Shahrukh Khan is a versatile actor and over the years he has proved his stardom right by giving us some of the best movie performances ever, be it My Name is Khan, Swadesh, DDLJ or Kal Ho Na Ho (to name a few). But in the past few years Bollywood has taken a turn towards money and star power driven movies with no genuine content at all and sadly Shahrukh was one of the culprits too. Movies like Happy New Year and Dilwale gave me migraine. I feel disappointed by such movies because of two reasons : 1. Unbearable story and acting and still they earn money. 2. A great actor who has done wonders like My name is Khan is wasting his talent in this pile of garbage. This is where FAN comes as a relief to me (at least) cuz it has both the content and the skills used right.
Shahrukh has displayed his acting genius in both the roles to almost perfection. You feel good after this performance whether you liked the movie or not. You can see in this movie why he is the King of Bollywood. Movie story is OK. It's just a fan chasing a star and then the star chasing the fan. So what makes this movie good is the execution. The direction, action choreography, editing everything is up to the mark. The action scenes are extremely good in the sense that they look real. Also, there is nothing over the top like normal Bollywood movies nowadays that you hit a guy and he flies away. One person hits the other and he gets hurt too (that's real life. Nobody is born martial arts specialist). THe chase scenes are exciting and down to earth too. I was really glad to see all this. AND THE BEST PART: It wasn't till after the movie was over and we were talking outside the theater when someone pointed out that there were no songs in the movie (I am sure you got that after shock too).
Now I'll come to the bad part. Starting with the small mistakes: - How on earth does Gaurav gets Aryan's personal no. every time! Be it London or Dubrovnik. - How bad is the personal security of such a big star that they are nowhere to be seen in the chase scenes helping Aryan! - The reactions of people to some pretty serious situations are not appropriate. (For instance, when Gaurav enters Aryan's house, Aryan arrives and guesses that something is wrong, but still in the next scene he is casually walking to his wife and the security is still non-responsive. He should have at least run to protect his wife and children). One more bad thing is there was no eye candy for the guys (No woman objectification! But why not! What a waste of time). ***I hope you get that it was sarcastic***
I have always been a fan of good movies and this definitely counts as a good movie. So I guess I am a fan of FAN. Thanks for the treat Shahrukh and I hope Bollywood gives us more of such gems.
Shahrukh has displayed his acting genius in both the roles to almost perfection. You feel good after this performance whether you liked the movie or not. You can see in this movie why he is the King of Bollywood. Movie story is OK. It's just a fan chasing a star and then the star chasing the fan. So what makes this movie good is the execution. The direction, action choreography, editing everything is up to the mark. The action scenes are extremely good in the sense that they look real. Also, there is nothing over the top like normal Bollywood movies nowadays that you hit a guy and he flies away. One person hits the other and he gets hurt too (that's real life. Nobody is born martial arts specialist). THe chase scenes are exciting and down to earth too. I was really glad to see all this. AND THE BEST PART: It wasn't till after the movie was over and we were talking outside the theater when someone pointed out that there were no songs in the movie (I am sure you got that after shock too).
Now I'll come to the bad part. Starting with the small mistakes: - How on earth does Gaurav gets Aryan's personal no. every time! Be it London or Dubrovnik. - How bad is the personal security of such a big star that they are nowhere to be seen in the chase scenes helping Aryan! - The reactions of people to some pretty serious situations are not appropriate. (For instance, when Gaurav enters Aryan's house, Aryan arrives and guesses that something is wrong, but still in the next scene he is casually walking to his wife and the security is still non-responsive. He should have at least run to protect his wife and children). One more bad thing is there was no eye candy for the guys (No woman objectification! But why not! What a waste of time). ***I hope you get that it was sarcastic***
I have always been a fan of good movies and this definitely counts as a good movie. So I guess I am a fan of FAN. Thanks for the treat Shahrukh and I hope Bollywood gives us more of such gems.