Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Shergill, Zarina Wahab
Producer: Karan Johar
Release year: 2010
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama, International
The story revolves around an Indian Muslim boy
named Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh
Khan) who suffers from Asperger's
syndrome, which is one of the disorders on the autism spectrum. But despite all
the disadvantages, Rizwan is very smart and intelligent. His mother (Zareena
Wahab) inculcates good values and manners into him from
an early age. After his mother's death, Rizwan moves to the USA to stay with
his brother (Jimmy Shergill). There he
falls in love with a Hindu Indian woman named Mandira (Kajol) who runs a beauty Salon. Rizwan somehow convinces Mandira to marry him
after which they live happily together along with Mandira's son, Sameer.
But things take a turn for the worse when Al Qaeda
carries out a plane attack on The World Trade Centre on September 11th, 2001.
The 9/11 changes everything for Muslims in America, as all the Muslims were now
under suspicion and they face a lot of discrimination. As a result of this,
Mandira's son Sameer is killed by a group of boys motivated by hatred towards
Muslims. So, Mandira starts feeling that marrying Rizwan was a bad decision as
her son would have still been alive if his step-father wasn't Muslim. Rizwan
feels dejected and sad but a seed gets planted into his head to go on a quest
to convey his message to the President of the United States, the message that read,
"My name is Khan & I'm not a Terrorist"
He promises himself that he would not return back to Mandira unless the message is delivered. But the path was far from easy, Rizwan faces a lot of hardships on his way but he never gives up and finally, he fulfills his mission and reunites with Mandira.
TRAILER
Conclusion
Conclusion
Plus Points
- Social message
- Incredible acting, especially by Shah Rukh Khan who portrays the role of an autistic individual flawlessly.
- Soulful music
- Excellent Cinematography and locations
Negative Point
- The movie tries to cover quite a few subplots, like religious extremism, natural calamity, love story, health disorder, social integration, etc. So it becomes a bit difficult to do complete justice to each and everyone, but overall it has done more than satisfactory in terms of that.
Rating
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 stars out of 5)
