Fanaa
फ़ना
2006IndiaLanguage: hiDirected by Kunal Kohli★ 6.7
Available in English: subtitled
Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingwarmtense
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
pursuitunravelingjourney
Emotion
all-consuming loveguiltloyalty under pressuresacrificefiguring out who you are
Themes
life under oppressionnational identityreligion and faithcaught between worlds
Feel
emotionally wreckinggut punchdiscussion startercathartic
Violence
moderate