Fan not a remake of Robert De Niro's The Fan: Shah Rukh Khan & Maneesh Sharma speak up

While promoting the film in Delhi along with SRK, the director was quoted saying: 

"People will get a better answer once they see the film Fan. There are no similarities between our film and The Fan. According to people, my every film is a remake. When Band Baaja Baaraatwas about to release I was told that I'm remaking Wedding Planner."

Maneesh also took the example of Shuddh Desi Romance and said: 

"Similarly, when Shuddh Desi Romance was coming, I was told it's similar to No Strings Attached. But I guess Fan is not similar to any film. Once people will see Fan they will understand that." 

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Shah Rukh, who will be seen in a double role in the film, also refuted the reports and said: 

"No, not at all. It's (Fan) an extremely different film. I have seen that film (The Fan) when I was young. I have seen another one and we read some books. But, for the matter of fact, I told Maneesh that we should see them just for the reference. Fan is not even close to it."

The King Khan also took a moment to speak about doing an off-beat film like Fan, after Rohit Shetty's Dilwale. He said: 

"I did Raees and Fan before Dilwale actually. Unfortunately, because of the injury and VFX they both have come after that. There is no differentiating or finding a new path or rediscovering kind of stuff. I do the film when directors love me and feel that I can be part of a special project. Sometimes it turns out to be over the top commercial, sometimes a little off-beat or something. Don't find a logic in my unreasonable life." 

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After Fan, SRK will be seen in Raees in which he plays a don. Post that, he has finalised two films  -- an untitled one with Anand L Rai and Walk And Talk with Gauri Shinde. 

Fan releases this Friday. 

-- quotes from IANS