‘My Name is Khan’ is a well-written story about a Muslim man called Khan who has Asperger’s Syndrome. The story starts with an incident at an airport where this man is detained after he recites the Quran when waiting on the queue for security check.
The story unravels as Khan sets out to meet the president of the United States in order to tell him that his name is Khan and he is not a terrorist. The life of Khan is followed from when he was born will post 9/11. It discusses and highlights the tragic changes in Khan’s life resulting from marrying a Hindu lady, from 9/11 and the anti-terror war, from losing his step son in a racial attack and from making it to the BBC news as a false terror suspect.
The film is well-made and brings in focus incidents that have significantly shaped the world history and ways in which the world has changed over the past ten years. In essence, the film is about the equality of himan-beings and it illustrates in a rather romantic way how we all seek the same things in life, whether we are American Christians or Indian Muslims.
Here is the link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188996/
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