My Name Is Khan (2010)

An ordinary man, an extraordinary journey... FOR LOVE.

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

Directed by: Karan Johar

Written by: Shibani Bathija

Music by: Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Arjan Aujla, Jimmy Shergill, Sonya Jehan, Zarina Wahab, Adarsh Gourav, Tanay Chheda, Yuvan Makar, Kenton Duty

Genre: Drama, Romance

Released: 2010-02-11

Runtime: 165 minutes

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My Name Is Khan (2010): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• By the fourth week, the film earned US$3,868,891 (₹193,820,016), breaking Shah Rukh Khan's previous record set by Om Shanti Om (2007).
• The partnership was announced in February 2009; on co-producing the film under his own banner, Shah Rukh Khan said he disliked to presell films, especially non-commercial ones, like My Name Is Khan, and wanted Johar to finish it without taking a loan as well as to collectively own the film.
• During this period, Kareena Kapoor was reported to have offered herself to play opposite Shah Rukh Khan, until May 2008 at the time Kajol confirmed her presence.
• Principal photography was commenced by Ravi K. Chandran on 18 December 2008 in Los Angeles.
• Rediff.com's Raja Sen said Karan Johar had made "his first grown-up film", and described it as one "that will inspire, make aware, make happy".
• Shibani Bathija wrote the story and screenplay while penning the dialogues with Johar's then-regular collaborator Niranjan Iyengar, thus making My Name Is Khan Johar's first film he did not write himself, though he still helped her in the research.
• The film grossed a total of £2.6 million ($4,017,000) in the United Kingdom, making it the highest-grossing foreign-language film of 2010 in the UK.
• The film's performance in India was quite good but still is generally regarded as "below expectations" due to the high budget, while the overseas performance of the film has been record breaking.
• By the first weekend, the film earned US$437,687, defeating the previous record set by 3 Idiots (US$350,000).
• My Name Is Khan first premiered in the United Arab Emirates on 10 February 2010 and was theatrically released worldwide two days later by 20th Century Fox.
• In 2017, Khan was honoured at the San Francisco Film festival for his role in the film, seven years after the release of MNIK.
• The film has six original songs and four additional songs taken from Karan Johar's previous films, which are played in background without lip sync.
• On 7 August 2009, Khan signed a worldwide distribution deal for the film with Fox Star Studios for ₹1 billion (equivalent to ₹2.7 billion or US$28 million in 2026).
• The critic opined Shah Rukh Khan succeeded in playing his part: "Completely getting under the skin of the character, Shah Rukh has picked up every single nuance of an Asperger's syndrome patient without making it appear labored."
• BBC's Manish Gajjar believed Shah Rukh Khan had shown his versatility as an actor within his emotional performance and considered it to be his best.

Source: Wikipedia

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