Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Fan
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 83. Critics average 83, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young man named Gaurav is the world's biggest fan of movie star Aryan Khanna. Resembling his idol, he wins local lookalike contests. When he travels to Mumbai to meet Aryan for his birthday, he is brutally rejected. This rejection turns his admiration into a dangerous obsession, and he uses his resemblance to systematically destroy the star's life.
Details
- Director
- Maneesh Sharma
- Writer
- Habib Faisal
- Released
- 14 April 2016
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Budget
- $12.8M
- Box office
- $28.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 15 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (27) →
Awards & nominations
See all 20 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 20 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2017 | Best Special Effects | Red Chillies VFX | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2017 | Best Makeup | Greg Cannom | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2017 | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| BIG ZEE Entertainment Awards 2017 | Most Entertaining Thriller Film | Fan | Nominee |
| BIG ZEE Entertainment Awards 2017 | Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Male | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Filmfare Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Filmfare Awards 2017 | Best Special Effects | Red Chillies VFX | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
8 October 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio's films, ranked—and the performances inside them
Twenty-one selected films, with a closer look at the acting: comic timing, self-invention, wounded authority and the effort that sometimes shows.
8 October 2026
Why Person of Interest belongs among TV’s great dramas
The cases, Carter, the Machine and the difficult argument beneath an apparently familiar crime show.
8 October 2026
Why The Matrix still works: the action is the argument
How bodies, belief and a world with visible rules make the 1999 film more than a collection of famous effects.
8 October 2026
Batman movies ranked: the films behind the scores
Twelve theatrical films, from Adam West to Robert Pattinson, and the different claims they make for the mask.
7 October 2026
Why do films and TV shows keep taking God’s name in vain?
A Christian viewer’s objection, the Marvel language notes and the difference between portraying doubt and treating a name as disposable.
30 September 2026
The most popular film genres? What the ratings actually show
Drama leads the total, but volume, a typical film’s attention and average score tell different stories.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Fan
×Full cast — Fan
×
20 awards — Fan
×| Best Makeup | Greg Cannom | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Red Chillies VFX | Winner |
| Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Performer of the Year – Male | Shah Rukh Khan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Nakash Aziz – (for "Jabra Fan") | Nominee |
| Best Story | Maneesh Sharma | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Red Chillies VFX | Winner |
| Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | Vijay Dayal – (for "Jabra Fan") | Winner |
| Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Sourav Roy – (for "Jabra Fan") | Nominee |
| Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Male | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Most Entertaining Thriller Film | Fan | Nominee |
| Best Entertainer | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Movie Actor (Male) | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Choreography | Vaibhavi Merchant – (for "Jabra Fan") | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan | Nominee |
| Best Debut (Female) | Shriya Pilgaonkar | Nominee |