Fanaa
2006 2h 48m movie Film India

Fanaa

फ़ना

“Destroyed in love...”

Synopsis

फ़ना

“Destroyed in love…”

Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.

Audience Engagement

178
Reviews
96th
Review-volume percentile
93rd
Popularity percentile

178 audience reviews — more than 96% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among India films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Fanaa. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Yash Raj Films

Action + Drama in India

286 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fanaa itself).

The 2005–2007 India Window

Fanaa holds position #49 of 157 India films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Umrao Jaan
    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Like Stars on Earth
    #2

    Like Stars on Earth

    ★ 8.0 · 2007
  3. Black
    #3

    Black

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  4. Thanmathra
    #4

    Thanmathra

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  5. Pudhupettai
    #5

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006
  6. The Fall
    #6

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  7. Amal
    #7

    Amal

    ★ 7.6 · 2007
  8. Arabikkatha
    #8

    Arabikkatha

    ★ 7.6 · 2007

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fanaa premiered alongside 45 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$5.3M
Budget
$22.2M
Revenue
$16.9M
Net Profit
4.2×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 48m runtime, production spent $32K per minute on screen and earned $132K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 45 other India films in 2006.

The 545th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Fanaa, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • blindness and impaired vision · 5
  • tourist guide · 3
  • kashmir conflict · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • delhi · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • india · 84
  • musical · 71

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
178
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #783 of 1,983 India films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Action productions specifically: #204 of 637 (top 32%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageHindi
Production CompaniesYash Raj Films
Runtime2h 48m
Release DateMay 26, 2006
IMDbtt0439662