ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDIAN FILMS OF THE YEAR, THIS LAVISH PRODUCTION FROM YASH RAJ FILMS IS PURE BOLLYWOOD IN ITS MIXTURE OF COMEDY, TEAR-JERKING DRAMA, ROMANCE AND ACTION.
It’s also the first major film to pair superstars Aamir Khan and Kajol, who convey lucidly the internal conflict that wages in a man and a woman torn between love and politics. Kajol plays the beautiful but blind Zooni, who leaves her village in Kashmir for Delhi, where she falls in love with flirtatious tour guide Rehan (Khan). A suave operator, Rehan is nevertheless killed in a terrorist attack. Seven years later he resurfaces in an altogether different guise when fate brings him once more to Zooni’s door. Fanaa pulls a few surprises with its perspectives on issues such as nationalism and terrorism. Khan and Kajol turn in excellent performances, and director Kunal Kohli proves himself adept at handling a tricky script and the enormous scale of the production.