rest of the team gave Their Best. Shahrukh Khan Has Shown Encyclopedia Of Acting,Srk's Acting in this Movie Is Jaw Dropping,It's Just Above The Common Man Imagination. I Watched A Bollywood Movie After Almost 2 Years And it was totally worth it,& I was compelled To come here and give Review Because In Bollywood You Don't't See This Type Of Acting Every Often So Guys Go And Must Watch This Movie.
    7vineettyagirikki

    Fan is SRK announcing he is still the King Khan

    Fan is a movie reminiscence of the Shah Rukh Khan the actor we lost to SRK the superstar. Fan is an ode to the initial acting talent of SRK we saw in Baazigar, Darr and Anjaam. Fan begins with introducing us to the beloved Gaurav Chandana, the West Delhi residence who is in love with Aryan (SRK Playing himself) since childhood. With the twist in tale that Gaurav looks similar to Aryan, For Gaurav Aryan is everything. He takes a special journey to meet with his beloved superstar only to find that he is not the only one in the list. Things get interesting when Gaurav feels betrayed and determined to teach a lesson to his God. The movie introduces some interesting aspects in terms of what it means to be a superstar and what it means to be a Fan. Gaurav is kind of an Anti-hero who is made to be loved, scared, loathed and disgusted by the director in various parts of the movie. Credit goes to SRK for his portrayal of Gaurav. He gets the mannerisms, body language, dialogues right. The initial scenes of Gaurav feels kind of over played but by the end of the movie, SRK gets Gaurav right. In fact in one of the subtle scenes in the movie, SRK acts a bit like Gaurav while speaking to a Police inspector. If it was intentional than well done SRK. Kudos goes to the director for keeping the movie songs free. He deserves 0.5 star extra for that. The movie is a thriller but seems kind of stretched over a period 140 minutes. The ending is melodramatic which puts me off but the director desperately tries to make us love Gaurav even though he is kind of annoying. Overall the effort is decent and SRK deserves some credit for Gaurav. He is certainly in contention for the 2016 filmfare but to be honest who cares. Please Watch Fan for if you want to remember when SRK used to act and not just play himself every time. It deserves 7.5 star from my side. If only the movie was edited a lot better and SRK showed some restrain with Gaurav it could have been his memorable performance. Alas it is not a Chak De or Pardes but it is SRK telling everyone he is still the king of acting.
    7koushikdas508

    A Triumph for SRK & Rejoice for FANs !!!

    Just when many of us started to think Mr. Shah Rukh Khan is gradually loosing his substance as an actor, he does a Comeback; a comeback with his unmatched acting abilities. And he picked up the right script to do it. After directing 3 youth-appealing romantic films, director Maneesh Sharma indeed gave Mr. Khan that scope to be self-indulged in the film which celebrates Khan's previous masterpieces. Being well supported by the supporting characters, KING KHAN has delivered his one of the best performances. It can never be easy to pull off double roles on screen but the way he maintained the balance between the two contradictory characters of Superstar Aryan Khanna & his hardcore fan Gaurav Chandna, it deserves a lot of appreciation. Despite being consisted of a great script, FAN is not deprived of loopholes. Climax seemed heart- rending but a bit unconvincing & irrational. But, the screenplay keeps the adrenaline pumping for most of the scenes in the movie. To be honest, the film gave few goosebumps & emotional touch at times as a SRK fanatic. The Background Music,Dialogues,Cinematography etc. are perfectly suited with the movie. The idea of a song-less film added more taste to the delicious dish. On a nutshell, Its surely a rejoice for celebrating the whole idea of FANaticism. Not only for the admirers of SRK but the movie 'FAN' is also a treat for every fanatic person,one who devoted to a particular persona from any field. It seemed good as a film but great as a SRK fan. And Mr. Khan aces his on-screen dual characters with ease. Thank You Shah Rukh Khan for gifting a worth-cherishing film after a long time.
    8quincytheodore

    A truly magnificent performance

    Shah Rukh Khan already has many roles under his belt, but this one might just surpass them all, playing as Aryan a super star like his own real life persona, and his own biggest fans Chandna. It's one of the performances that resonates in personal level, there are times that audience would believe he's two different persons.

    Chandna is a fan highly obsessed with his star Aryan, almost down to a fault. This may seem like harmless attachment, but after a certain incident, the fondness becomes volatile and it turns him against his own idol. The playful theme can be deceptively bizarre, but with more social media outreach, fan might just think they are actually connected to random stranger. It's shown here at its most extreme, though might be slightly exaggerated.

    Both setting and make-up enable SRK to deliver crisp and flashy scenes. The sight of London and Dubrovnik make for great scenery even when he simply traverses them, but the zenith is the performance as two characters side by side. The make-up does a good job on creating highly different visages, the rest is sheer acting prowess. Some of the action scenes are admittedly awkward, it's mostly a thriller but there are a few overly long chase sequences perhaps added just for the sake of more action.

    "Fan" is a tribute to one of the greatest actors in Bollywood. The acting is immensely appreciated whether one is a fan of Bollywood or not.
    7koustav_net

    The Movie which unearths the ACTOR SRK.....finally

    After a long time, finally a SRK movie that propelled me to take some time out and write up a post.

    To begin with, FAN, by no means is a perfect and flawless movie (more on that later), but what the movie has successfully achieved is to unearth the untapped ACTOR out from the catacombs of mediocrity that has thus hindered the transition of THE STAR to an ACTOR.

    Director Maneesh Sharma, who also claims to be a big SRK fan himself, surely knows that the general audience wants to see more than rhythmic extension of arms from the MAN who once gave extremely nuanced and balanced portrayals in Swades and CDI. And hereby comes the movie FAN which can be any actor's dream role. From an uncouth and lovable Gaurav Chandana to a shrewd, realistic Aryan Khanna, it was hard to imagine that the same actor did play both the characters and that too with so much attention to detail. There are quite a few scenes that leaves you in awe of the exemplary display of Acting and makes you wonder "where was this SRK hiding for so long?" Kudos to the Director for taking this bold step of making the movie without any songs, heroines or as a matter of fact any comic scenes as well. It is just one man show from beginning to end laced with some superlative performance.

    Now coming to the flip side, at least for me, are the 3 exceptionally well designed and seemingly never-ending chase sequences which somewhat dilutes the impact. But again I see others really praising those sequences (so it depends on the taste I assume). Another glaringly noticeable point is the contrastingly different approaches to handle the 1st and 2nd halves. In the first half, the makers tried to keep the narrative as much close to reality as possible but in the 2nd half, Maneesh Sharma played it to the gallery where logic takes a backseat, but the sequences concerned are certainly thrilling and creepy enough to keep you glued to your seats.

    Lastly the climax which might receive extreme opinions, but I personally loved the ending.

    To conclude, this is not one of the best performance of SRK, rather his career best performance. And the movie might not earn big bucks because of its dark, grim and creepy undertones but will surely earn the love of moviegoers.

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    • Trivia
      The first movie ever to be shot in the venue of Madam Tussaud's in London.
    • Goofs
      Gaurav's look is different in several scenes.
    • Quotes

      Gaurav Chandna: Forget it. You won't understand.

    • Crazy credits
      Before end credits roll, a montage of Gaurav's (Shahrukh Khan) memories are shown.
    • Connections
      Features Deewana (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Jabra Fan
      Written by Varun Grover

      Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani

      Performed by Nakash Aziz

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Hayran
    • Filming locations
      • Dubrovnik, Croatia(location)
    • Production companies
      • Redchillies.VFX
      • Yash Raj Films
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    • Budget
      • $15,670,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,300,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,382,871
      • Apr 17, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,240,000
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 22m(142 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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