I rarely watch SRK films because I believe SRK is a terrific actor who has wasted his time doing a lot of non sense films with the Chopras (except Chak De) and Johars.

Fan comes at a crucial juncture for SRK. At 50, I believe he his losing base to the younger actors like Ranveer Singh and the other two Khans - Salman and Aamir who have now defined their genre.

So after some non sense movies in the last few years, SRK is back to doing a serious film where he would have to use his acting chops.

Fan is a fascinating story for Gaurav who is a crazy die hard fan of Aryan Khanna, a superstar. To make matters complicated, he looks like the superstar. In his craze to meet his superstar, he reaches Mumbai. Unable to meet him, he does a small crime and ends up in jail and meets Aryan. But Aryan is least bothered and Gaurav's heart is broken. The 2nd half is a revenge drama.

Frankly, the 1st half is brilliant. SRK who plays Gaurav with some prosthetics is brilliant. His walk, talking style and mannerism of typical Delhite is unbeatable. And after seeing Gaurav, it is hard to believe SRK is 50 since he pulls of Gaurav's 25 year old with ease. Hats off to Sharma and Faisal for writing this wonderful piece.

But the writers fall for the 2nd half curse. A brilliant 1st half goes down the drain with a bizarre 2nd half. So Gaurav follows Aryan to London and then Poland and gets him into trouble. My question was from where the hell Gaurav got money? And then there is one fabulous chase sequence between the two men. But Aryan is a 48 year old actor; not some cop or army man? So how he is able to do all those stunts? I was in disbelief.

The movie does fall in place in the climax. However I wished it ended well.

For SRK fans, this is not a typical SRK affair. So no songs, no romantic scenes with heroines and no dancing. And the iconic, SRK opening his arms, that also is missing. So its an unlike SRK film.

But in return you get one solid performance from SRK. He is mind blowing as Gaurav. You feel for him in the scene where Aryan tells him that he has no time for Gaurav. Its a scene which tells you SRK is one hell of an actor if given the correct roles. And in the whole of 2nd half, he is this simmering psychopath who will go to any extent to finish the superstar.

However, in the 2nd half, we start to feel bad for Aryan. DId he deserve all the suffering? One can see the pain, agony and frustration of a helpless man. Also, SRK shows his maturity in the scenes when he get embarrassed and wants to teach Gaurav a lesson.

The movie also throws some light on how industrialist, Govt officials and public treat an actor and how actors misuse their star power and badly treat fans.

SRK did burst into the movie scene playing two of his career best roles...Darr and Baazigar which were anti hero roles. Ironically, he stopped playing those roles which made him a household name to become a romantic hero and the rest they say his history.

Overall, its a decent watch which could have got better had the 2nd half being written well. However, if you think SRK cannot act, this is movie to tell us he is still in the business.