Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘My Name Is Khan’ finds a fan in eminent writer Paulo Coelho 

 

 

Karan Johar's directorial 'My Name Is Khan' starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, which opened to mixed reviews and huge collections when it released in 2010, continues to impress audiences far and wide.
The movie, which earned flak from some quarters citing anti-national elements, had found a fan in the legendary writer and author Paulo Coelho. Mr Coelho took to Twitter to praise the movie and even called it the "best film that he has watched this year".

"My name is Khan" (2009) is the best movie I watched this year http://t.co/tLEGOdNQzX
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) August 7, 2015

Karan Johar was elated at this honour and took no time to reply to him.

http://t.co/rL40yq2ITi what an honour sir!!! Thank you so much!! @iamsrk— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 7, 2015

Paulo Coelho again congratulated SRK and KJo on the movie, rued that he had to wait for six long years to watch the movie and said that he wished that he could watch more of such movies. He tweeted:

. @karanjohar@iamsrk Congrats for "My name is Khan" . I wish we could see more of your movies in Europe. I had to wait 6 yrs to watch this!
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) August 7, 2015

In times, when Bollywood movies, except a few, are considered to be all gloss and flake, a compliment coming from the eminent writer Paulo Coelho is certainly a matter of great honour.
'My Name Is Khan' revolves around a mildly autistic man, played by SRK, who travels across the US to meet President Barack Obama. He undertakes this journey to clear his name from allegations of conspiring against the State. The one dialogues from the movie that became popular was "My name is Khan and I'm not a terrorist." The movie won KJo, SRK and Kajol awards in the respective categories at various Bollywood award events.
The film was even screened as part of 60th Berlin International Film Festival's Official Selection in February 2010, out of competition.
'My Name Is Khan' grossed more than Rs 110.34 cr in International market and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at that time, which was later overtaken by '3 Idiots'. It is currently the sixth highest grossing Bollywood film with a worldwide gross of 200 crores.
In an interview with BollywoodHungama.com, KJo was once quoted as saying, "MNIK is an unusual Bollywood film, if at all, and doesn't have those quintessential pre-requisite elements that any Bollywood film has. It's telling a story with a strong message, professing humanity and goodness and putting it out on a big cinematic scale. So all put together it is definitely a different experience for main stream India. All I can say is that MNIK is going to open windows and doors to many people who have stories to tell and are shy to put their story on the celluloid."