![]() ![]() ![]() The storyas much as I can divulge in a reviewstarts off in fairly formulaic boy-meets-girl fashion: Zooni Ali Beg (Kajol), a beautiful blind Kashmiri young woman, comes to the big city (New Delhi, in this case) for the very first time, after having lived a sheltered, happy life in a pristine little town in Kashmir. Aided by strong writing, a different story, able direction, and slick production values, they make it an entirely worthwhile proposition. I say good for them, for this is a superb collaboration between the actors. ![]() In addition, this is Kajol's first film after a self-imposed hiatus, while Aamir Khan, paired with her here for the first time, is also seen infrequently on screen due to his reputed fastidiousness in choosing movie projects. Any film bearing such an intriguing, if somewhat grandiose, title would have the onus of living up to enormous expectations. In Persian, Urdu, and chaste Hindi, it means "annihilated", "destroyed", or in the context of the latest offering from Yash-Raj Films, it signifies "devastated, ravaged, or consumed by love". "Fanaa" is not a word in common parlance. ![]()
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