Movie Review: Fanaa

Starring: Aamir Kahn, Kajol, Tabu.
Running Time: 168 minutes.
BNice's Grade: A

Choices--to choose between right or wrong is simple, but what defines one's life is the decision between the greater of two goods or the lesser of two evils. This is the advice that Zooni Ali Beg receives from her father, just as she is about to venture out into the world on her own for the very first time. Little does she know that these very words will shape her life. Zooni, a blind Kashmiri girl, meets Rehan Qadri, a local tour guide and an incorrigible flirt, who goes from city to city exploring their architecture--and also their women. Her friends warn her against this good-for-nothing roadside Romeo, but she chooses to ignore them. She is not one to be protected. It is now her time discover life, and love. Is this really the right choice? Rehan is fascinated by Zooni. He truly wants her to see life as it should be seen, in its many colors--and as he promises her, the time spent with him will be the most precious in all her life. Zooni sees Delhi, life and love like she never has before, because of Rehan. What Zooni doesn’t know is that Rehan has another side of his life that he has kept from her--something that can not only change her life, but can also destroy it.

I personally love this movie. I was introduced to this movie by my boss and ever since I saw it I was out on the HUNT to find it. So what I love about the movie is that first of all the actors were so good and they certainly made a believer out of me....wooo weee. Zooni (the young woman) I felt her sincerity and her character come alive as I watched it like 5 times already...The beginning of the movie seemed like your typical good girl meets bad guy and falls in love with him, but that wasn't all...there are alot of twists and turns in the movie.

Rehan was a sly guy, and at first i was like who is this little fivel the mouse lookin guy, but boyee after his character developed, I was like singing" Somewhere out there, if love can see us through"...eh...haha..I was lovin all the action and drama....and my favorite line in the move is : "May my lifes breath find refuge in your heart, Destroyed in your love may my heart depart."

Gotta love it I tell you!

So the second part of the movie is where everything just falls into place...Rehan is out to get the Remote to trigger the Nuclear Bomb and give it to his grandfather, and he gets attacked by the militia and gets hurt and is about to die when he makes his way to this house thats in BFE and low and behold who answers the door....Its his love Zooni...oh okay rewind, in the first part Rehan is a terrorist and kills people in the military and fakes his death, so Zooni after 7 years thinks he's dead...But here he comes all injured and knocks on her door for help....oh yea rewind, she was blind in the beginning and then had an operation and so she can see now....but when she was with Rehan, she was blind, so the only way she would know if it was Rehan is if she could feel his face, and of course his voice and his touch and yea all that good stuff..so back to the 2nd part of the movie...so she opens the door, he looks up at her like ready to faint from the loss of blood and he's badly wounded..and Zooni yells out Rehan, and he (the man-Rehan) just looks at her and then a little boy comes running out and its him who's she's calling, (their son)..Okay how about them apples...I love it...

So time goes on, they help Rehan (the man) get better and then one nite they're singing and dancing and she gets these feelings like OMG...is this who I think it is...then she pulls away from him, then he puts his hand over her heart and says Zooni....ok cuz in part 1 thas their little thing was putting their hand over the other ones heart and saying...."You're scared" okay I know where my hand would have went.....eh get your minds out of the gutter.....it would have went in his hand.....I love holding hands!...haha...Take that...so then she screams and realizes that it is him...then she feels his face and EUREKA...its him....OMG...what a moment, after 7 years this fool is gonna show up out of nowhere...so he tried to embrace her but didn't happen, she was pissed as she should be ...huh...so the next morning, she's all mad and taking it out on little Rehan and he tells her that he left, so she runs out of the house in the snow and chases him down and says Rehan you can't leave me, you are mines now...and then SLAPS him on the face, I was so feeling that....then they hugged and all that...So later on the father marries them, and they are okay,,,But Rehan still has to get the remote to his grandfather...Then Zoonis father takes Rehan to the Colonels house to use the radio and her father pulls out a gun on Rehan and tells him he's not letting him take the remote to his people, then Rehan and her dad start fighting and her father ends up falling over the cliff, which was an accident and he dies! Rehan goes in the house to use the radio and the Colonel heard everything so Rehan kills him too. Then in the end cuz my fingers hurt now...haha Zooni finds her dad floating in the ice water and she knows something is up...Rehan returns home and tells her that her dad is at the Colonels house so she knows her husband is the killer. She gets little Rehan and takes off to the Colonels house then...Big Rehan hikes and runs over to the Colonels house and tells her he needs the Remote, cuz she took it, but she already alerted the militia and they were on their way...

So its morning they hear a helicopter and its Rehans grandfather...so he runs out and she says please Rehan stop, and he still runs, then mem'ries of her and him run thru her mind as she pulls the trigger and shoots Rehan in the leg, he turns around and pulls out his gun to shoot her but then he has memory flashbacks of him and her and doesn't shoot her, he just gets up and starts to walk to the helicopter, again Zooni pleads and yells out please Rehan for our son, don't do it and he still walks towards the helicopter, so with all the energy in her soul, she closes her eyes and shoots her husband, he drops to the ground...and she runs to him, she caresses him in her arms and he puts his hand over her heart and says..."I'm not scared anymore".....wow that was deep!

So now that I told you all about the movie, yea I have the DVD for whoever wants to watch it...I highly recommend it although its 3 hours of reading subtitles, the reading is easy and it flows, you won't even know that 3 hours have passed.

I neglected to mention that the singing and the dancing and colors of their outfits are beautiful..I totally appreciate the Bollywood movies and I still need to see others...You can find the movies on netflix or whatever you call it , also at any Indian Store. There is one on Inglewood and Rosecrans, and also Hawthorne Blvd and Sepulveda...So with all that being said ENJOY and report back...kay...
Bnice:)