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''Fan'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-written by Sharma and Habib Faisal. Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars Creator/ShahRukhKhan in a dual role as film star Aryan Khanna and his obsessive fan Gaurav Chandna, who looks just like him.

Gaurav beats up a rival actor to appease Aryan, but is instead punished by his idol; heartbroken, the fan plans revenge.
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!!This movie provides examples of the following tropes:
* BigBad: Gaurav Chandna.
* BrokenPedestal: The conflict of the movie kicks off when Gaurav is arrested for beating up a fellow actor who talked smack about Aryan, on orders from Aryan himself.
* CelebrityResemblance: The whole plot revolves around Gaurav's uncanny resemblance to Aryan.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Gaurav at the end, after seeing that his life is destroyed and his idol never apologized to him]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Aryan isn't at all pleased with Gaurav for beating up Sid Kapoor.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In the end, Gaurav flings himself off a room to his death, while smiling up at Aryan]].
* HeroAntagonist: Aryan opposes the protagonist Gaurav.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Sid Kapoor, Aryan's rival, doesn't have a lot of screentime, but the whole movie wouldn't have happened if he didn't talk badly about Aryan, prompting Gaurav to beat him up.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Beating up someone to try and gain your idol's approval isn't exactly a good idea.
* VillainProtagonist: Gaurav is the main character but he is the one causing all the conflicts in the story.
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