MY NAME KHAN FULL MOVIE MOVIE
The punishment for this hate crime shown in this movie does not do any discredit to the American State and society. My Name is Khan centres around a hate crime. The message was clear that the United States is a country with a rule of law and it would not tolerate hate crimes on its soil.Įven today there is little ambiguity about punishing hate crimes in the United States. Much to the credit of the United States, hate crimes were not only effectively checked but the punishment in such cases was also swift and stringent. Right thinking, law abiding people in the West had a real concern about hate crimes after the catastrophe of 9/11. The movie presents things which the Western audience would understand more easily. There is a mention in the film of Americans losing lives in Iraq, most of them innocent people - journalists and reporters - but obviously the ordinary people suffering in Iraq and Afghanistan is not anybody's concern in the film. The film presents the American point of view clearly, unmistakably, unambiguously. Predictably, since a substantial part of the market for big budget Hindi films belongs to the Western world - the UK and the United States of America in particular, MNIK tries to think its material from the point of view of the West. IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in My Name is Khan. The subjects treated in MNIK - no good and bad binary on religious lines, impact of 9/11 on the life of ordinary people, problem of adjustment for a man with disability - certainly hold an appeal for a global audience. Usually movies made by the likes of Karan Johar, designer romances as they have often been called, have an international audience in mind. The liberal use of English in the film, that too with an American accent, is also not easy to follow for a small town audience. Ĭertainly Shah Rukh suffering from Asperger's syndrome is not likely to interest audience in a small town. It may be recalled that the Shiv Sena had given a call to boycott the film because Shah Rukh Khan, the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, had made a statement in favour of allowing Pakistani players to play the IPL.Ĭalling Shah Rukh anti-national, the Shiv Sena sought the star's public apology, which, of course, never came.ĭespite a good story, soulful music, beautiful songs and big actors, there was still a lot in the film with which the audience in a small town could hardly relate to. Watching the film I wondered if it would have attracted the kind of crowd it did but for the controversy that preceded its release. The situation was not different in most small cities. There were no multiplexes in my city at that time.
I had many questions and queries in my mind after watching My Name Is Khan in the best single screen theatre in my city.
Islamophobia has increased manifold in different parts of the world. Social media controls our life and trolls never had it better. The right wing has occupied greater space in the world in the last decade. Incidents of hate crimes continue unabated. People with disability still face discrimination in society. If at all they have survived, single screen theatres are in a deplorable state everywhere in India. Shah Rukh Khan continues to be a big star, though Salman Khan has surged ahead. My Name is Khan was released on Februwith a lot of fanfare, but not without some controversy.