Fanaa
Aamir and Kajol were reasons enough for me to watch Fanaa in its opening weekend. The last time I watched Aamir’s movie in its opening weekend was Mangal Pandey Rang De Basanti and I went in with a lot of expectation only to come out disappointed and I enjoyed it. This time around, I was careful not to expect anything out of the movie. And…? Well I enjoyed it too despite its skewed story.
It was pretty disappointing to see such poor storytelling in a big budget movie like Fanaa. But that apart, the performances were top class. Aamir is among those rare breed of actors who can emote really well. I mean really well. Which other actor can move the audience to tears without the help of a background score? Kajol, on the other hand has moved up a few notches on my list of beautiful women. The chemistry between the two was fantastic and I wouldn’t mind watching it a second time just for that.
Bollywood has always maintained this larger than life image in its movies and its this very image thats been drawing audiences all over the world. Fanaa is pretty much a Bollywood movie and its only fair to view it from that perspective. I’m not here to discuss which parts of the movie were flawed and how it could’ve been shot better. I’d leave that to the viewer.
So, is the movie worth watching on the big screen? For Kajol’s return, Aamir’s performance, the infectious music, the brilliant colors (lots of blues), it definitely is.
May 28th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Nice one…
Kajol was just Superb…
May 29th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
dei u forgot watching RDB with us? alzheimers!
May 29th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Aejaz : my bad , my bad
June 2nd, 2006 at 8:48 am
Fanaa was just outragoeusly boring, predictable and i was shocked at the quality of the script.
Aamir/Kajol turn in reasonable performances but the whole movie was very very disappointing. I saw the movie the day it released here in NYC.
(and this was with subtitles on!!)
June 15th, 2006 at 6:53 am
Great Review, but I myself thought Kajol and Aamir are the same breed of actors. They are in thei rown league above others in terms of acting ability.
July 7th, 2006 at 3:55 am
fanaa was great movie now also great. the all thea…cess..ful now 6 week collection in all india 100cr..uk3million. in usa 5million fanaa great movie
July 23rd, 2006 at 12:17 am
the movie was not really what i expected it would be. it is quite a disappointment. the end was a bit shocking!