Fan Trailer Review

Love, passion, obsession…Darr taught me the three degrees of difference in these words and Fan just re-emphasized that.

Watch the trailer of the most awaited movie of the year.

We all knew what this is about, but I just realized, after watching the trailer, that this is not what I was expecting it to be. This is a psychological journey of a fan that shows his love transform into obsession, nothing short of the brilliance and the intensity that won SRK’s fans’ hearts in Darr.

The logo of the movie has been an apt depiction of movie’s theme with pictures of SRK’s fans. The trailer beginning is something we have already seen in the teaser, introducing Gaurav, Aryan Khanna’s self proclaimed biggest fan. The starting dialogue is a narrative that many fans would relate to and feel for their idols, where they feel the connection with the mirror image of the favorite stars in their heads and hearts.

SRK as his own 20 year fan steals the heart with his rustic personality and unflinching, uncorrupted love for his idol – Aryan Khanna. Shahrukh Khan has transformed into this character with great finesse. You cannot identify the star SRK in this boy next door. Not just his looks but even his body language, dance and dialogue delivery have been perfectly crafted to match up Gaurav’s character.

The journey that Gaurav undertakes has been beautifully shown in the movie, wherein Gaurav’s world is around the star and he himself tries to portray his favorite star, to the extent of even taking all the humiliation for him. He lives in his world ruled by Aryan Khanna, bordering at the fine line of devotion turning into obsession.

The scene where Gaurav sees Aryan for the first time, with the spark in his eyes, itself shows the journey of the fan’s transformation from love to obsession and is expected to take the movie to darker shades.

The one scene to look out for in the movie will be the dialogue between Aryan Khanna and Gaurav and the high voltage drama of rage that will follow post that.

The buildup of the fan’s rage on being dismissed by his idol, who is almost shown as his demi-God and the outrage that follows has been depicted well in the trailer with the  tussle between the two, intermingled with how Gaurav is transforming himself into his idol to get his attention, complimented by the background score.

The most powerful line which stuck with me was ‘Main hun to tu hai’, which is the crux of every celebrity-fan relationship debate. True that a celebrity is no celebrity without his fans, but it does not justify the craziness of some fans, which is seen very commonly in India in Bollywood and Cricket.

The marketing build up to the trailer was executed very intelligently with the teasers, followed by stories of real fans and the versions of Fan anthem song ‘Jabra’ in different languages to touch the Fan’s hearts.

This definitely will be an award winning movie for SRK and a treat for every ardent Shahrukh Khan fan. IF the movie is as impressive as the trailer, this could be one of SRK’s best performance in Bollywood. Basis the trailer, I think this will be a 4/5 rating kind of movie, though Picture Abhi Baki Hai!