
They responded that if a cinema was concerned for their protection they could call on the police.Choices: to choose between right or wrong is simple, but what defines one's life is the decision between the greater of two goods or the lesser of two evils. Producer Aditya Chopra moved a petition to the Supreme Court of India asking them to direct the Gujarat government to protect all cinema halls that wanted to screen the film but was rejected. Daku and Pacifik's song "In My Hands" sampled the song "Mere Haath Mein".ġ2.First Aamir Khan film to gross INR 1 billion at the worldwide box office.ġ3. It was one of the most expensive Bollywood films during its time of release.ġ1. He suffered 85% burns and succumbed to his wounds nine days later.ġ0. The man, Pravin Joshi, entered the bathroom of the theatre during intermission of one of the screenings and set himself on fire. It ran for over a week before being withdrawn again following a self-immolation bid by a man protesting against the screening. A single privately-owned cinema in Jamnagar, Gujarat, screened the movie with police protection despite the threats. Earlier both of them worked together in Ishq (1997) along with Ajay Devgan and Juhi Chawla.ĩ. Kajol paired for the first time with Aamir Khan in Fanaa. Kajol's comeback film after her maternity break.Ĩ. The government of Gujarat demanded an apology from Khan, which he refused to do.ħ. These comments were met with outrage from the Bharatiya Janata Party. While promoting the film in Gujarat, Aamir Khan made some comments regarding the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's handling of the Narmada Dam and the necessity to rehabilitate the displaced villagers. When Kajol and her mother are on the train the poem they recite is from the 1976 film Kabhi Kabhie which starred Rishi Kapoor from this film as well as Amitabh Bachchan and Waheeda Rehman.Ħ.

The film was shot in Poland because Kajol refused to shoot in the valleys of Jammu and Kashmir fearing terrorist attacks.ĥ. She would later act in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) which was produced by Yashraj Films.Ĥ. Lara Dutta admitted that she only accepted the film so she could get into the good books of Yashraj Films as well as having the opportunity of working with Aamir Khan and Kajol. In Sufi tradition, it also means ceasing to exist.ģ. The word Fanaa is an Urdu word, of Arabic origin, which means annihilation. His plan backfired - each of them sent back their revised versions of the script, with their little adjustments, which included more depth and flesh to their characters and less to the others.Ģ. Director Kunal Kohli sent Aamir Khan and Kajol a draft of the script, hoping they would agree with each other.
