My Name is Khan : Sharukh Khan with Kajol   
21 Mar 09, 10:45am

Star Cast: Sharukh Khan, Kajol
Director : Karan Johar
Cinematography : Ravi K. Chandran
Release : December 2009

It’s rare that Bollywood directors and producers take a subject that has got social relevance to it. It is rarest when a Director who only took films about rich Indian families takes a social subject for his film.

MY NAME IS KHAN is one of the most anticipated and much awaited film of the year 2009, This Karan Johar film has been in the limelight ever since its announcement.

My Name Is Khan is Karan Johar's fourth project after blockbuster hits like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. With this film Karan Johar will find himself in class with great filmmakers in India. Karan has already got a neat and luxurious way of telling stories. But the stories he selected would have otherwise fitted aptly for serials.

This time Karan Johar comes with content so different. The content of My Name is Khan is opposite to whatever he has done in the past.
With this film he is throwing away the ‘K’ factor too.

My Name Is Khan is based on a true story which is about a disabled man’s fight against the disability that exists in the world — terrorism, hatred etc. My Name is Khan is also about Islam and the way the world looks at Muslims. It is known that the film does not preach anything or take sides.

There are no good Muslims, bad Muslims, good Hindus, bad Hindus, good Christians, bad Christians. There is only good person or a bad person. Humanity is the criterion, Religion is not.

This is a movie on discrimination against people with Muslim names in the post 9/11 world.

Sharuk khan is Rizwan Khan who has autism in the film.

The first shooting schedule of the film commenced in 2008 end. The brightest on-screen Bollywood celluloid couple, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol shot together for a full fledged project after 8 years.

Sharuk’s shoulder injury delayed the filming schedule early this year.

The shooting is undergoing in Mumbai. The crew is scheduled to go San Francisco in June. After that the film will go into post production.

Cinematography is by Ravi K Chandran. The musical trio Shanker- Ehsaan-Loy composed the film's music.
MY NAME IS KHAN is produced by Dharma Productions.

The film has its relevance in this phase of India where people realizes that terrorism has no religion and also when religion is used as the most lethal political weapon by Parties. Let India remain secular where there is no difference between a Khan and a Kumar.