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This is a film that pulls at the heartstrings of those who see it, thanks to the subject it touches on, which is brought to the public at a time when ignorance of it was common.
Rizvan Khan played by Shahrukh Khan, who is also part of the production team, is diagnosed with autism in his childhood and one of the main characteristics of the disorder is his difficulty in relating to people, his childhood takes place in the 70s with his Muslim family in the Indian city of Borivali.
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After the death of his mother, who was the person with whom he lived, being already an adult, he must make a change of three hundred and sixty degrees when he must go to live in the city of San Francisco, with his brother who already had several years there and in that city his sister-in-law who is a teacher of the local unit discovers that Khan's diagnosis is wrong since what he really has is Asperger's Syndrome.
A detail that today is inconsequential since this syndrome is certainly classified as type I autism, but at the time the film was made it was important to address the affected person.
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This second stage takes place in the days following the September 11 attack in the United States and Islamophobia is in vogue, so it is not easy for the protagonist to coexist when the general opinion is that people of his religion are terrorists.
However, working for his brother who sells products for beauty salons, he meets a divorced Indian hairdresser named Mandira, played by Kajol Mukherjee, and despite his condition, she manages to establish a romantic relationship with him and they end up becoming a couple.
The film revolves around romance, the conspiracies of those close to him and the mission that Khan sets himself to clear his name of the alleged crime of terrorism, which he is charged with after being arrested for suspicious behavior, which leads him to try to speak directly to the president of the nation.
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It is an Indian film production, in what has been baptized as Bollywood and both main protagonists are stars of this industry, as well as other actors. As it is an Indian-American production, it also features American actors.
The budget to make it barely reached 8 and a half million but the collection exceeded 41 million which indicates the acceptance of the subject by the public.
It won several awards, both the film and its main actors, among them the Filmfare, the Zee cine, Star Sceen and IFFA.
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It is an exciting story that you will identify with and be a part of, one of those that can be seen several times without losing the charm of the first one.