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Fan box office collections: Shahrukh Khan has surprisingly failed to power his latest release into the Rs 100 crore club. This has come as a shock to fans and the industry – Fan collection by 10th day is Rs 79.25 crore in India, while the overall total (including foreign take is Rs 174.29 cr). But those who have seen the movie will not really be surprised because there were a number of clangers that would ensure it did not get the word-of-mouth booster shot that each and every movie depends on to bolster its collections – in short they defied common belief, were totally severed from reality and just did not add up to a cogent reality. In short, Fan movie stopped well short of being clear, logical, and convincing. Here are the top 10 'problems' to note about Fan: (Bollywood Hungama)
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1. Fan box office collections: Gaurav's (Shahrukh Khan as the Fan) father tells him that he does not have Rs. 20,000 to finance his son's trip to Mumbai to meet his idol, but they must have splurged the same or higher money for the effects and change of costumes in the local mela where Gaurav (we are told) performs every year! And Gaurav's parents themselves supervise backstage to boost their son's performance, despite knowing his obsession that all good parents would try and discourage.
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Khan went on to social networking site Twitter, expressing his anger at the inconvenience caused by the authorities.
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3. Fan box office collections: Gaurav generates big money to spend on his revenge on Aryan, selecting exotic foreign locations as his base. That money is briefly shown as coming from disposing off his shop, his only means of livelihood. Really? And how did his parents permit this? Did they never ask him what he was planning-and why?
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4. Fan box office collections: The Madame Tussaud's-London episodes were ridiculous to the extreme. How come a major star like Aryan Khanna had no alibi-for three long hours anyway?
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5. Fan box office collections: Whether in London, Dubrovnik or at Aryan Khanna's home, how does Gaurav look sufficiently like Aryan to impersonate him? And suddenly, within seconds, becomes Gaurav again? Aryan and Gaurav clearly look quite different. So how can Gaurav look, and also not look, like Aryan as per convenience! And he can sufficiently fool even the star's staff, wife (for a while) and children too, despite arriving home from overseas minus staff!
6. Fan box office collections: And what do you know? Even Aryan at will can look or not look like Gaurav! He impersonates his fan in the next year's mela, no questions asked! -
7. Fan box office collections: Then there is the matter of Aryan chasing Gaurav, not just in Dubrovnik but also in the crowded streets of Delhi at night, with both of them climbing pipes and jumping across rooftops and more with the agility of a Mowgli from The Jungle Book!
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8. Fan box office collections: Shahrukh Khan had stated that this film was about "real people, and actors and even fans do not sing in real life." But apparently, according to the makers of the film, "real superstars" and their ordinary fans can run endlessly like marathon runners and do all the (tough) stunts in real life minus duplicate stuntmen, cables or harnesses!
9. Fan box office collections: In the end, the fan tells the star, "Oy jaande, tu nahin samjhega (Forget it, you will never understand!)" But we know exactly why this particular Fan puttered out rather than becoming a breezy, wholesome entertainer. So when will banners stop relying on yes-men as sounding boards and get to terra firma and know which project needs what kinds of makers, budgets and scripts? -
10. Fan box office collections: Our heart goes out to Shahrukh Khan, who is superb as Gaurav and even better as the taciturn Aryan, for at the end of the day, it has been he who has been taken for a ride.
