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In the film, Khan plays a Muslim Indian with Asperger syndrome (a form of autism) who lives in the U.S. and marries a Hindu single mother, played by Kajol, but their marriage crumbles post-9/11 and he sets out to meet the U.S. president for help in getting her back.
The highly awaited picture reunites Khan and Kajol, who haven’t appeared in a film together since Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001. The film was shot in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Mumbai. It was directed by famous filmmaker Karan Johar and produced by his company, Dharma Productions.
My Name Is Khan was reportedly sold to Fox Star Studios last July for a record Rs. 100 crore ($21 million)—the highest price ever paid by a distributor for a Bollywood film. Under the deal, Fox Star Studios—a joint venture between American film studio 20th Century Fox and India’s Star Group—acquired the worldwide marketing and distribution rights to the film. It will be released in North America by Fox Searchlight Pictures, a division of 20th Century Fox, which has previously distributed many notable films about Indians, such as Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Water (2005), The Namesake (2006), and Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
In a case of life imitating art, Khan, who is Muslim, was detained and questioned by immigration officials last August at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey while he was en route to an Indian independence celebration in Chicago. The incident made headlines worldwide and outraged many Indians.
My Name Is Khan will be screened at the 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival the week of its release.
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