‘My Name Is Khan’ revolves around a mildly autistic man, played by SRK, who travels across the US to meet President Barack Obama. He undertakes this journey to clear his name from allegations of conspiring against the State.
The one dialogues from the movie that became popular was “My name is Khan and I’m not a terrorist.” The movie won KJo, SRK and Kajol awards in the respective categories at various Bollywood award events. The film was even screened as part of 60th Berlin International Film Festival’s Official Selection in February 2010, out of competition. ‘My Name Is Khan’ grossed more than Rs 110.34 cr in International market and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at that time, which was later overtaken by ‘3 Idiots’. It is currently the sixth highest grossing Bollywood film with a worldwide gross of 200 crores. In an interview with BollywoodHungama.com, KJo was once quoted as saying, “MNIK is an unusual Bollywood film, if at all, and doesn’t have those quintessential pre-requisite elements that any Bollywood film has. It’s telling a story with a strong message, professing humanity and goodness and putting it out on a big cinematic scale. So all put together it is definitely a different experience for main stream India. All I can say is that MNIK is going to open windows and doors to many people who have stories to tell and are shy to put their story on the celluloid.”
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