"My name is Khan" was published in 2010 and directed by the famous Bollywood-Director Karan Johar. In this story the main character Rizvan Khan (Shahrukh Khan), who suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome, leaves India after his mother's death and moves to San Francisco, where his brother, who used to be jealous as Rizvan was paid attention to, lives with his wife. He has to handle many new problems there.

Due to his disease Rizvan, a Muslim Indian, cannot see anything of yellow colour because it makes him extremely nervous. Once walking along the yellow zebra crossing in San Francisco he all of a sudden stops in the middle of the street and is afraid. A tram horns in order to make him leave the street. But it scares him even more. That is when the Hindu woman Mandira helps him and says that "it's okay to have fears, but they should not restrain you from reaching your aims." Rizvan falls in love with Mandira and makes every effort to win her love. Mandira's son Sameer likes him a lot and sees him as his father. Although it is scandalous in the Indian culture to marry Hindus when being a Muslim, Rizvan and Mandira marry and move into a house next to the Garricks. They become friends with them. Sameer and Reese Garrick are of the same age and go to the same school. After the 9/11 incident more and more Muslims are discriminated against, robbed, fired and insulted. Sameer is bullied at school but his friend Reese protects him at first. Unfortunately Mr. Garrick dies during his mission in Afghanistan. Now even Reese blames Muslims for everything bad that happens and ignores Sameer. When trying to talk to Reese one day on the football field a couple of teenagers join them. They insult Sameer and start to beat him. When they finally stop they realise that they have killed the boy and run away. Mandira suffers a lot. So does Rizvan, but he actually cannot understand what has happened, why Muslims are discriminated against and beaten. Mandira makes every effort to find the culprit. She remains unsuccessful, which is why she goes to the football field ones again in her desperate situation. Rizvan follows her and tries to calm her but in her anger Mandira shouts at him and tells him to go away. He asks her when to come back. So she answers that he can return, when he achieves to go to the president and tell him that he is a Muslim but not a terrorist. What she did not expect is that Rizvan takes it seriously. He packs his bag and heads for George W. Bush. Because he always repeats his famous sentence "My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist" he has to face many conflicts and problems. On the one hand he sometimes is not even taken seriously but on the other hand people are scared when hearing the word "terrorist". What will happen to him? Will he be able to fulfil his task and talk to the president? Will he see Mandira ever again?

"My name is Khan" is definitely not a typical Bollywood- film as there are no scenes where everyone is singing and dancing. Yet, it is colourful and includes Indian music, mainly used as film music in this case. I am of the opinion that the actors embodied the characters very powerfully. That is why the film was so heartbreaking. Obviously criticism is levelled against the western society and the way they treat Muslims. I would recommend this to everyone who likes to watch serious films that also include some funny parts and love-story sequences. Having watched this, your attitude towards Muslims will surely change. I personally enjoyed watching this film. I had to cry a lot and empathised with the main characters. The way Kajol acted as Mandira and also Shahrukh Khans acting skills were very natural and realistic, which appealed to me a lot.