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Movies: Surinder is Khan and He is Not a Terrorist
For quiet awhile, I had been hearing good reviews about this movie entitled "My Name is Khan", and though I have the copy in my drives for almost a month, I didn't bother to watch it until today. It's my four-day rest's last day and that the first thing I did in the morning was to watch any movie I have in my movie folder. And so I opted to watch this one. First thing that came in my mind is that it's a movie about politics because of the movie's poster which shows the United States' Flag on it and the tuxedo too. Little did I know that this has something in it that will make my eyes swell and give me more information and knowledge about the other beliefs.
So what is the movie all about then?
Obviously, it is a Bollywood movie about a Muslim named Rizvan Khan who was diagnosed of Asperger's Syndrome, it can be related to Autism but he is smart and he has an ability to repair almost any mechanical material. He was sponsored by his brother to live in the United States after the death of their mother. He then met Mandira, a divorced Hindu woman who works in a Salon. He persuaded her and eventually became his wife.
Their life was almost perfect until the attack that took place in September 11 and soon experience the post 9-11 prejudice. Sam, Mandira's son has a friend named Reese whose father was killed while covering the war at Afghanistan. Because of Reese's father's death, he turned his back on Sam, they had a fight and this ended up with Sam's death. The story behind Rizvan's line, "I am Khan and I am not a terrorist" started. During his journey, he had touched a lot of lives. Despite his illness, he was able to share to the people he met the only thing he believes, that there are only two kinds of people, good people who does good deeds and bad people who does bad things. Religion or even race doesn't matter at all.
He was imprisoned because of misunderstanding but soon was released after proven innocent, his relationship with his wife rekindled after Mandira found the justice of her son's death. They soon was able to meet the President of the United States and reassured Khan that "he is not a terrorist".
Remember Only Ghajini!
Sweet love gone mad, this is how I would describe the movie Ghajini. After watching it, I would consider it as the best movie I had watched this year and that I can declare today that Aamir Khan would be my most favorite actor. Though I still love Brad Pit, Aamir Khan has something in him unexplainable. He isn't that handsome but he acts handsomely and super effective.
Going back to the movie, it was a story of a rich businessman named Sanjay who fell in love with a commoner and a model named Kalpana who claimed as his girlfriend though they haven't met yet. She just claimed it and played along with her colleagues so she can get their respect and look up to her. Sanjay first met her when she was helping some disabled children, it was like love at first sight. Then met her at an audition where Kalpana thought he was auditioning. That was the start of their love story, Sanjay didn't tell her that he was the Sanjay she was claiming as her boyfriend, leaving it as a secret until Kalpana was killed in front of him.
Sanjay acquired anterograde amnesia, he tries to avenge the killing with the aid of Polaroid Instant camera photographs and permanent tattoos on his body, thus making it an action-thriller one. He was able to take revenge though and killed Kalpana's murderer named Ghajini. He began with a good life then afterwards but the amnesia remained.
