Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
If My Name Is Khan hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is injustice, figuring out who you are, and belonging. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, hopeful, warm, and escalating.
Both films sit with all-consuming love, belonging, and grief. Both circle the same ground: life under oppression and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: warm, melancholic, episodic, and escalating.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, belonging, and injustice. They share the same lens on life under oppression, men and women navigating expectations, and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, hopeful, melancholic, escalating, and episodic.
