'Fan' trailer bound to give you the creeps

Trailer reveals dark side of the fan, Gaurav

MUMBAI, INDIA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's much-awaited film Fan, has everyone going in a tizzy, and the recent trailer launch not only upped the ante, but showed the dark side of fan, Gaurav.

In a surprising turn of events, the trailer of the upcoming release was unveiled by the megastar's fans at Yash Raj Studios. Going by the title and theme of the film, Shah Rukh's fans gathered at the studios to launch the trailer with him.

Fan revolves around a young boy from Delhi named Gaurav who embarks on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in order to wish his favourite actor (SRK) on his birthday.



After all, he is Aryan's biggest fan and even has a striking resemblance to him - how difficult could it be for the world's biggest fan to get an audience with the world's biggest star?

However, when things don't go according to plan, Gaurav's love and passion for his idol turns into a dangerous obsession.





After the release of the teaser and anthem track Jabra, Fan gave the impression of a "sweet and simple" kind of film, however, the trailer serves as a big surprise.

This obviously drew comparisons to Shah Rukh's earlier films like Darr where he played an obsessive lover and Baazigar, where he played a conspiring revenge-driven youngster.

However, SRK claims it bears no resemblance to his 'psycho' characters in previous films.



"People keep saying that I do the same acting for the past 25 years... even critics say that, but I have tried that this is different. And Maneesh was very clear about the way this character is played, and I would not take any credit for having done it any differently when people find it different," explained SRK.



"But it is very different, the genre may be the same, of an anti-hero or bad guy, to put it in general compartments, but as a film and as a character, it's very different from K..K..Kiran or Haar kar jeetnay walay ko baazigar kehtay hai," he added.

King Khan also clarified that his character is "not psychotic, he's not a psychopath."



"It's about innocence, it's about when you're young, you have stars in your eyes, you feel that every thing or person that you love will love you that much in return, but when sometimes things don't happen the way you think, you get a bit disturbed," he said.



Considering Shah Rukh's 'king of romance' tag, it is surprising that no lady love is seen in the trailer. On this, he quipped: "As a matter of fact, it is not that I didn't get anyone so I'm running behind myself. It's safer when you love yourself, the fear of rejection is lesser."

Watch the trailer here:


Directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film is slated to release on April 15.