"My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist." This is not just cheesy dialogue delivered by Shah Rukh Khan in his new film. It is a line all set to go viral as soon as the first show opens tomorrow, and it could well make My Name Is Khan bigger than it is was meant to be.
It may or may not release in Mumbai this weekend (theatre-owners are being chary) but that's only a knee-jerk reaction to extra-constitutional bullying. This is a film whose time has come. It is shockingly naïve, yes, but nothing can be truer: not all Muslims are terrorists.
For a long time now, and especially after 9/11, this statement, both scarily defensive and stating the obvious, has played out the world over, in different forms, and in different media. But this new articulation, which comes from India's biggest star who, by no coincidence, also happens to be a Muslim, and a Khan, makes it at once acquire fresh, urgent meaning.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/move-over-bond.-my-name-is-khan-and-i-am-not-a-terrorist/578923/
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