Here's How My Name Is Khan Is Karan Johar's Most Different Film

Like it or not, Karan Johar movies are a definitive part of our culture; it's something many of us have grown up with. Though last year's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is only his sixth directorial in a career that spans nearly two decades, he already has made his mark on the history of Indian cinema.

The reason people might not like his films is because for some people cinema doesn't only exist to entertain and provide a simplistic version of life. But that is precisely the reason Karan Johar's movies have such a big following: they almost certainly entertain you, and the fantasies that he creates give you an escape from what's real and mundane.

And that is why My Name is Khan, which released in 2010, is somewhat of an oddity in the popular director's career.

My Name is Khan doesn't have many elaborate musical numbers. Neither it is a romantic story. Both these facts immediately set this film apart from the rest of his filmography. But the differences don't end there. 

My Name is Khan is not a personal film--like many of the director's efforts; it is a film that is a reaction rather than an emotion. It is a response to the world rather than a creation of one. The movie which follows Rizwan Khan, a differently abled Muslim man and his family in United States post 9/11 attacks, the movie acts a potent social commentary and presents a fully dimensional story at the same time. 

And the result is a poignant story that fully realises director's talent. And gives us a reminder that what a force he could have become if he had a chosen a different trajectory for his career. 

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