My Name is Khan [DVD]

This is a fantastic movie with so much meaning behind it. It really makes you open your eyes to some much

You can imagine the family reaction when my wife suggested this movie....we have two boys and the last thing they wanted on family movie night was a Bollywood movie. How many dress changes and random dances would there be? How corny would the storyline be? How stereotyped would the characters be? And how long would the movie be? How we fought to avoid this film.How wrong we were....Amazon classifies this film as a 'Bollywood' movie - do not let that put you off. This film tackles issues (Asperger's) rarely covered in Indian films - or indeed in Western films. It does it with a sensitivity and depth of acting rarely seen. Shahrukh Khan shows depths that are rarely seen by any actors. The delicate and sensitive way in which the whole issue is played is heart wrenching.At the core of the film this is a romantic film, set in the US of a Muslim boy meeting and falling in love with a Hindu girl - but it deals with multiple other issues from how Muslims are stereotyped by society; how siblings of AS sufferers feel and how an individual with AS deals with the world.It may appear slow paced but it is endearing and engaging. That it could keep our kids engaged throughout is a tribute to the quality of the cast, the script and the director.The film also brilliantly raises multiple issues about society, assumption, segregation and stereotyping. I feel the film deserves much more recognition than it has received - I highly recommend it for a family movie night. Indeed I am surprised it did not win any Oscars.It is suitable for Western / English speaking audiences.

brilliant

Good

Lovely story - sensitively told

Having not grown up with Indian cinema, this movie was a very pleasant suprise.With two of Bollywood's most famous actors (know as the golden couple), this is a really nice way of experiencing a Bollywood with a lighter touch. If you are looking for traditional Bollywood dancing and over-acting, this isn't the film you're looking for. I would discribe this film as something of a half-way house between Hollywood and traditional indian cinema.The story is well constructed and moves at a decent pace and is well acted throughout. Shah Rukh Khan particularly shines as an autistic man on a journey to challenge the stigma of his race, with Kajol supporting brilliantly as the emotionally broken wife & mother.If you like a film with a story, which is accessable and well acted - this is certainly one to watch.Ideal as an 'entry level' Bollywood film.

I was introduced to Hindu movies through a course I was studying; we were studying "Water". My bf and I enjoyed this movie so much that we started looking for other Hindu movies. We came across Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge". It was so good to have a movie with a proper story as apposed to a "shooty, shooty bang bang" movie. After that we looked for more movies in which these actors stared in. This was one. My bf is a teacher for people with special needs and he commented that this fine actor must has research Asperger's Syndrome because he was so good. I detest dubbing and am happy to read the subtitles. This does not stop me from blubbing throughout the movie. If you want a movie with a story, fine acting and a good moral to take away with you, this is one to add to your collection.

This is without doubt one of the greatest films I've ever watched and I more than recommend it. If you've never seen anything from Bollywood than this is the best place to start. It's a little similar to Forrest Gump, only if that was about being essentially american, then this story goes one better because it is about being essentially human. A young man with Asperger's Syndrome makes his way through life from India to San Francisco and changes the world. I laughed, cried, sobbed, smiled, hated, loved and even had to stop watching for five minutes to shout out the window and re-evaluate my life. The strange thing is, that although Khan's performance is superb, there are director cuts that are a little bit sketchy, and 'some' translation issues, but it never matters. This is the film of the decade in my opinion and quite frankly, the best thing I've watched in years. It changed me, and there's not many films that can do that.