Surprise! Noted film critic, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian reviewed Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film directed by Maneesh Sharma and found it “outrageous and enjoyably absurd”. Bradshaw rated Fan 3 stars out of 5 and said:
Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan uncorks a wildly over-the-top Jekyll-and-Hyde dual turn in this exhausting, bizarre yet watchable action-thriller melodrama.
It could be that Khan has taken inspiration from fan nightmares such as Scorsese’s King of Comedy or Stephen King’s Misery. By casting himself in both roles, Khan could have intended a complex satire of celebrity narcissism. Or he could just be, well, guilty of a fair bit of celebrity narcissism himself. Either way, it’s outrageous and enjoyably absurd.Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian)