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"My name is Khan" is the film from 2010 directed by Karan Johar.
Rizwan Khan, played by famous indian actor Shah Rukh Khan, Indian muslim who suffers from Asperger syndrome, is a bit overreacting and has problems with interpersonal relations. He wants to cross the boundary in New York but because of his illness and descent he's perceived as a terrorist. He becomes one of the suspects in the issue of recent attacks in New York. Khan feels ofended, he believs that his mission is to meet with president and explain him that he's not a terrorist. He doesn't realize that this is not that simple and he's really determined to do it. He starts his journey in order to find the way to meet the head of state. He doesn't expect that on the way he will find something else.
Rizwan Khan, played by famous indian actor Shah Rukh Khan, Indian muslim who suffers from Asperger syndrome, is a bit overreacting and has problems with interpersonal relations. He wants to cross the boundary in New York but because of his illness and descent he's perceived as a terrorist. He becomes one of the suspects in the issue of recent attacks in New York. Khan feels ofended, he believs that his mission is to meet with president and explain him that he's not a terrorist. He doesn't realize that this is not that simple and he's really determined to do it. He starts his journey in order to find the way to meet the head of state. He doesn't expect that on the way he will find something else.
Rizwan meets Mandira - lonely mother. She doesn't care about his illness, she sees all of the beauty and good in him. They fall in love with each other. Khan's mission is relegated into the background but he promises Mandira that he'll do his best to finish what he has started because he still has problems due to suspicions of terroristic attacks. When it comes to serious misunderstanding which splits lovers apart, Rizwan decides to complete his mission because he believes that it can change everything. He wants to fight for his and other imigrant's rights. It's unbelievable but he finally meets president and says frequently repeated, simple words: 'My name is Khan and I'm not a terrorist".
Why was it so important for Khan to justify himself? Well, white-skinned, Christian, American citizen with full rights could say that he's fed up with all those divisions, labels, disjustice, inequality and it's ok if he thinks so but who's the one that is most fed up with this? Who's ofended for real? The one who's perceived as a stranger, intruder. The one who's black-skinned, imigrant, muslim or homosexual. My vision of perfect world is the world in which no matter who you are - black, white, Christian, muslim, Jude, gay, straight and no matter where you are, you just feel like you're at home. Because everyone everywhere should be entitled to feel good, accepted, to lead a normal life.
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