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Fanney Khan Movie Review: Actors like Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya and Rajkummar did not deserve such a weak script
Within the first ten minutes of Fanney Khan, one could make out that the sloppy writing and direction was going to be a major buzzkill for the audience. Read the detailed Fanney Khan film review to know if you should watch it this weekend or not.
Within the first ten minutes of Fanney Khan, one could make out that the sloppy writing and direction was going to be a major buzzkill for the audience. To add to that the screenplay of the film is inspired by the Oscar-nominated Dutch film Everybody's Famous, with no ounce of originality. If that wasn’t enough, the editor does an extremely shoddy job at making the film as a whole.
Fanney Khan is the story of the mohalle ka Fanney Khan (Anil Kapoor) who aspires for his daughter Lata Sharma (Pihu Sand) to be the next big thing in the world of music. In order to do this, he needs money and with the assistance of his loyal sidekick Adhir (Rajkummar Rao), he very conveniently stumbles upon popstar Baby Singh (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and kidnaps her. With the added twist of body shaming and women empowerment, wonders could have been done with Fanney Khan, but even the star power could not save this film.
Anil is at the centre of it all and despite his hardest attempt, you can't feel sympathy for his character irrespective of the hurdles he has to face. It's astonishing how underused a fine talent like Rajkummar is in the film and is merely a comic relief with one-liners that don't even help you crack a smile.
Aishwarya is a visual delight to look at but her over the top moments give us no pleasure. Also, her chemistry with Rajkummar didn't flutter our hearts with the potential it had. Pihu makes an impressive debut but the movie was just not right for her, even a fine performer like Divya Dutta was not used to her potential.
Bollywood films may have a lot of song and dance but can we really call them musicals considering they usually don’t help drive the narrative forward. Fanney Khan’s music promises to be one but falls into the same trap. Not only does it fail to take the story forward, it also seems overtly stretched at times.
The first half was a snooze-fest while the second had a few moments that were watchable. Having said that, people watching the film should not expect it to be a production at par with Broadway. A school play perhaps and nothing more.
We rate it a 35% at the movie meter.
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