Movie: My Name is Khan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol
Producer : Gauri Khan, Hiroo Yash Johar
Director: Karan Johar
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Writer: Shibani Bathija
Rating: 4/5
Questions of religious and national identity, of the sense of right and wrong, of combating a certain isolation that comes with a behavioural disorder. But what triumphs over all the complexities unfolding in a tumultuous post 9/11 America is Rizwan Khan and his essential goodness that tells you unwaveringly – his name is Khan and he is not a terrorist.
Director Karan Johar is in unfamiliar territory here. No candyfloss romance, no sweet nothings, nobody breaking into song. Just the super intelligent Rizwan, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, his halting voice with his inability to communicate, and his many relationships – with his mother, his brother, and yes, Mandira, and her son Sam. Read the rest of this entry »
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol
Producer : Gauri Khan, Hiroo Yash Johar
Director: Karan Johar
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Writer: Shibani Bathija
Rating: 4/5
Questions of religious and national identity, of the sense of right and wrong, of combating a certain isolation that comes with a behavioural disorder. But what triumphs over all the complexities unfolding in a tumultuous post 9/11 America is Rizwan Khan and his essential goodness that tells you unwaveringly – his name is Khan and he is not a terrorist.
Director Karan Johar is in unfamiliar territory here. No candyfloss romance, no sweet nothings, nobody breaking into song. Just the super intelligent Rizwan, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, his halting voice with his inability to communicate, and his many relationships – with his mother, his brother, and yes, Mandira, and her son Sam. Read the rest of this entry »
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