Fanaa (2006)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Kunal Kohli

Writer:

Shibani Bathija (writer)

Release Date:

26 May 2006 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Destroyed in love...

Plot:

Choices--to choose between right or wrong is simple, but what defines one's life is the decision between...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Kashmir | Tour Guide | Terrorist | Rain

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Aamir Khan	...	Rehan Qadri / Rehan Khan / Capt. Rajvir Singh
Kajol	...	Zooni Z. Baig
Tabu	...	Dr. Malini Tyagi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shiney Ahuja	...	Major Suraj Ahuja
Jaspal Bhatti	...	Inspector Jolly Good Singh
Lillete Dubey	...	Zooni's Instructor
Lara Dutta	...	Zeenat
Ali Haji	...	Rehan R. Baig (as Master Ali Haji)
Vrajesh Hirjee	...	Balwant
Sanaya Irani	...	Mehbooba 'Bobo'
Gautami Kapoor	...	Rubina 'Ruby'
Rishi Kapoor	...	Zulfikar A. Baig
Ahmed Khan	...	Rehan's maternal grandpa
Kiron Kher	...	Nafisa Z. Baig
Sharat Saxena	...	Anti-Terrorist Official Rahul Rawat
Shruti Seth	...	Fatty
Satish Shah	...	Colonel Ram Singh

Runtime:

168 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | Singapore:PG | India:U

Filming Locations:

India

Trivia:

Lara Dutta admit that she only accepted the film so she could get into the the good books of Yashraj Films as well as having the opportunity of working with Aamir Khan and Kajol. She would later act in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) which was produced by Yashraj Films.

Quotes:

Rehan Qadri: Oh, you're blind.
Zooni Ali Beg: Yes, you didn't see that? Are you blind too?
Rehan Qadri: Thank God, I'm not.
Zooni Ali Beg: That's a nice thing to say to a blind person.
Rehan Qadri: If I was blind, I couldn't have seen the most beautiful thing in the world, you. "Your beauty made God make a mistake, what more can I say? So that you don't caste an evil eye on yourself, he took your eyes away."

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dhee (2007)

Soundtrack:

Dekho Na

thought-provoking

Fanaa- This truly is a good movie- not just in the entertaining sense. There are a few bloopers, of course, but they may be easily overlooked, an easy enough thing for sensible and regular watchers of Indian cinema.

True, Aamir and Kajol have performed brilliantly, the cinematography is excellent and the music heavenly. The background scores are worth more than a mention.

But the movie goes deeper and makes one think about the power of love and our utter helplessness before it... how it shapes one's life and choices. The importance of choice is given the limelight in this movie- the choices that are so unique and personal to each of us, given the same situation. It also asks, importantly, how much can love forgive?

Put yourself in the place of these characters as you watch the movie and see how much is asked of you at each step, what strength is required to make the choices they make.

This movie, in some ways, is a lesson in love. It puts to shame our cautiousness, rigid moral standards, emotional walls etc in love. You cannot walk into love with tiny steps, wearing a steel armor and praying not to get hurt. There is no such thing as going too fast or too slow, or all these clichés we've come up with to explain relationships :)

To love, you truly HAVE to be free. At heart.