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The King Khan Shah Rukh and Kajol starred super hit Bollywood movie, My Name Is Khan, aka MNIK, is set to release China, to delight the Chinese fans of Bollywood films. The premier of MNIK in China is on November 30th. 

Probably this may be the first Indian film to release in China. The Chinese government allows to release only 20 foreign films in a year.

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The Plot Summary

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Rizvan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a disorder which makes it difficult for people to interact socially, and comes to live with his younger brother (Jimmy Shergill) in the US after their mother dies.
In San Francisco, he meets hairstylist Mandira (Kajol), a free-spirited woman who lives with her six-year old son, Sameer or Sam (Yuvaan Makaar), from a failed marriage. While Rizvan falls in love with Mandira, she too grows fond of the good-natured Rizvan. An unlikely romance later, Mandira gets married to Rizvan, and move to suburban Danville, California.
The Khans' perfect existence gets disrupted, however, after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers in New York City. The family experience prejudice in their community, and Sam gets involved in a tussle with a group of fellow students who beat him up in a racially motivated schoolyard fight.
Sam dies of his injuries and a shattered Mandira blames Rizvan for his death. "He died only because his name was Khan,” yells Mandira and asks Rizvan to leave her. Rizvan tries to assure Mandira that things would get better, but she tells him that as long as he remains a Khan, he would be looked upon as a terrorist, even if he persuaded the US president otherwise.
Rizvan sets out on a journey that takes him from one US state to another, following the movements of the president, for whom he has a message: "My name is Khan, and I’m not a terrorist."

Full Review By Meri News

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“MY NAME is Khan and I’m not a terrorist.” Is there anything new in this dialogue? Or does it give any ideas what the film is going to be about?

Yeah, yeah its time for some soul searching – the typical ‘post 9/11 drama’ that compels you to understand the plight of Muslims branded as terrorists in the Western world, innocent guy sent behind bars for his Muslim surname and then the quest for the truth – a journey to make the whole world know that – all Muslims are not terrorists.

But between the-obvious plot, lies some excellent drama and appeal by the finest actors of our times – Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

SRK plays Rizvan Khan who moves to San Francisco and lives with his brother Jimmy Shergill and sister-in-law Sonya Jehan. Khan who suffers from a type of autism, falls in love with Mandira (Kajol). After some obstacles, they get married and start a small business together. The couple lives a happy life with their son until September 11, tragedy strikes and the attitudes towards Muslims undergo a sea-change.

Mandira is devastated when she realizes that her ‘cute’ ‘innocent’ child-like husband does not have the capability and strength to protect his family in adverse situations. She finally gives up and realizes that life cannot be lived with a man who lacks maturity and mental ability of a normal adult. She leaves Rizwan and goes away taking their kid.

Rizvan is confused and upset that the love of his life has left him. To win her back, he embarks on a touching and inspiring journey to meet the president of United States (played by Christopher B. Duncan) and he indeed manages to meet the US president and prove his point that Muslims are as much a victim of terrorism as is the rest of the world.

The story reminds you a bit of films like Khuda Ke Liye and New York, but the difference lies in the Karan Johar style of story telling – where even petty details are whetted with emotion, tears, dialogues and vivid imagery.

As a film critic says, “The story unfolds feverishly from the very start itself. So if you miss a scene or two, chances are you would've missed some vital links in the story.”

“The fact is, there's too much happening in the first half. Although the narrative tends to get leisurely-paced at times, the wheels continue to move from one episode to another.”

So, watch the movie if you are a die hard SRK fan. And also if you won’t mind getting enlightened about what is it like being a misunderstood autistic man – who is trying in his own simple and yet powerful way – to prove to the world that terrorism is everyone’s enemy. It hurts everyone alike – all races, Muslims or non Muslims.

International Review By - The Guardian News Paper

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“Its Muslim star Shahrukh Khan faces violent protests from Hindu nationalists – but My Name Is Khan shows India's need for tolerance”

A few days ago, the biggest movie star in the world remarked that the Indian Premier League could show "a little more leeway" when no Pakistani players were selected for the upcoming Twenty20 cricket competition. Then all hell broke loose, and it has yet to be recaged.
As of today, more than 1,800 people have been arrested in Mumbai for vandalising cinemas advertising Shahrukh Khan's latest movie, My Name Is Khan. This weekend, 21,000 special police will protect cinemagoers, and there will be security checks at the box office. "This is not Shahrukh, but the Khan in him that's saying all this", said a spokesman for the Shiv Sena, the militant Hindu nationalist organisation in Maharashtra which is behind the trouble. The Sena told Khan – an Indian Muslim – to move to Pakistan, and issued a threat: "There will be dire consequences if Shahrukh defies the orders of the Sena chief."

The film itself has not provoked the fuss, though its title, a declaration of Islamic identity, does resonate. It's a honey-coated melodrama about an autistic Indian Muslim man finding love in California after 9/11. If that sounds singular, just wait for the second half, in which George W Bush stands idly by while the desi hero singlehandedly saves a community of African-Americans after a Katrina-style hurricane. Several screens in Maharashtra have already pulled My Name Is Khan. Too bad for audiences, who will miss the remarkable scene in which Khan wins the hearts of the aforementioned African-Americans by expressing to them in passionate Hindi his love of Manchester United.

But there's nothing funny about the Sena's threats. "The Shiv Sena is one of the most extreme faces of
Hindu nationalism," says Edna Fernandes, whose book Holy Warriors explores religious fundamentalism in India. "Its leader, Bal Thackeray, is like a godfather. His modus operandi is to whip his people up to a frenzy, and then it's up to them what they do. He can be charming in person, but at the other end of the line you've got people getting murdered in Muslim communities. It's not a joke."
Going after celebrities, says Fernandes, is part of the Sena pattern. In the past, its targets have included artist MF Husain and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Husain's studio was ransacked, as was a television station that defended Tendulkar. Several of the station's staff were beaten up. In 2008, a Sena splinter organisation, the MNS, pilloried Jaya Bachchan, wife of veteran Bollywood A-lister Amitabh Bachchan, for speaking a few words in Hindi rather than Marathi at a film premiere.

Indian celebrities, including the Bachchans, have often caved under such pressure. So far, Khan has not.
He continues to put forward a moderate line, with a dignity you might not expect from a 44-year-old man whose career consists largely of dressing up in tight trousers and miming to someone else's vocals. Fellow megastar Aamir Khan, whose recent film 3 Idiots smashed multiple box-office records, has stepped in to support him. The Sena termed both men the "2 Idiots", and its supporters burnt them in effigy.

"A large section of India finds the Sena repugnant," says Fernandes. "India wants to see itself as a modern economic power. These communal conflicts are hugely damaging to that." If Khan surrenders today, the Sena will find another example of free speech and tolerance to besiege tomorrow. The message of My Name Is Khan is that extremism must be challenged. This weekend, we will see whether Bollywood's reality lives up to its talk.

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First, Rahul Gandhi gave a blow to Shiv Sena, and now SRK and Mumbaikar shows that no Sena can stop them from doing what they choose to. Kudos to all proud Indias! The Shiv Sena’s rule will not be there anymore in Mumbai.
But where is Mr. Big B all these times? When the entire Bollywood and politicians woke up and supported SRK, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is keeping mum, not to say anything, keeping the Bal sahib happy!!
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has chosen to remain tight-lipped over Indian Premier League (IPL) issue because he fears his statement could be misinterpreted.
'They (the media) ask all the same questions on the film ('Rann') and the media and the angst among them. And then the real reason they are their - 'What sir are your takes on this IPL and Pakistan and Balasaheb and Shah Rukh events?',' Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com Sunday from his Pratkeesha residence in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena activists demonstrated in front of superstar Shah Rukh's house in Bandra here Sunday to protest his comments favouring inclusion of Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They dubbed him a traitor and have demanded that he apologise.
'These are sensitive issues and I must remain out of it. Who and which channel shall distort, amend, cut paste, slow motion, back ground music my comment, one does not know. And also one does not know what stance the channel shall take on it. So, it is best to not comment at all,' he added.
Shah Rukh is the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team.

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See, how mumbaikars are rushing to box office to see this much ‘controversial movie’. The excitement, the protest, all make the movie a mega hit. So, here is the question; Who has the credit for this? The posters? The media? The Fox entertimenent? No.. The real marketing hero is Bal Takerey and his Shiv Sena.
How, if someone is thinking in this manner that ‘it is a plot and a new marketing strategy played by MNIK crews and the Shiv Seiniks?
So, ultimately, the fool is; ‘The people’!!
This is how India is in the eyes of foreign media persons:
Moviegoers in Mumbai filled cinema halls to see My Name is Khan, starring Bollywood leading man Shah Rukh Khan, ignoring protests and the threat of violence from a right-wing political party opposed to the film star.

At an Inox Leisure Ltd. multiplex in Mumbai’s Nariman Point business district police at a checkpoint frisked moviegoers before allowing them in. Mumbai multiplexes decided Friday afternoon, after an assurance of safety from local police, to open bookings for the film.

“I wasn’t scared,” said Rasika Jain, a 19-year-old college student, who came with her family to watch the film. “I would have been angrier if I was forced to miss his movie.”

Khan is involved in a dispute with Mumbai’s Shiv Sena, a political party, that’s targeted the Muslim actor since he publicly regretted the absence of players from Islamic Pakistan in the Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket competition, which starts March 12. Khan owns the Kolkata Knight Riders, an IPL team, which did not bid for any Pakistani players.

“This is not for political points,” said Subhash Desai, a Shiv Sena spokesman, by telephone from Mumbai. “Khan wants players from the same country that sent people to murder hundreds of Indians. He must apologize.”

A terrorist attack in November 2008 on Mumbai, India’s financial capital, left 166 people dead. India blamed terrorist “elements” from Pakistan for the attack. Pakistan acknowledged last February that its territory was used to plot the attack.

Shivaji’s Army

Supporters of the Shiv Sena, or Shivaji’s Army, damaged movie screens and stoned buses in Mumbai earlier this week. They scuffled with police at a few movie halls in the city today, said Deven Bharti, a Mumbai police spokesman.

“If there is any violence, the police are here to handle it,” he said, adding the government had arrested over 2,000 people to prevent disruptions.

Karuna Badwal, Khan’s executive assistant at his company Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt., hung up when called for comment.

The militant Shiv Sena’s campaigns against migrants from poorer northern states and in favor of majority Hindus are often violent. The party is named after a 17th-century local hero called Shivaji who formed a Hindu kingdom and fought off attacks by Muslim rulers.

The Sena was formed by a former cartoonist in 1966 and its partners ruled the state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, for one term from 1995. It has lost the last two assembly elections to an alliance led by the Congress Party.

In the movie, co-produced by News Corp.’s Fox Star Studios and marketed internationally by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Khan plays an Indian Muslim with Asperger’s Syndrome living in the U.S. whose life changes after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Khan, whose house in Mumbai is being guarded by police while he is overseas, turned to Twitter Inc.’s social networking service to send messages to his fans, which were repeated all day on television news channels.

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SRK fans across India proved that they are in support of bollywood, and gave a huge blow to antinationals such as Shiv Sena and VHP.

After much negotiation and a meeting on Friday morning, multiplexes in Mumbai have decided they will have limited screenings of Shah Rukh Khan's
new film, My Name is Khan. Most single-screen cinemas, however, have ruled against the film for security reasons. (Watch: Bollywood for SRK)
Here's how other cities across India greeted the film:
Delhi: Shiv Sainiks attacked the Satyam cinema hall in Janakpuri in Thursday night. Some hoardings of Shah Rukh Khan were burnt at Nizamuddin also last night. Bookings for the film, though, have been good in Delhi and it released per schedule.

Kolkata, Bangalore: In cities like Kolkata and Bangalore, fans have ensured packed shows, stressing that they want to support Shah Rukh Khan for having the courage of his convictions, and for refusing to apologize to the Shiv Sena. (Watch)
Ahmedabad: In Ahmedabad, there was a brief scare after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad threatened to attack cinemas showing the film. The first show at all theatres was cancelled, but after reassurances by the state government, the second show rolled out on schedule.
Gurgaon: The first show of My Name is Khan began at 10 am Gurgaon's Ambience Mall. (Watch)
Chandigarh: The film is running to packed houses in the city though multiplexes have increased security.

Some Disputes.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists on Friday tore down the posters of Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan and caused ruckus in a bid to halt the release of the film in Ahmedabad and Jamnagar in Gujarat.
The VHP on Wednesday had backed the Shiv Sena's [ Images ] protest against Shah Rukh Khan, saying there was 'nothing wrong' in it as the country is not prepared to tolerate a 'Pakistani sympathiser.'
"Multiplexes have decided not to screen the film for the first couple of shows, which have been cancelled. But if the situation improves, they will be screening the film later," Multiplexes Owners' Association (MOA) President Ashok Purohit told PTI.
VHP international general secretary Praveen Togadia, however, opposed Sena's 'Mumbai for Marathis' campaign.

The Disision of Bravery
Meanwhile, some multiplex owners in Mumbai have decided to screen the film, post noon. However, several single screens have decided against the release till the issue is resolved between the Sena and the actor.
Over 1,800 Sena activists, including functionaries, have been arrested in the last three days to thwart protests by the Sena, which is demanding an apology from Shah Rukh for his remarks favouring Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League [ Images ] 3.
MNIK got a smooth release in Delhi [ Images ], amid beefed-up security.
Isolated cases of protest against the film's screening were, however, reported last night when five persons claimed to be Shiv Sainiks tore posters of the film and damaged window panes of Satyam [ Get Quote ] cinema hall in west Delhi. They have been detained by the police.

"Policemen are deployed near the theatres in adequate numbers to avoid any violence. We are keeping close watch," a senior police official said.
The film, which is banking on the chemistry of Shah Rukh and Kajol [ Images ], recieved a good response in Delhi theatres. "Morning shows have 85 percent occupancy but the post noon shows are all sold out. Our theatres are booked till Sunday," Jayendra Banerjee, Vice President Satyam Cineplexes told PTI.
"Some 75 screens in Delhi are screening the movie. The film has also benefited from the Shivratri holiday today. On an average, multiplexes are running 11 to 12 shows a day," a distributor said.
Meanwhile, a sell-out crowd greeted MNIK in West Bengal [ Images ], which released in 131 cinema halls across the state without any trouble.
Police sources said that there was no untoward incident in any cinema hall or multiplex when the film released.
"The only crowd we can see is that of cine-goers. There has been no protest of any sort," an officer of Kolkata [ Images ] Police said. "Security arrangements have, however, been beefed up at the halls and multiplexes in view of the controversy."
A multiplex in Nagpur screened the morning show of MNIK amid tight security arrangements. However, uncertainty prevailed over the film's screening in most single screen theatres, as they refunded the tickets of the noon show.
Cine exhibitors and distributors met up this morning to discuss the situation. Heavy police was deployed in all the theatres where the film was slated to be screened.
In the picture: An MNIK poster on a Kolkata theatre gets garlanded. Photograph: Indian Blooms News Service.

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Multiplex chain INOX Cinemas restarted advance bookings for My Name is Khan in Mumbai on Wednesday evening after shutting it down for much of the day due to the threat of violent protests by Shiv Sena activists.

My Name Is Khan hit as multiplexes halt bookings

"Advance booking is now on at our halls," an official from INOX Cinemas said..

Cinema halls in India's film capital had stopped advance bookings for the Shah Rukh Khan starrer following violent protests by Shiv Sena activists on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the violence was restricted to tearing of hoardings, at least till the afternoon.

Mumbai cops assure security for SRK film

Multiplex chains like PVR and Cinemax halted their advance bookings for the film in the morning, as did single screen theatres like Mehul in Mulund and Shreyas in Ghatkopar, their officials said. Fun Cinemas also halted advance bookings.
Activists of the right wing Shiv Sena continued to demonstrate against the movie since Shah Rukh supported the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Why is Bollywood silent on Shiv Sena attack?
The activists have been vandalising cinema halls and tearing up hoardings, despite the Mumbai Police assuring security cover at the 63 cinema halls and multiplexes that are still scheduled to show the movie here from Friday.
Set in post 9/11 US, the film also features actress Kajol.
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My Name is Khan officially released in below screens and running without threat. Happy viewers are coming out after show.

Mumbai
1- BIG CINEMAS WADALA...
2- INOX NARIMAN POINT
3- FUN REPUBLIC ANDHERI
4- BIG CINEMAS WADALA...

Bangalore
PVR – Forum Mall, Koramangala
INOX – Garuda Mall, Magrath Road
Fun Cinema – Sigma Mall, Queens Road
Urvashi Cinema, Near Lalbagh

Delhi
PVR - Gurgaon

Everyone's watching ‘My Name Is Khan’, and and provig that Indians are dare enough to defend the 'Talibanism' of Shiv Sena. MNIK, which will have the widest release ever for a Bollywood film in the international markets. In U.K., the film will open with an unheard of 125 prints, in U.S. the rough estimates are 115 to 125 prints, in Australia-NZ-Fiji it's [unheard again] 50 prints, in Middle East it's the same number of prints [50] and Pakistan [yes, it opens this Friday] will see a 25 print release.
In phase two, the film will open in Poland in April with 50 prints and also in Germany [dubbed German version] with 50 prints again. Which means, by April, approx. 550 to 600 prints of the film will be in circulation in Overseas alone.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE
ASAL [Tamil film] has debuted at No. 19 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 40,895 [approx. Rs. 29.83 lacs] on 10 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 4,090.
3 IDIOTS [last weekend: No. 19, this weekend: No. 22]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected £ 32,562 on 20 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,628. Total: £ 18,18,316 [approx. Rs. 13.26 crores].
RANN [last weekend: No. 20, this weekend: No. 29]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 13,577 on 15 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 905. Total: £ 76,176 [approx. Rs. 55.56 lacs].
VEER [last weekend: No. 22, this weekend: No. 30]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 12,432 on 16 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 777. Total: £ 2,88,094 [approx. Rs. 2.10 crores].
CHANCE PE DANCE [last weekend: No. 37, this weekend: No. 41]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 2,704 on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 541. Total: £ 1,40,655 [approx. Rs. 1.03 crores].

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE
3 IDIOTS [last weekend: No. 39, this weekend: No. 44]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected $ 37,486 on 40 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 937. Total: $ 64,66,218 [approx. Rs. 30.16 crores].
RANN [last weekend: No. 34, this weekend: No. 49]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 29,914 on 36 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 831. Total: $ 1,65,873 [approx. Rs. 77.37 lacs].
ISHQIYA [last weekend: No. 44, this weekend: No. 51]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 25,869 on 18 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,437. Total: $ 91,468 [approx. Rs. 42.67 lacs].
VEER [last weekend: No. 36, this weekend: No. 68]: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 8,887 on 92 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 97. Total: $ 5,27,193 [approx. Rs. 2.46 crores].

MIDDLE EAST BOX OFFICE

MNIK will release all the Gulf countries on the same day I it is releasing world wide. It is premiering in Abu Dhabi. MNIK will show in full swing in Dubai, Sharjah, Doha - Qatar, Manama - Baharain and other major release centers. It is expected to cross all other box office hits including 3 Idiots.

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The countdown has begun. There are just three days (13th February 2010) left for the release of Bollywood’s most-hyped flick, filmmaker Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan,and the uproar is deafening.
The ongoing row between Shah Ruk Khan and the Thackerays notwithstanding, it is not only in India that movie buffs are awaiting the February 12 release of Sha Rukh Khan's
Over 1600 Shiv Sena (Siva Sena) activists were today arrested ahead of the release of Shah Rukh ( Sharukh Khan ) Khan starrer 'My Name Is Khan' as the Maharashtra government beefed up security enabling theatre owners to re-open advance bookings.

The latest poll by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), which calls itself `the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet,' shows that MNIK is among the 12 releases this month that filmgoers in Hollywood are looking forward to.
Some of cinema halls in the city had suspended advance bookings after Sena activists targeted them. But they decided to restart bookings after the Maharashtra government increased security and issued fresh guidelines.
"So far, 1600 have been arrested approximately...Many of them have been remanded to judicial custody up to February 12 and some to police custody up to February 15," Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy told reporters here.
The Sena activists, including office bearers, were charged with rioting, damaging property, unlawful assembly and trespassing, police said. Police also picked up some from near Broadway cinema at suburban Borivali.
The Sena is demanding that Khan apologise for supporting inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the upcoming IPL but the actor has refused to do so, saying his comments were not anti-national and there is nothing to retract.
Under the new guidelines to the theatre owners, the first three rows will be kept empty to prevent miscreants from damaging the screens.
"Also, we are thinking of deploying some cameras in select theatres and police men in uniform as well as plain clothes will be present in and outside the cinema halls," Roy said, adding many of the theatre owners have started the advance booking of the film.
The Scorsese-DiCaprio reunion movie, Shutter Island emerged as the most-awaited movie with 47.8 per cent of the votes polled. The classic horror remake, The Wolfman polled 16.6 per cent votes while the Kevin Smith action-comedy, Cop Out garnered 6.9 per cent.
MNIK is there at the 11th place, polling 0.8 per cent votes.

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