My Name Is Khan

An extraordinary story

Producers: Dharma Productions
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sonya Jehan and Jimmy Shergill.

Rizvan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) is an Indian, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome. He falls in love with Mandira (Kajol) in India and despite stiff opposition from their families, they get married and move to San Francisco. Once there, they start a family business and things are fine until September 11, 2001. Things go awry in their lives and Mandira is forced to leave him due to the circumstances. Determined to win her back, Rizvan begins a journey across the country.



Director
Karan Johar
The journey to make this film has been heavily laden with self-discovery and a deeper understanding of the various manifestations of love, loss, strife, fear, ignorance and social consciousness. Sretching beyond a form and process of storytelling that I had been comfortable with earlier, this film challenged me to understand a multitude of perspectives as I tried to convey all of the various opinions, facts and propoganda that comes with the global issue of discrimination and intolerance towards a race of people completely unassociated by the evils of terrorism.

With My Name Is Khan, I have been able to understand the craft of filmmaking on a deeper level, aided greatly by the immense talent and dedication that was brought to the tabel by my entire cast and crew. The luxuries of being a commercially- successful director meant I could have my pick of the finest the Indian film industry has to offer, and my hope is the film conveys the efforts put forth by everyone who came along the journey of My Name Is Khan.

THE BUZZ
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol are pairing up after a long gap of nine years and everyone is excited to see their chemistry. Shah Rukh playing a totally different character, who suffer autism.