Many shows cancelled and hundreds arrested in Mumbai, India for protesting against the Bollywood star Shahruk Khan’s latest movie MY NAME IS KHAN. Although the controversy deepens surrounding the movie and its famous actor Shahruk khan, the movie was shown across India as per scheduled. Due to the threats of possible violence at the cinemas, Media channels were on the spot covering the release of the movie. This made the whole thing much more interesting and thus compelled me more than ever to watch it.
The core message I got from the movie was tolerance and acceptance regardless of one's faith and belief. The movie was based on a young man; Rizvan Khan played by Shahruk Khan an autistic yet a very intelligent Muslim youth who tried to convince the people of USA and the world that even though he is a Muslim and his name is Khan, he is not a terrorist. He followed the President of the US tirelessly and tried to meet the president to convey this message. During his endeavor, at a gathering where the president attended, USA security officials arrested him suspecting him as a terrorist. Later it was found that he was just trying to meet the president to say that he is not what they claimed him to be. Events that followed made him very famous that ultimately provided him to have an audience with the president of the US and convey his message.
Kajol appears in this movie as Shahruk’s Hindu wife. Once married before and with a son whose death by racial and religiously motivated violence, Kajol's anger and regret drove Shahruk into an almost wild goose chase.
The acting was almost flawless and believable even though some parts were a bit more dramatic which gives it the usual Bollywood aurora. But Cinematography was top notch.
In general the movie shows how Muslims living in USA were treated after the terrorist attack in New York in 2001. The movie goes on casting how the Muslims were threatened and at times beaten up and isolated in the society.
The message was very clear, tolerance and acceptance regardless of one's faith. It is the message of humanity and peace. Treating every one as equals and respecting them. It is infect very true that every Muslim is not a terrorist. Neither is every Hindu nor Christian nor Jew. A good person can be of any faith and so does the bad. There is no definite defining point. This is well illustrated in the movie and a perfect lesson regarding this was given during Rizvan's childhood. I recommend the movie as I believe in the very message it gave; tolerance and acceptance.
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