Fan VFX Breakdown
Fan is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-written by Sharma and Habib Faisal. Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan in double roles as Gaurav Chandna, an obsessive fan of Aryan Khanna, a filmstar who looks just like him. Gaurav beats up an actor to appease Aryan, however, he is instead punished by his idol. Heartbroken, the fan plans to take revenge against him. Fan had Shriya Pilgaonkar and Waluscha de Sousa play supporting roles.
Sharma had originally come up with the idea of Fan in 2006 and recited the story to Chopra, who advised him against it. In the same year, Yash Chopra narrated to film to Khan, who expressed interest in being part of the project. The project was revived in late 2013, for which Khan underwent 3D scanning in 2014. Principal photography began in July 2014. Filming was completed by November 2015. Fan was a songless film; a soundtrack album consisting of a marketing song in different languages was composed by Vishal–Shekhar and the original score was done by Andrea Guerra.
Fan was heavily marketed; after several delays, it was released internationally on 15 April 2016. The film opened to positive reviews from critics, who praised Khan's performance in the film, with criticism focused on the editing and the loosely written script. The film collected ₹1.2 billion in India and ₹679 million from overseas territories, for a total of ₹1.88 billion against a production budget of ₹850 million. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, Fan received the Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects.
Fan is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-written by Sharma and Habib Faisal. Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan in double roles as Gaurav Chandna, an obsessive fan of Aryan Khanna, a filmstar who looks just like him. Gaurav beats up an actor to appease Aryan, however, he is instead punished by his idol. Heartbroken, the fan plans to take revenge against him. Fan had Shriya Pilgaonkar and Waluscha de Sousa play supporting roles.
