Apr 16, 2016 12:50 PM
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So, understanding a Gaurav Chanana(Shah Rukh Khan) from Inder Nagar, Delhi, who eats, breathes, lives superstar Aryan Khanna(Shah Rukh, again), can be a Herculean task. This drunk-on-Aryan 25-year-old runs a cyber cafe and has as the sole purpose of his life meeting Aryan Khanna, the'AK Senior' to Gaurav's'Junior'. He's not a spitting image of Aryan, but passes off as the colony's AK during the local'Sitara' competitions. So far, so good.
Gaurav wins the competition and a cash prize of Rs 20, 000. He wants to go meet his superstar and dedicate the trophy to him on the latter's birthday. And Junior wants every bit of his journey from Delhi to Mumbai to be like Senior's first trip to the shores of the Arabian Sea. When "Aapka fan hoon, aapki zindagi ke paanch minute bhi nahi mil sakte kya mujhe?" from Gaurav is met with "Meri zindagi hai, main tumhe paanch second bhi kyu doon?" from Aryan, Chanana is pushed over the edge.
And that, the second half of Fan, keeps people on the edge. Maneesh Sharma's story sheds its languidness of the first half and makes people sit straight and be scared post intermission. No one knows what the psychotic, obsessed, crazy Gaurav will do to get Aryan's attention.
Between Gaurav and Aryan, Shah Rukh Khan excels in his stalker fan doppelganger, hands down. Gaurav is reminiscent of Shah Rukh's Darr and Anjaam days. Khan pushing himself this way after his last few run-of-the-mill films is a welcome change. The superstar, as the slightly blurry version of himself, delivers a superb performance.
As the 50-something superstar ruling the box office for the last 25 years, Aryan Khanna is Shah Rukh Khan. When he doesn't play himself, Khan does a fabulous job in front of the camera.
