MUMBAI: Set to conquer the world battling the daily rat-race, a father-daughter duo is passionate to achieve their goals against all odds. Catch this slice-of-life story of Fanney Khan with its World Television Premier on Friday, January 18 at 9 pm only on India’s Number 1 Hindi Movie Channel, Sony MAX.
Directed by Atul Manjrekar, the film has a stellar cast including Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Divya Dutta and Pihu Sand; where they make the two extreme worlds of chawl and looming skyscraper collide to achieve what they have aspired for their entire life.
The film revolves around the relationship of a father with his overweight daughter. Prashant Kumar an orchestra singer of 90s known as Fanney Khan (Anil Kapoor) is fan of Mohdmmad Rafi. However, he could never make it to the music world. When his daughter is born he names her Lata after Lata Mageshkar and promises to make her a renowned singer. Many years later Lata aspires to be a singer but is criticized for her weight. Prashant works in a small factory which shuts operations, and he feels that his dream of making Lata a singer will be shattered. Soon thereafter,, he secretly take up to driving as a vocation and when the well-known singer Baby Singh, hails a ride, he kidnaps her and with the help of his friend, Adir, he takes her to his erstwhile factory. They call Baby's manager Karan Kakkad and ask him for ransom. But as the story unfolds, Fanney’s world turns upside down.