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FANAA...


Aamir Khan and Yash Chopra - a powerhouse combination that comes together after 14 years (the duo last worked together in Parampara)

Aamir Khan and Kajol - undoubtedly two of the best performing talents of Bollywood coming together for the first time (the duo starred together in Ishq but were not romantically paired in the film)

And 'last' but not the least
Jatin and Lalit - (reportedly) composing together for the last time for this film

Now these are reasons enough to have elevated expectations from Fanaa; not to forget director Kunal Kohli who proved his sensitive treatment of subject with Hum Tum extracting fine performances from both Rani and Saif!

?teri dil mein meri saanson ko panaah mil jaye
? teri ishq mein meri jaan fanaa ho jaye?

Fanaa means 'destroyed in love'.
 

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Login to find out (July 30, 2006 at 11:31am)
i saw fanaa twice in the theatre... and i cried both times in the end... i dunno maybe im just too much of a softie when it comes to these khans dying at the end of their movies :p
 
Login to find out (July 29, 2006 at 12:08pm)
all movies that yash chopra himself has made have always been phenomenal (deewar, kabhi kabhi, silsila, chandni, lamhe, DTPH, and most recently veer zaara )Aditya's movies DDLJ and mohabbatein were also very good...veer zaara was actually a collaboration of adityas writing and yash chopras directing....
 
Login to find out (July 29, 2006 at 12:04pm)
sophisty....yash chopra did not direct fanaa...kunal kohli did...yash raj productions lately has been producing a lot of movies that neither yash chopra nor his son aditya direct/write...
 
Login to find out (July 29, 2006 at 9:40am)
Count me in as well since I am all for "happily ever after" endings. "SubhanAllah" has a wonderful tune...love the song and listen to it often as I have the "Fanaa" CD.

The one aspect of "Fanaa" I didn't think fit into the typical mold of being a Yash Chopra film is that it has a lot of dishum-dishum fight scenes in it. Y.C. should have stuck to his art of romance by leaving the physical fighting action out. It makes the film awkward...heavy romance on the one hand and heavy violence on the other. He manages to milk great performances from his actors/actresses though so I will give him credit for that.
 
Login to find out (July 29, 2006 at 8:16am)
I got the DVD and watched Fanaa, I have also seen Dil Se and liked that movie as well. Sorry, but I still like Fanaa a second time around.

When she makes the choice between the lesser of two evils (as the movie goes by killing him to save the life of million of people) and he makes the choice between the greater of two goods (by giving his life to his beloved, by effacing himself in her will instead of his ideal, by choosing heart over mind) this is a powerful moment that connects the movie from beginning to end.

I loved SubhanAllah as well, that song alone makes me cry for the beauty of its harmony. Having sung these words for many years in our Tarikat, this melody struck the heart deeply.

Kajol is great, when she shows her emotion walking away from her beloved on the train platform, her expression is transforming itself almost in slow motion, frame by frame, you feel her pain of separation. She has such mastery of her art as an actress.

The only reason I may not watch it again soon is because I like good ending Bollywood movies as well.
 
Login to find out (July 29, 2006 at 2:31am)
So am I! Sigh!
 
Login to find out (July 28, 2006 at 10:32pm)
Yeah, that song "SubhanAllah" rocked. :) I love it...definately want to get the soundtrack to this movie...I still wish that Amir Khan could've lived at the end...I'm more of a "...and they lived happily ever after" ending girl.
 
Login to find out (July 28, 2006 at 9:55am)
Yeah I liked it way better than Dil Se, the first half with the poetry was good and I love the song "SubhanAllah" or whatever it's called.
 
Login to find out (July 27, 2006 at 10:41pm)
Okay, I finally finished watching Fanaa.......and I'm going to join those who are saying that it sucked, but I won't say it was that bad...well not as bad as "Dil Se" anyway....if only he lived in the end....sheesh! );
 
Login to find out (July 26, 2006 at 9:51am)
"Black" was really, really good!
 
Login to find out (July 26, 2006 at 12:06am)
true...but some depressing movies are awesome...like devdas...and black...
 
Login to find out (July 25, 2006 at 10:45pm)
Dil Se was rather depressing, I thought.
 
Login to find out (July 24, 2006 at 9:15am)
dkny...Dil Se was muuuuuch better movie...
 
Login to find out (July 23, 2006 at 10:38pm)
Okay, I've gotten up to the part where it's 7 years later and Amir's character is on his mission...he gets wounded in the process and finds his way to a house which is Kajol's...he apologizes...and wants to be with her and their son...once he finishes his mission...can you say "Dil Se"??!! I don't like this movie so far, especially if it's going to end like "Dil Se" did *:
 
Login to find out (July 23, 2006 at 8:00am)
i thought it was very disappointing, and lacked originality. the only things that were remotely memorable were a couple of the songs and afew scenes in the first half...

what a load of cr*p!!
 
Login to find out (July 22, 2006 at 4:13pm)
:) it's all good Sophisty....yeah, but I'll let you all know what I thought of it once I finish watchin' it.
 
Login to find out (July 22, 2006 at 3:16pm)
I'm so sowwwwwwyyyyy I didn't mean to do that...honest mistake...ok well I'm staying mum from now on until you finish it and then let us know what you thought :)
 
Login to find out (July 22, 2006 at 10:17am)
she gets to see...gosh......you ruined it for me, Sophisty...still want to see the rest of it though :)
 
Login to find out (July 22, 2006 at 8:36am)
Well starting from the moment she is able to see, that's when the movie starts getting pathetic. You'll see for yourself what I mean.
 
Login to find out (July 22, 2006 at 7:31am)
Watchin' it now...so far, it seems really good...Amir's character seems to really be taken aback by Kajol's character...almost in a dreamy way....I've gotten to the part where she confesses her feelings for him and she says that "aab tum ko daar hora hai" or something like that when the rikshaa and she waits for him the next day, but he never shows up and then she goes to find him and he's working.