The word ‘fan’ is a shortened form of the word ‘fanatic’ meaning, “a person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for a particular activity.” Its earlier root is in Latin word ‘ fanum ’. The adjective originally described behavior that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of, in the mid-17 th century, the noun ‘a religious maniac’. But, we now use this essentially negative word in a positive sense, an admirer of somebody or something. 2016 film ‘Fan’, directed by Maneesh Sharma explores the real meaning of the word ‘fan’. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in double role: as a ‘fan’, Gaurav Chandna and as a ‘star’, Aryan Khanna. The film is a journey of a ‘fan’ from an innocent love and respect for the star to the fatal obsession with him. Film simultaneously raises questions of privacy, public life and shining life of celebrities. Gaurav is a Delhi-based young boy who runs a cyber-café. For him, Aryan Khanna is everything; he i...