My Name Is Khan

اسمي خان

Karan Johar's film starring Shah Rukh Khan as a Muslim man with Asperger's who crosses America to tell the president 'my name is Khan and I am not a terrorist' after 9/11.

Depth

At a glance

Identifiers
Wikidataimdbelcinema
Review
Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it

Muslim minorities under non-Muslim rulePeople with disabilitiesRace, colour and ethnicity

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2010 CE · 1431 AH†
Countries
IN · US
Languages
hi (original) · en (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
Titles in other languages
माई नेम इज़ ख़ानMy Name Is Khanاسمي خان

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

"My Name Is Khan" is a film about contemporary Muslim life, released in 2010, produced in India and the United States, directed by Karan Johar. Its leading performers include Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, None, None and None. A Karan Johar film starring Shah Rukh Khan about an Indian Muslim with Asperger's who crosses America to tell the president, after 9/11, 'My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist'. 1 2

Context and reception

The work is listed in the screening room index with its data and external links.

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Features
Shah Rukh Khan· Kajol· Jennifer Echols· Jimmy Shergill· Tanay Chheda· Arnold Schwarzenegger
Directed by
Karan Johar
Written by
Shibani Bathija

People and things also explored

Delhi· Malcolm X· Shah Rukh Khan· Ali· Malcolm X· Babri Masjid· The mute person (abkam) in fiqh· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
  • elCinema
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islam.museum contributors. “My Name Is Khan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/ismi-khan-2010/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Delhi

A city in northern India; it was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from the thirteenth century CE and then the Mughal capital.