Maneesh Sharma’s film ‘Fan‘ tells the story of a fan who becomes fascinated with his screen idol. Gaurav Chanana portrayed by Shah Rukh Khan goes above the limits to meet the superstar Aryan Khanna, as shown in the trailer (also played by SRK).
In 1996, legendary actor Robert De Niro starred in The Fan, a film with the same title. Wesley Snipes played a star baseball player in the film, and De Niro played a fan who orchestrated events to infiltrate the former’s life.
The Hindi-language action thriller movie directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-written by Sharma and Habib Faisal was released in 2016. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as filmstar Aryan Khanna and his obsessive fan Gaurav Chandna, who looks just like him and is produced by Aditya Chopra. To gratify Aryan, Gaurav beats up a competitor actor but is instead chastised by his idol; distraught, the fan plots vengeance.
Based on Peter Abrahams’ 1995 novel, The Fan is a 1996 American sports psychological thriller film directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. The film was a box office disappointment and earned mostly unfavorable reviews from reviewers. The soundtrack, the direction, and the performances all received positive feedback over time.
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