Product Description

2 DISC DVD SET

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52719 in DVD
• Brand: Home Entertainment
• Published on: 2006
• Subtitled in: English, Tamil, French
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 166 minutes

Customer Reviews

An Embarrassment
The first half of the movie is a light hearted romp in the Bollywood tradition. I truly enjoyed it. The actors sing and dance their way through a tour of the beautiful places in Delhi. The lovers meet, sparks fly, and they fall in love. The production is very polished and professional, the actors and actresses attractive, the setting spectacular.

Spoiler Alert! In the second half of the film, we discover that the attractive ladies man is actually a terrorist, who coolly murders dozens of people, including some of the most sympathetic characters in the film. In spite of this, the song and dance routines continue, becoming truly absurd in the midst of what might have been a thriller about a nuclear bomb. The terrorist sings and dances almost to the end of the film, in a whimsical children's song, which is like a scene out of Dr. Strangelove. Bollywood asks for a suspension of disbelief, which I usually give effortlessly, but this is a suspension too far. A muslim terrorist who sings and dances, cavorts with women, drinks alcohol, playing the lothario? I was embarrassed that I rented this one, and promoted it to my family. One by one, they all got up and left, and I watched the ending alone, in the mistaken belief that there would be a late return to a viable story.

The most troubling aspect of the film was the attempt to portray a mass murderer as a sympathetic figure. I am familiar with the attitude in modern Hollywood films that fair is foul, and foul is fair. It is disappointing to realize that Bollywood suffers from the same disorder.

AWESOME Movie!!!!!
I am not from India, however, I just love Indian music. I purchased this movie, after seeing the movie on my neighbor's DVD. I fell in love with the story and the music. It's a long movie but wonderfull...I enjoyed every minute of it....A must have!!!!!

"My Colorful, Colorful Country" ~ Love, Lies & Loyalties
Released in `06 'Faana' (meaning: "destroyed in love") begins as an endearing romance between a beautiful blind tourist Zooni (Kajol) and her glib, poetic tour guide Rehan (Aamir Khan), sounds good doesn't it? What more could you ask for than two of the most popular stars in Indian cinema, production values to rival "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' and some of the most magnificent, intoxicating landscapes for the musical sequences I've ever seen. Definitely a promising start to a film that appeared to have everything in place to deliver a truly memorable viewing experience.

Unfortunately the plot takes a drastic and totally unexpected detour in the second half of the movie and the touching romance is overwhelmed by political upheaval, terrorism and separatist issues that smother the original storyline and ultimately my interest in the film.

Bottom line, `Faana' is worth at least one watch to see the radiant Kajol and the exquisite musical numbers. My Rating: from the beginning to intermission: 4 ½ Stars, from intermission to ending: 2 Stars. Overall Rating: 3 ½ Stars.