Here’s a cool thing I just stumbled across through an interview! There’s actually a close connection between the films Fan and Sholay.
The Connection Between Fan and Sholay
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Tag Archives: Shahrukh
Fan Full Summary/Recap Part 6: London! Why London?
Fan Box Office: Good News, Bad News, and Shahrukh News
Fan‘s been out for 2 weekends now, and the box office trends are pretty steady. That trend being “down.” But while that is the bad news, there is also good news. And, separately, there is the news that relates directly to Shahrukh.
Fan Full Summary/Synopsis Part 5: All the Way Past Intermission!
Yeah, Aryan-Shahrukh is finally really here and doing stuff to move the plot along! Also, our first action sequence! Which I will not be describing in detail because I don’t remember it that well, and also it is less interesting than it could be!
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)
Fan Summary/Recap Part 4: Let’s See What Stardom Looks like!
Fan Making Of: I Finally Watched That Make-Up Video Everyone Else Has Already Seen!
So, this thing was posted 3 days ago, and all sorts of people told me I HAD to watch it, but I didn’t do it until just now, because I was very busy working and then immediately going to the theater and seeing Fan again. But now that I have, I am just as fascinated as everyone told me I would be!
Fan Full Summary/Spoilers Part 3: Is that Supposed to be Hrithik? Or Ranbir? Or Neither?
I think I’m about 40 minutes in now? Which isn’t bad, for a 2 hour and 20 minute movie. And, as I have said, no one but me is watching it in theaters, so it’s not like there is a huge hurry to get these posts up and finished. Although it would be nice to finish them by the end of the week. Maybe I do two tomorrow and the final one on Saturday when I have all the time in the world?
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)
Fan Full Summary/Recap! Part 1! Through the First Performance!
Okay, the movie has been out about 72 hours, and I have seen it 3 times. I’m wasting my life! That’s only 7 hours out of 72 that I spent watching it! What is more important? Sleep? Food? Work? That’s crazy talk! Anyway, after 3 viewings, I think I am ready to start my full detailed summary.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)
Global Numbers, Finally! How did Fan do against Theri?
Yay, Bollywoodhungama has posted the regular full global weekend numbers! In addition to all the Fan specific analysis they posted and I talked about yesterday.
Fan Review 3 (SPOILERS!): Who is Gaurav Really Trying to Hurt?
I watched Fan for the second time last night, which means I am almost ready to start my spoiler-y summary. But in the meantime, there was something else I started noticing that I wanted to give its own post to analyzing.
Fan First Weekend Box Office in Detail
More box office data! The first meta bit of this, is that there is just SO MUCH data available. Normally there is just one graph showing the global total for each film for a weekend. But today, there are 6 different graphs just about Fan. Clearly, people are really really watching this particular release.
Fan Box Office: First Weekend Report
Sunday figures are out, yay! Interestingly, it went down and then up again. Cricket? Holidays? Word of mouth? Who knows!
Where Did the Brilliance of Fan Come From? Or, “I think I Maybe In Love with Maneesh Sharma”
In one of my reviews of Fan, I mentioned that I couldn’t believe with the director or the writer listed in the credits were the people who really come up with the ideas, because they were just workmanlike Yash Raj studio directors, full of rom-coms and bright colors and songs and happiness. But today an interview came out with Maneesh Sharma, and turns out, it was all him after all! And also, I may be a little bit in love.
Fan Box Office Reports: First Day, Looks Good!
First day figures are out! And it looks really good! Which is great, because it is a really really good movie, and I want it to make money, so more people make really really good movies.
Fan Review 2: Spoilers! What is the Connection Between Aryan and Gaurav?
You ready for the spoiler-y review? It’s mostly going to be about the ending and how they heck it makes any sense. And if there was any other way they could have done it that would have made sense.
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Fan Early Reports: Release Strategy and Morning Occupancy
HAPPY SHAHRUKH DAY!!!!!! HAPPY FAN RELEASE DAY!!!! I only have to wait 8 more hours! (stupid job) In the meantime, there is some early interesting information I can share.
Shahrukh Week! Last Day! THANK GOD!!! 24 hours from now I will be sitting in a theater burbling with excitement (sorry in advance to the people sitting next to me) I only hope it is as good as Chak De, India!
Shahrukh himself is very open about how he doesn’t really “act” in most of his movies. There are 4 that he consistently cites as performances he is actually proud of: Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Swades, Chak De, India, and My Name is Khan. ICha’ll probably talk about all of these films at some point, but for Fan week, I want to talk about Chak De, because it shares the most with Fan.
DDLJ Part 12: Not nearly as exciting as Part 11, but still important!
Yesterday was the really really important scene, the one that it is worth going through shot by shot and line by line. Today, some scenes that are still awesome, but not quite peak awesome.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Happy Fan Day (in India)!!! Reports from the front
Happy Fan Day! The stupid distributors are being mean and stupid and not letting me go to a sneak preview tonight (like they did for Dilwale and Happy New Year, and even Prem Ratan Dhan Payo! Come on, man!), so I have to wait until tonight to actually watch it. But, in the meantime, I’ll be giving reports from the front as it comes in from the Indian websites. Not reviews (who cares about those, right?), but box office sales.
(also, that header image is Shahrukh in London with his wax statue in Madame Tussaud’s which has been dressed up to look like Gaurav. Creepy, right?)
DDLJ Part 11: Is This the Most Important Scene of the Film?
Happy Shahrukh Week!!! 2 Days Left for Fan! To Kill the Time, Let’s Talk about Don!
I can always talk about Don! Always always always! It’s just such a brilliant movie in so many ways. Shahrukh’s performance, of course, but also the script, and how it uses our knowledge of the original to support its underlying trickery. Oh, and if you haven’t seen Shahrukh’s Don yet, DO NOT READ ON!!!!! Just watch the movie instead. Normally I don’t care about Spoilers, but oh my gosh, if you go into Don unspoiled, it is so awesome!
Happy Shahrukh Week: DDLJ Part 10! Let’s Be in a Spin!
DDLJ Part 9! Do you know Xeno’s paradox? (I know it from using it as a game with small children back when I was tutoring.) There is a tortoise and a hare. The tortoise goes forward one whatever at a time (when I played it with kids, I’d usually use the floorboards of their living room, so one floorboard at a time). The hare goes forward half the distance from where he is to the end of the race each time he moves forward. So on the first turn, if you have 20 floorboards, the tortoise goes one floorboard and the hare goes 10. And then on the second, the tortoise goes one and the hare goes 5. And so on. What I’m saying is, I am the hare, and I am never going to finish this recap, because each entry goes half as slow as the previous entry.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Shahrukh Week: Fan and Om Shanti Om
4 more days left to Fan! It’s TOO LONG. I’m going to DIE. Although, not as long as between Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne. I actually got into a conversation with a stranger on the bus once about how frustrating that was. Anyway, to try to alleviate the AGONY of waiting, I am also going through Shahrukh’s filmography looking at related roles. Saturday, Billu. Sunday, Asoka (although that was more about meeting the royals), and today, Om Shanti Om!
DDLJ Part 9: Who’s Right and Who’s Left?
Part 9! I’ve gotten all the way to the barn scene! Let’s see if I can make it to “Zara Se Jhoom” today, or if I’m going to end up breaking this into two parts.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Royal Party Update: Hey! Rishi Was There! And No One Took a Picture
This event is so odd! I wonder if there was some sort of photo restriction? After Arpita Khan’s wedding, there were personal instagram posts, official photos, news photos, family photos, basically every minute was documented. And with this, there’s only like 6 photos released, and none of the important bits.
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