FAN (2016) - Movie Review

SRK has marketed himself so well all these years that one cannot get enough of him.  He has branded himself which has ultimately brought positive influence towards his movies. Despite his movies having an average storyline, his charm, reputation and presence both off screen and on screen helps people to come to cinemas.

Fan(2016) is directed by Maneesh Sharma. He is the same director that made the movie band Baja and Baraat (2010) starring Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh in leading roles.

The movie, Fan(2016) falls into a Drama/Thriller Genre which revolves around a wild fan of a superstar who wants to meet him by all means. The fan in the movie is so obsessed by the movie star that when his feelings and obsession are not reciprocated by the star, he gets out of control and hits another extreme of his feelings for the movie star which is hatred.

I am trying to control myself and not give out any kind of spoilers but there were moments in which the whole cinema used to be really quiet to see what would happen next. The whole movie shows the fan played by SRK as Gaurav, where we are made to disgust and loathe him.  He is a creepy guy, disconnected from reality and just knows one thing which is to love his god, “ Aryan Khanna", The movie star!

The movie star is also played by SRK and I must say not once you get confused between the characters played by the same person. While playing Gaurav, SRK used to get a lot of makeup done on his face which in the starting scenes is quite obvious :P However, SRK has outdone himself by playing two characters and clearly defining their separate styles of talking and behaving.  The movie makes everyone think from the perspective of a movie star and then makes you think from the perspective of a fan. It also brings in focus that movie stars are actually humans off screen and may not be what they show themselves on the screen.

People who watched the movie were either supporting Gaurav or the self-absorbed movie star. The movie is a great watch because it reminds you of Bazigar and Darr where SRK used to play the role of a villain. It reminds people that SRK can play characters other than romantic ones as well.
This movie has no distractions like songs and actresses; honestly one doesn’t even miss them during the 2hr 22 min movie.

I agree that there are some holes in the movie but one can never ever hate SRK. Is it because of his marketing over the years? I don’t know. Trust me  SRK is awesome being Gaurav and I think if you want to enjoy watching a movie with deep and dark undertones, fan’s  obsession that results in a killer chase then definitely go ahead and buy the ticket.

We at spotlight rate it 4/5.

Please tell us what did you  like about FAN?  We are dying to hear your side of the story too!

Aashique 2 (2013) - Movie Review

Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor,

Director: Mohit Suri

Aashique 2 is a movie about Passion and drama that one would love to cherish for years to come.

When aashique2 was released, I was almost done with movies. I was sick of comedy and horror movies. I was tired of looking at actors doing stupid things in the movie without any substance.

Aashique was a surprise!

The music got us before the movie released.  Songs such as  

“ Ab tum he ho” ,  “Sunn raha hai tu” , “Bhula dena mujhe” was everything the couples in love or going through any phase wanted to hear.Hats off to Mithoon, Jeet ganguly, ankit tiwari and Arijit singh!

If this movie was an attempt to re-establish Aditya roy kapoor after his failed movies such as Action replay, Guzarish and London dreams. It truly has produced the result. I think he is a great actor. Look at him in each scene expressing his love and pain together. Shraddha kappor is alright but she doesn’t do much in the movie except being someone between a caretaker and a singer.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that the story revolves around Aditiya ( Rahul Jaykar) struggling with alcoholism and suddenly finds Shraddha Kapoor(Aarohi) a talented singer. It was hard for me to beleive that she was a singer. Her body languagae didn't make her look like one.

so This Rahul Jaykar guy decides to mentor and thus giving a chance for love to blossom. With time we see Aarohi’s stardom escalating and Rahul’s envy increasing. Ego comes in between and it’s a struggle within aditya that whether he is good enough for aarohi or not.

I think it was the guilt that led aaditiya to take his life at the end. If only he had guts to take her hand and publicaly declare who she was for him.

Great story, Great songs and is a box office success. It targets the youth audience properly and gives us drama in each scene.

The best part about this movie is that it is to the point. Does not lengthen romantic scenes and brings love, passion and drama as soon as the movie starts.

Watch it  4/5 stars! :D