My Name Is Khan is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language social drama film directed by Karan Johar and co-written by Shibani Bathija and Niranjan Iyengar.

My Name Is Khan first premiered in the United Arab Emirates on 10 February 2010 and was theatrically released worldwide two days later by 20th Century Fox.

Rizwan Khan, an Indian Muslim, grows up with his younger brother Zakir and his widowed mother Razia in a middle-class family in Borivali, Mumbai.

Taking her request rather seriously out of naivéte, Rizwan ventures out on a road trip to meet President George W. Bush by following his campaign and fundraiser trail.

He is arrested due to misinterpretation as "I am a terrorist", and is detained and interrogated for information about Al-Queda, which Rizwan naively wishes he knew more about, though Radha, the psychiatrist brought in by the FBI, believes he is innocent.

Reese, seeing Rizwan on TV over weeks of small towns receiving hurricane recovery aid following his attempts, finally confesses to Mandira his knowledge of what happened to Sam, and reveals the identities of the boys who killed him.

[9] He chose to depict Islam as a main topic of discussion — an action that he described as a "conscious decision" — since he felt there is an international unawareness and negative generalization towards the religion.

However, owing to a delay caused by Shah Rukh Khan's shoulder surgery in January 2009, Azmi opted out;[44] she continued to shoot for Gurinder Chadha-directed comedy-drama, It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010).

In January 2009, Pakistani actress Sonya Jehan was reported to join the casting to play the supporting role of university professor Hasina Khan.

[49] Chheda's performance in the widely-acclaimed drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008), his resemblance of Shah Rukh Khan's appearance and his familiarity with Mumbai slums were the basis for Karan Johar to cast him.

[62] Karan Johar sent Shah Rukh Khan to the centers he had previously visited with Bathija;[13] the director wanted the actor to socialize with autistic people, predominantly those with Asperger, and make his own Rizwan based on these interactions.

[13] Beside videos, Shah Rukh Khan continued his research with reading books about the syndrome, including the mystery novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

[67] The complexity of her character, Mandira, made her emotionally engaged to it, and Kajol stated that this experience eventually gave her a life lesson: "It is okay to be imperfect as a human being.

[71] As to her role as a San Francisco-based hairstylist, Kajol wore colourful clothes, including jackets and trousers; while her character is at home, she would be given more tracks and sweaters.

[74] Farah Khan and Sham Kaushal provided the choreography and action respectively; Sharmishta Roy served as the production designer; Mohammed Kasim and Mansi Dhruv Mehta were the art directors; Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, who would later make their film debuts with Johar's next directorial venture Student of the Year, also presented by Shah Rukh Khan, served as assistant directors.

[33][75] In January 2009, after a one-month schedule, Shah Rukh Khan went on to shoot an action scene in Dulha Mil Gaya (2010) but faced an accident that injured his shoulder.

The website's consensus reads: "My Name Is Khan rests on powerful performances to tell an affecting story that blends timely themes and old-fashioned Bollywood melodrama.

[118] Sudhish Kamath wrote of the character Rizwan as "the epitome of goodness and surprisingly, the filmmaker tones down his sense of drama several notches, showing great restraint for at least two-thirds of the film".

"[121] Pratim D. Gupta of The Telegraph wrote that Shah Rukh Khan is outstanding and called his presence to be emotional equilibrium, and was excited to see him collaborating once again with Kajol.

[122] Writing for the Bangalore Mirror, Minty Tejpal saw the film was intended for an international market, noting its story that includes Islamophobia and African-American community.

[125] Minu Jain of The New Indian Express complimented Karan Johar for exploring a genre that is not romance-centric and labelled the film "a road journey through a troubled post 9/11 America towards humanism".

[133] Mid-Day's Sarita Tanwar argued, "In a near-perfect film, the only over-the-top part is Rizwan's return to a flood-hit small town to save the African-American family.

"[134] A scathing opinion was expressed by Ajit Duara of Open magazine, who labelled it "an expensive and empty vessel", attributing it to "the naivete of its treatment and the hack job that Karan Johar does with all the actors in this huge production".

[135] In a review to Ananda Bazar Patrika, Indroneil Sarkar disliked the film for its heavy subject and commented that the flood scene of the second half should have been edited out in entirety.

Skilfully directed by Karan Johar and with an evocative score by Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy, Khan jerks tears with ease, while teaching lessons about Islam and tolerance.

As usual, the first half is more soap opera, spending plenty of getting-to-know-you time with the appealing characters before putting them through the wringer in the more politicized second section."

By the end of the second week, MNIK became only the third Bollywood film to cross the £2 million mark in the UK, after Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and Veer-Zaara (2004), according to the exchange rates prevailing at their respective times of release.

[172] According to the BBC, "Elmer Camacho, a spokesman for the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, said the questioning was part of the agency's routine process to screen foreign travellers.

In relation to Khan's comments, The Economic Times has raised concerns over the new body scanners and the possibilities of it being abused to distribute naked pictures of celebrities.

[191] Later, some security was withdrawn and the Maharashtra government has "called in five battalions of the State Reserve Police Force to protect 63 cinemas in the city that will screen the film directed by Karan Johar from this Friday."