Fan (2016 film)

Not to be confused with Fan (2007 film) or Fan film.

Fan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byManeesh Sharma
Written byScreenplay:
Habib Faisal
Dialogues:
Sharat Katariya
Story byManeesh Sharma
Produced byAditya Chopra
StarringShah Rukh Khan[1][2]
CinematographyManu Anand
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music byScore:
Andrea Guerra
Songs:
Vishal–Shekhar
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) (India)
Running time
138 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹85 crore (US$10 million)[4][5]
Box office₹188.4 crore (US$23 million)[6]

Fan is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[7][8] directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-written by Sharma and Habib Faisal. Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as filmstar Aryan Khanna (protagonist) and his obsessive fan Gaurav Chandna (antagonist), who looks just like him. Gaurav beats up a rival actor to appease Aryan, but is instead punished by his idol; heartbroken, the fan plans revenge. The film also has an ensemble supporting cast.

Sharma had originally conceived the idea of Fan in 2006 and recited the story to Chopra, who advised him against the challenging project for his directorial debut. In the same year, Yash Chopra read it to Shah Rukh, who expressed interest in being part of the project. The project was revived in late 2013, and Shah Rukh underwent 3D scanning in 2014. Principal photography began in July 2014 and was completed by November 2015. Fan was a songless film; a soundtrack album consisting of a marketing song in different languages was composed by Vishal–Shekhar and the original score was done by Andrea Guerra.

Fan was heavily marketed; after several delays, it was released internationally on 15 April 2016. The film opened to positive reviews from critics, who praised Shah Rukh's performance, visual effects and action sequences, with criticism focused on the editing and the loosely written script. Despite collecting ₹1.88 billion worldwide against a ₹1.20 billion, the film flopped in India. Outside India, the film did quite well at the box-office. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, Fan received the Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects.

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  2. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (15 April 2016). "Fan Cast & Crew – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ^ "FAN (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Fan - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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  6. ^ "Box Office: Worldwide Collections of Shah Rukh Khan's Fan". Bollywood Hungama. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Fan review – Bollywood icon chases himself around the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2016. Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan uncorks a wildly over-the-top Jekyll-and-Hyde dual turn in this exhausting, bizarre yet watchable action-thriller melodrama.
  8. ^ "Fan". Metacritic.