Directed by : Karan Johar
Produced by : Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan
Starring : Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Shergill, Sonya Jehan, Zarina
Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Generation : Drama
Release Date : 12th February 2010
Bollywood’s king Shahrukh Khan’s new film “My Name Is Khan” directedby Karan Johar is now ready for releasing in all over the world. Butthe people of Mumbai may not be seen this movie unless Shiv Sena haschanged their decision. The Siva Sena has been opposing against theShahrukh Khan’s comments on Pakistani players in the IPL and declaredthat it will not allow the film to be released in Mumbai till heapologises. Shahrukh Khan and Kajol are main characters of this film.This film is produced by Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan and music ofthis movie is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Shooting locations ofthis film is Los Angeles, San Francisco and slums of Mumbai. Hope thatthis film will be hit on the box office on 12th February 2010
ABOUT MOVIE
“My Name Is Khan” is the most awaited movie of the year 2010. Thisis based on a true story and it is about a Muslim man Rizwan Khan(Shahrukh Khan)who suffers from Asperger syndrome. In childhood, Rizwanlived with his mother (Zarina Wahab) in the Borivali section of Mumbai.When he grown up, Rizwan moved to San Francisco to live with hisbrother and sister-in-law.There he falls in love with a Hindu womanMandira (Kajol). Despite protests from his family they get married andstart a small business together. They are happy until September 11attacks by al-Qaeda on US. After that tragedy, the attitudes towardsMuslims was changed. Rizwan and Mandira had to face a number ofdifficulties which causes them to separate. In order to win her back,Rizwan made a touching and inspiring journey across the United States.In the process of that journey, he produces optimism and joy in thehearts of the people by spreading of messages of goodwill wherever heroams. On that journey, he was even arrested because, the authoritiesthought that he is acting suspicious, but the fact that it is due tohis disability that he is acting like that. Director Karan Johar saysabout this film is that terrorism has no religion and it will neverhave a religion. He believed that he have a social responsibility tofulfill that fact. Main actor Shahrukh Khan commented that this film isnot about a disabled man’s fight against disability, but the fightagainst the disability including terrorism, hatred, fighting etc existsin the world. Kajol is played the role of Shahrukh Khan’s wife in thisfilm. She paired with him after a gap of many years. Kajol andShahrukh’s on-screen chemistry have helped deliver several hit films inthe past. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Karan Johar’s previous movie “KuchKuch Hota Hai” was one of the biggest hits of the 90’s.This film makeShahrukh Khan and Kajol as the super star pair and Karan Johar as theone of the notable director in the Hindi film industry. Hope that thisinteresting movie based on a true story will be super hit after therelease of movie.
MUSIC
The movie “My Name Is Khan” is from Karan Johar who is known forsoulful tunes in his super hit films. In this film also Karan did notdisappointing his fans. He presents this film with beautiful songscomposed by the music composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the lyrics ofNiranjan Iyengar. This film has six original songs which are sung byRahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Richa Sharma, Adnan Sami,Shreya Ghoshal etc. The songs are in the following,
1. Sajda, Singers : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Richa Sharma
2. Noor E Khuda, Singers : Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal
3. Tere Naina, Singer : Shafqat Amanat Ali
4. Allah Hi Rahem, Singer : Rashid Khan
5. Khan Theme
6. Rang De, Singer : Shankar Mahadevan, Suraj Jagan
RATING
Before the release of this movie, it got good reviews from thepeople. “Bollywood Hungama”, the leading Bollywood entertainmentwebsite selected this film as the most anticipated Bollywood films of2010. It ranked number one for Top 20 movies overall in worldwide, Top1 movie for UK, and Top 1 movie for USA. It ranked number two for Top10 movies for India. This film will be screened at the BerlinInternational Film Festival in this month.
