I Have A New Favorite Movie

I watched “My Name Is Khan” yes­ter­day with my fam­ily. This unlikely movie has become my favorite. Produced in India, it is only par­tially in English and has exten­sive sub­ti­tles. Even with this work­ing against it, the movie hit us hard emo­tion­ally. The film is about a man whose inno­cence changes the peo­ple around him.

The clos­est story to this one that I know of is “Forrest Gump” (the film, NOT the book), but, for me, “My Name is Khan” had a larger impact–in the same way that a line­backer hits harder than a tod­dler. The descrip­tion on Amazon reads:

Two of Bollywood’s biggest super­stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, deliver pow­er­ful per­for­mances in this epic romance that proves true love knows no bound­aries. Rizwan (Khan), an Indian man with a unique way of look­ing at the world, moves to San Francisco and meets a viva­cious sin­gle mother named Mandira (Kajol). They form a spe­cial bond and fall in love against all odds, but fate and tragedy con­spire to tear them apart. That’s when Rizwan embarks on a remark­able jour­ney across America to win back the love of his life.

Those of you who have fol­lowed my movie rec­om­men­da­tions before can take com­fort: My wife, Monica, picked this one out, so it is guar­an­teed not to disappoint!

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