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Hey... I think the biggest problem with Fanaa was not the length, but the script itself... Its quite shocking to see a big banner movie have such a loose and lame script with innumerable errors... I went with low expectations, but even then Fanaa managed to disappoint me further
Fanaa was one of the most expensive Bollywood films at its time of release. The film's title is derived from the Islamic Sufi term fanaa, meaning "destroyed". Khan and Kajol were paired romantically opposite each other for the first time, but it marked their second collaboration after Ishq (1997). It also marked the comeback of Kajol, who was last seen in Karan Johar's family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001).
Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri woman who travels for the first time, to New Delhi, with her friends, Fatima "Fatty" Ali, Mehbooba "Bobo" Siddiqui, Rubina "Ruby" Ansari and their dance teacher Helen to perform in a ceremony for Republic Day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she falls in love. On her last night in Delhi, Rehan and Zooni spend the night together, end up in bed and made passionate love to each other. As Zooni is leaving the next day, Rehan comes and takes her away with him. Her parents arrive in Delhi to make arrangements for their wedding. Zooni undergoes a surgery to get her eyesight back, but when she comes out of surgery, she finds out that Rehan was killed in a bomb blast in the city.
Malini Tyagi is a special intelligence agent brought in to assess the threat of the bomb blast, and the group responsible, an independent organization fighting for an independent Kashmir known as IKF. It is revealed that Rehan is the man who orchestrated the bomb blast, then faked his death so that Zooni wouldn't come looking for him. He admits that he loves Zooni, but also concedes that he can never see her again because of his dangerous life.
Seven years later, Rehan is on another mission for the IKF, which has acquired a nuclear weapon but needs to get hold of the trigger, known to be in the army's possession. Rehan steals it, but Tyagi has figured out his plan and sends forces to stop him. In the ensuing shootout, Rehan is injured. He makes his way to a remote house for help. It turns out to be Zooni's house. Zooni had become pregnant after Rehan's supposed death and has given birth to and raised their son (also named "Rehan" by Zooni). Zooni's mother had died two years prior to Rehan's return. Zooni and her father save him, though neither recognizes him as Zooni's old lover. Though initially distant from them, Rehan develops an affection for his son and the family.
Rehan eventually reveals his true identity to them, keeping the information of his terrorism under wraps. Initially hurt, Zooni refuses to let Rehan leave her again, and the two of them get married by with Zooni's father presiding. Tyagi has a report published about Rehan, warning the public that he is a terrorist. Zooni's father sees this report and confronts Rehan on finding the trigger in his pocket. Rehan accidentally throws Zooni's father off a ledge, killing him. He radios the IKF from an army officer's house but kills the officer when he discovers Rehan.
Zooni finds her father's body, and realizes Rehan lied about his death. Zooni later sees the news report, and finds the trigger. She takes her son and flees to the officer's house, where she radios for help. Tyagi tells her to stop Rehan. Rehan arrives the next day, and takes the trigger from Zooni, saying the IKF will kill her and their son if he doesn't. As Rehan is about to give the trigger to the leader of IKF, Rehaan's maternal grandfather, Zooni shoots him in the leg. Rehan draws his gun on her, but can't bring himself to shoot. Zooni shoots him again, this time fatally, to stop him. In the nick of time, Tyagi arrives and stops the IKF from shooting Zooni. Rehan dies in Zooni's arms.
Zooni and her son later visit the graves of her father and Rehan, who are buried next to each other. When her son asks if his father was wrong, Zooni tells him that his father did what he thought was right.
Initially, producer Aditya Chopra wanted to cast Aishwarya Rai as Zooni, but he and director Kunal Kohli approached Kajol on Khan's suggestion. Despite simultaneously being offered Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) with frequent collaborators and friends Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol chose to do Fanaa, thus marking the first film in which she was romantically paired opposite Aamir Khan, after having starred together in Ishq (1997).
Fanaa was originally planned to be shot in Kashmir before Kajol backed out due to the continuing insurgency in that region. The director choose to move the Kashmir segment to the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland, which also provides suitably snowy and mountainous terrain.[6] It was filmed at historical locations in Delhi including the Red Fort, Jantar Mantar, Qutub Minar, Purana Qila, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Lodhi Gardens.[7]
Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama rated Fanaa 4 stars out of 5 stating the film was "a beautifully written, effectively acted and meticulously crafted effort that is likely to remind many viewers of a simple axiom: A movie doesn't have to be groundbreaking to be compelling." He, however, criticized its screenplay and pacing saying "The film tends to get very lengthy and also, the narrative tends to get very slow towards the second half."[10]
While promoting the film in Gujarat, Aamir Khan made some comments regarding the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the Narmada Dam and the necessity to rehabilitate the displaced villagers.[25][26] These comments were met with outrage from the Bharatiya Janata Party. The government of Gujarat demanded an apology from Khan. Khan refused to apologise, saying "I am saying exactly what the Supreme Court has said. I only asked for rehabilitation of poor farmers. I never spoke against the construction of the dam. I will not apologise for my comments on the issue."[27] An unofficial ban of Fanaa was put in place for the entire state of Gujarat. Protests occurred against the film and Khan which included the burning of posters of the star in effigy. As a result, several multiplex owners stated that they could not provide security to customers. Thus, all theatre owners in Gujarat refused to screen the movie.[28]
Producer Aditya Chopra moved a petition to the Supreme Court of India asking them to direct the Gujarat government to provide protection to all cinema halls that wanted to screen the film, but was rejected.[29] Their response was that if a cinema was concerned for their protection they could call on the police. Aditya's father Yash Chopra in the meantime also sought protection from then-Chief Minister Narendra Modi as well as open discussions to release the film in Gujarat without any disruption. Khan also received support from a number of Bollywood stars including Anil Kapoor, Govind Nihalani, Ashutosh Gowariker and Subhash Ghai as well as Anupam Kher and Hrithik Roshan all of whom reiterated that Khan had done no wrong in expressing his views.
Addressing the media, director Kunal Kohli said, "All theatre owners or exhibitors who wish to release this film can request for protection and the government should extend support. We as filmmakers request all theatre owners of Gujarat to come forward and release the film. We have earned 470 million (both domestic and overseas) in the first week and have lost approximately 6 to 70 million of business in Gujarat. However it's not about money... it is about a principle. As a democratic country where Aamir has a right to say what he feels, even the people of Gujarat, who are protesting have the right to say what they feel ... but in a democratic fashion, and not by burning posters and threatening people."[30]
function userhook_unscreen_comment_ARG () setStyle("cmtbar" + arguments[0], 'background', '#6ebadb');setStyle("cmtbar" + arguments[0], 'color', '#0c0c68'); function userhook_screen_comment_ARG () setStyle("cmtbar" + arguments[0], 'background', '#dddddd');setStyle("cmtbar" + arguments[0], 'color', '#000000'); May 29th, 2006 Tags:reviews, tv/movie ramblingsCurrent Music:"Dragostea din tei"--OzoneSecurity:Subject:Fanaa: terrorism as romantic melodramaTime:03:22 amA few days ago, I went to see the Bollywood film "Fanaa" with dangermousie. This makes the second Bollyflick on Kashmir-region terrorism that I've seen with her, the first being "Dil Se." I wish I could find what I wrote on "Dil Se" for reference, but this is where my laxity in tagging catches up with me. I have to say that while "Fanaa" was enjoyable, "Dil Se" was far the better movie. I was especially impressed with something that Dangermousie had to point out to me after the fact--that the main romantic relationship between the man (an Indian reporter) and the woman (a Kashmiri terrorist) actually paralleled the relations between India and Kashmir.
The reason I was so impressed with that is that it was so well-nuanced that even without picking up on it, my reaction to it was quite in tune with my politics. That is, I thought the man was an awful, controlling and domineering stalker who should've realized the woman didn't want to get involved (no matter how much he felt "they were meant to be") and should let her go. I did think it was too bad how he got hurt by virtue of pursuing the woman, but he should've really respected her wish for independence and brought it on himself. See if you can guess where my politics lie. ;-)
Dangermousie, who never sides with terrorists, felt that even though the man was admittedly controlling, his pleas were sympathetic and the woman abused him in such a way as to make his sadism towards her understandable. Also, she felt that the woman should've been more sensitive to how much the man wanted her. (If I'm getting this wrong, which I might be, please do correct me--I have a hard time explaining this point of view, since it's so antithetic to me.)
Anyway, it was a really good film, with an ending that--while melodramatic--was nevertheless a fairly good projection of what happens when one entity refuses to grant another entity their independence, and the other entity refuses to submit and enter into safe domestic bliss.
"Fanaa" was not quite on that level, though it still got points for refusing to pigeon-hole the terrorist character into any specific characterization. However, it was really less political and more of a love story. Romantic hero, Osama-style terrorist organization leader--the two would not be combined in a Hollywood movie, but this is not a challenge for Bollywood!
Of course, they don't have a happy ending, as one could gather from the film title ("Fanaa" means "destroyed"). That'll be the limit of the spoilers I'll give over the cut, though, since I though there are some people on my flist who do watch Bolly movies.
Before I go into the aforementioned cut, I just wanted to say that I was happy to see Kajol in the film. I don't watch much Bolly cinema, but she is probably my favorite Indian actress. The male lead was played by Aamir Khan from "Lagaan," sporting unfortunate extra poundage and a horrible haircut through the first half of the movie. (The good thing is it's gone in the second half.)
The movie is basically about a blind girl (Zooni) who falls in love with a man (Rehaan) who's secretly a leading figure in a terrorist organization--a man who, according to the Indian government authorities, has "taken a small terrorist faction to the level of top intelligence operations" and is (this is from a review) "slick, international terrorist who's a one-man-army and the mastermind behind major attacks."
He gets her eye surgery and then fakes his death and disappears, seven years pass, and eventually they're accidentally reunited when he seeks refuge in her home at Kashmir while trying to pull off the biggest attack their faction's yet attempted.
The plot, as the review I linked to says, is sadly full of holes and often quite ridiculous. At one point, terrified and locked up in her uncle's house with her child, Zooni calls the Indian CIA to tell them that she knows where the terrorist is, and that he's killed her father and her uncle. The intelligence unit tells her that he's the most dangerous terrorist they've faced to date, who'll kill millions of people if he succeeds in his latest plot--and then says they'll be there "tomorrow morning." This despite being in the area, and desperately searching for this terrorist for the last week. Half the theatre laughed at that point.
Anyway, that aside, the film had some quite interesting points. The first, at the start of the film, is part of a trend that seems to be sweeping Bollywood lately--the relaxing of its strict sexual mores. Rehaan tells Zooni that he doesn't believe in love or feelings, and that he will never be able to stay with her long-term, and Zooni chooses to have a one-night stand with him, with the understanding that she'll leave the next morning and never see him again. This might not seem big in Western terms, but in Bollywood terms--a one-night stand, initiated by the woman, with no expectations of marriage and not even a declaration of love? It was pretty shocking.
Dangermousie pointed out that as a blind girl, she had no expectations of marriage anyway, and thus no chances to ruin, but still. Of course, the film still highlighted faithfulness as the ultimate virtue--despite not expecting anything more, Zooni never entered another relationship, even after regaining her sight. And Zooni's father was shown as disintegrating into an alcoholic mess after his wife died (this was really touching, actually). Even Rehaan, the terrorist, was mainly made sympathetic to the audience through his eventual devotion and faithfulness to Zooni. The final irony in the film was that the man who swore he acted on needs and not feelings ended up completely giving himself up to love, and the woman who swore she believed in nothing but love ended up acting out of necessity.
It was also interesting that the main intelligence psychologist who solved all the questions concerning the terrorist was a young mother. Her dialogue with the intelligence chief was interspersed with calling home about pudding and her son. It was really cute, and also quite impressive, since she really was the key player. Basically, in the end, the two women ended up being the only players in the film with any real agency.
The other stuff I liked was the symbolism of Zooni's blindness. It was partly a plot device to have her not recognize Rehaan when she met him again, but it was also used to illustrate the blindness of ignoring the conflict in Kashmir. In the first half of the movie, Zooni is excessively patriotic, and gives a speech about how though she may be blind, she can still see the beauty of India, and that this beauty overshadows its problems for her. (At this point, Dangermousie whispered to me, "that's because she can't see all the beggars and the poverty," and the cool thing is, the film acknowledged that.) When Rehaan meets her 7 years later, after she's regained her sight, and asks why she doesn't tell stories anymore, she bitterly tells him that she's seen too much since then to believe in stories.
I also liked Rehaan's moral un-ambiguity. That is, he was shown as sympathetic because of his intense love for Zooni and his willingness to give up everything for her and their son. However, he was also shown quite calmly killing dozens of people, including those he'd been friends with and who had considered themselves his compatriots. The first person he was shown killing had been a major sympathetic character in the first part of the film, and someone who had helped bring him and Zooni together. There was no attempt to show how he didn't "really" kill, or only killed in self-defense or out of necessity.
As Dangermousie also noted in her review, there was a really effective scene where Zooni first confronts Rehaan after finding out the truth about him, and demands to know what happened to her father. Rehaan, exhausted and emotionally drained, tells her woodenly, "it was an accident." She persists, "and my uncle?" and he keeps silent and turns away.
The stuff I didn't like were the plot holes, the somewhat shallow melodrama, and the damn annoying rhymes and puns in the first half of the movie. Once I realized that Zooni and Rehaan would keep quoting stupid poetry at each other for the entirety of their courtship, I wanted to run. And when a character named "Jolly Good" was introduced, and each of his appearances was followed to numerous riffs on his name, I was... well... let's just say I wasn't as sad when he died as I could've been.
I guess that's pretty much wraps it up.
Oh, I wanted to say that Aamir Khan is cool for doing this. Yay for actors willing to stand their ground.Spill your mind: Pour me a double
Comments:
dangermousieLink:(Link)Time:2006-05-30 04:31 pm (UTC)Re: Dil Se. Hey, I never went that far :)
I did say I could understand why the guy reacted the way he did, just as I understood why the girl reacted the way she did. I didn't find either behavior praiseworthy, but I did find it understandable and it made me feel sorry for both of them.
I also do think nothing he did (or she did that we are aware of) made them deserving of death.
And re: Fanaa. I actually liked the poems. And poor poor Jolly Good who ended up not so jolly good after all :P
Re: the dam controversy. Apparently in opened only in one theater in all of Gujarat and the lines are insane to get in.(Reply) (Thread)
(Anonymous)Subject:Fanaa blogroll Link:(Link)Time:2006-05-31 11:29 am (UTC)and like dangermousie, i'm linking you up as well to my blogroll. thanks. (Reply) (Thread)
katrannaSubject:Re: Fanaa blogroll Link:(Link)Time:2006-05-31 06:24 pm (UTC)Sure, though I'm likely to never write anything more on Fanaa again. :-)(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
chandni_myspaceLink:(Link)Time:2006-05-31 07:52 pm (UTC)well he did kill the father in law "accidently"....our man wouldnt kill his lady's dad now, will he? heros dont do that!(Reply) (Thread)