My Name Is Khan Official

We live in an age of labels. Democrat. Republican. Hindu. Muslim. Rich. Poor. Immigrant. Citizen. In the cacophony of modern discourse, the individual often gets lost in the shuffle of the stereotype.

That is precisely why, over a decade after its release, Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan feels less like a Bollywood melodrama and more like a prophecy. my name is khan

My name is Rizwan. And this is my story. What did you think of the film? Did it change the way you view identity politics? Let me know in the comments below. We live in an age of labels

By Rizwan Q.

Rizwan is painfully literal. He doesn’t understand sarcasm, nuance, or social fear. So when the world tells him that “Khan” is a dangerous surname, he doesn’t get angry—he gets confused. That confusion is the genius of the script. It forces the viewer to look at bigotry without the usual filters of political correctness. He doesn’t understand sarcasm