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Originally posted by: srkjuhi

Can I just say those who are measuring this movie by BO's success don't get the purpose of it to be honest. Of course one wants it to do effing well. But a Swades despite not doing well at the BO , will always been remembered as one of the best movies of Shahrukh's career. The same goes for FAN. I hope it does great business, I hope it makes a lot of profit but if it doesn't , I won't be one bit disappointed that Shahrukh did this! I'm so freaking ecstatic about the fact that he chose this movie. The BO result , whatever it may end up being , whether it's good or not so good, won't change my view on how much I loved it. I hope Shahrukh continues to explore the actor in him because he's effing amazing!

but the thing is its not 2004 its2016
if u look at trend
nowdays only good movies do well
and srk was awesome
but 2nd half was average.
raja sen loved it
but other crtics like rajeev and anupama
gave 3 stars
so it does have flaws

Watching the movie today!! So incredibly excited!!🥳

Lol its a psychological thriller. This was expected.

Originally posted by: Aweeecute

but the thing is its not 2004 its2016
if u look at trend
nowdays only good movies do well
and srk was awesome
but 2nd half was average.
raja sen loved it
but other crtics like rajeev and anupama
gave 3 stars
so it does have flaws

Which movie doesn't have flaws? There's nothing like "perfection" out there. I just stated how I felt after watching it. For me it was flawless , for someone else it might not be and that's okay :) As for the BO , it's a niche film. It doesn't have all the trappings of a commercial movie.

Whoever is asking me anything...i m saying "TU NAHI SAMJHEGA"😆

Sanjay Jha @JhaSanjay

Why Shah Rukh Khan's performance in Fan is one of his finest ever

April 17, 2016, 08:33 AM

Shah Rukh Khan is one of India's greatest actors ever - no two ways about it. His fans swear by his genius-level acting skills, and even his harshest critics admit deep down that the man has brought a wide variety of characters to life, with conviction and grace. However, over the past few years, SRK has been associated with a coupled of films and performances that have left his admirers quite disappointed, and his detractors questioning his script choices and acting prowess.

However, with Fan, the supremely talented performer of old is back. In fact, when all's said and done, his dual act in Fan may just go down as one of his best ever. Here are ten reasons why we think that SRK's double-whammy as moviestar Aryan Khanna and his doppelganger Gaurav Chandna is also one of his most memorable performances ever:

He brilliantly induces Gaurav with wide-eye wonder and childlike innocence that every fan of any star would connect to.

Only to bring out a scary relentlessness in the character the very next moment, which makes you realize that Gaurav is more of an obsessed stalker than a star-struck fan.

SRK takes us through a range of emotions experienced by Gaurav, perfectly capturing his every mood, every heartbreak, and every moment of pain.

And, in doing so, he reminds all of us just how amazing of a dramatic actor he is.

It's the quintessential Shah Rukh Khan of old, playing a quintessential insane character in a captivating way that only he can.

And, then there's his other role of Aryan Khanna, which the actor plays with all the charm and magnetism that made us fall in love with him in the first place.

But, he also evokes a steely resolve and unconquerable spirit in Aryan that mirrors SRK's own qualities, which helped him scale his heights of stardom.

In typical SRK style, he plays off the rest of the cast without hogging the limelight from them.

The best aspect of Shah Rukh's dual act is in how he convinces us that the two central characters are completely different personalities, and yet have some startling similar traits.

In the end, we are transfixed with that same wide-eyed wonder that Gaurav has for him, and are reminded why we fell in love with SRK in the first place.

Image and Videos Courtesy: Yash Raj Films

Joy @Joydas

Fan: SRK returns to form

• Namrata Joshi

It's rarely that I have seen an audience step out of the theatre so sombrely after a Shah Rukh Khan movie. Perhaps in the mood and flow of the film which isn't quite as light-hearted and feel-good as SRK starrers are preordained to be. Fan is completely out of SRK's comfort zone. There is hardly any romance, not a single song, little to laugh about. Instead there is plenty of action, chases (on the walls of Mumbai buildings, Dubrovnik roofs and finally Delhi roads) and unbridled emotions of the very dark and serious kind - in a film that's all about a fan's pursuit of the star and then the star trying to hunt down the fan. And SRK takes a huge stride forward to make the twin roles of Gaurav Chanana and Aryan Khanna his very own in a way that you can't imagine anyone else quite fitting the bill.

Years ago, in an interview, SRK had told me, "I do walks for my films that nobody notices. This is the bane of my life. I do walks to prepare my characters and no one takes note of the ******* serious actor in me." Few would be able to ignore the serious actor in him in Fan. He goes method acting with Gaurav, gives him a distinct gait and mannerisms and the typically Dilli way of talking. He plays to the gallery with him, the underdog you keep rooting for despite his transgressions. It marks a return of the most beloved of his flawed personae of yore " Kabhi Haan Kabhie Naa, Yes Boss, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman " cast in a different, more devious Darr and Baazigar mould. The entire first half goes in setting up Gaurav, at times quite heavily and tediously so. But you still enjoy it all for what the film does with SRK's own 25-year-long stardom"how it creates a new entity of this Fan from bits and pieces of his own earlier avatars. No wonder then, the wistful channelling of SRK's journey as the star, complete with old clips, make perfect sense here. It doesn't irritate like the pointless homages and referencing some other recent YRF films have been prone to doing.

The makers very interestingly also play with the fans in the audience. There would anyhow be many who would travel w/t (without ticket) on a train to Mumbai and stay in room number 205 at Delight hotel in Charni Road and then soon realise the illusions and delusions that surrounds their love for a star. As Gaurav himself says: "Kitna bhi chilla lo awaaz jaati nahin us tak (However much you may scream, your voice won't reach him)." Isn't it SRK talking to his fans when he tells them that he is nothing without them and then again when he tells Gaurav to be more than just a fan?

Gaurav may hog the screen but for me Aryan Khanna, the star in descent (with a new guy Sid Kapoor on the rise), is perhaps even more interesting, both as a character and as the star that we have known SRK as lately. The plastic home, wife and kids notwithstanding there is a restlessness, an edginess, a certain dark sense of humour about Aryan, the star who hasn't quite faded but could be on the verge of imminent oblivion in the future. It rings a bell. The scene in which he finds himself alone in an auditorium which ideally should be full of fans tellingly captures the star at crossroads. In the figure of Aryan the film invokes a star in search of a reinvention while reinventing the star who plays the role, i.e. SRK himself.

While my stand on SRK is unequivocal, the reaction to the film remains conflicted " a bit like how the film ends. There is a sense of completion, of things coming a full circle and yet a feeling of loss. As though, something still remains amiss. The inexplicable extremities of the two characters, their egos and eccentricities, left me a bit incredulous as did the fact that no one intrudes in the conflict between the two (in fact the cops of both London and Mumbai don't care to listen to the star in trouble) and that Gaurav boldly manages to go wherever he wants to with no one stopping him. But then had there been more logic there would have been no film. There are loads of significant moments scattered all over the film, especially about the star-fan binary, which somehow doesn't come together well cohesively.

Having said that one thing is quite clear: SRK couldn't have found a better vehicle than Fan, both as an actor and as a celebration of the highs and the lows of his own stardom. A stardom whose enormity he'd himself find difficult to wrap around his head. As Gaurav tells him: "Rehn de. Tu nahin samjhega (Let it be, you won't understand)." Will stars ever understand their fandom? Not quite. Nor will some logical journalists like yours truly.

One last point. However much Maneesh Sharma may travel from Dilli to Mumbai, London and Dubrovnik, the Capital culture (West Delhi to be precise) firmly stays by his side and in his frames. It's in the lovely lingo ""one way wali girlfriend""in the nostalgia for watching films at Delite, Novelty, Golcha. Why, he even sets up Gaurav's shop in the same marketplace as the one shown in Band Baaja Baarat. No wonder this crib then " that Sohan Halwa from Ghantewala wasn't Sohan Halwa at all, it was actually Karachi Halwa.