Priya Joshi
Shah Rukh Khan has expressed his gratitude to his fans
around the world following the "overwhelming" response to his latest
release Fan. Posting a video on Twitter to his 19m followers, he said he
had not expected the film "to be embraced so lovingly."
"On behalf of Aryan Khanna and Gaurav, Maneesh, Adi and
everyone who has made Fan, thank you for the overwhelming response.
We're extremely thankful that you liked it so much, because it is a very
different film. We never expected it to be embraced so lovingly and so
universally. So thank you to everyone around the world," he said. "
Normally I would not do this but this film is special and you guys made
it all the more special. Love you all."
With the use of
prosthetics and SFX Khan portrays the two central characters in the
Maneesh Sharma directed film, superstar Aryan Khanna and his super fan,
the obsessive Gaurav Chandna. The plot sees the characters' lives
intertwine, after a perceived slight by Aryan prompts doppelganger
Gaurav to embark on a revenge-fuelled campaign to destroy the reputation
of his former idol in his desperation to win his attention.
Fan also explores the fickle world of celebrity , the
fleeting nature of fame and the reality of life for the superstar who is
subject to the alternating adulation and animosity from the public.
The YRF film, which employs state of the art special effects
commissioned from Hollywood and incorporates nail-biting chase
sequences, has been hailed for its technical innovations, but primarily
for Khan's nuanced portrayal of the spurned fan Gaurav, and the dramatic
face-off that ensues in the course of this twisted game of cat and
mouse.
The
film has been universally hailed as a triumph, with fans around the
world and Khan's industry peers lauding his performances in the action
thriller. Indeed, the whole of Bollywood seemed to take to social media to lavish the 'baadshah' of them all with praise for his astounding display of histrionics.
Khan recently told IBTimesUK that he while he is surprised by the adulation he receives, he remains grateful for their loyalty and love of his fans around the world. "Everything
I do is done with a lot of humility. I cannot say it any other way," he
said. "I need to be gracious. I need to be going out of my way to say
thank you for liking me so much for things that maybe I'm not. I'm just
really grateful ... to everyone who likes me."
After the groundbreaking success of Fan, if you weren't a 'Jabra fan' of Shah Rukh Khan before, you will be now.
Shah Rukh Khan wins over the world with Fan
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