Scene one: SRK and Obama
Shah Rukh: "My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist."
Obama: "Yes I know that. Sorry for that airport incident."
SRK: "And my son in the film -- he is not a Muslim, he is actually a Rathore -- is also not a terrorist."
Obama: "I know -- I am sorry for him too.."
SRK: "But all other Muslims excluding my immediate family -- they are probably terrorists. And if they talk of Palestine or Israel, then you can be sure."
Obama: "Mm.."
SRK: "And yes, a terrorist has to be a Muslim, that everyone knows, right?"
* * *
Scene two : SRK and Shiv Sena
SRK: "My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist."
Shiv Sainiks: "But we are.. and it is people like us who decide who should be called a terrorist. You see, we can even execute a series of riots in a communally sensitive atmosphere and make people remember only the blasts that followed.."
* * *
Scene 3: SRK and audience
SRK: "My name is Khan.."
Audience: "Sorry you better be Rahul. Otherwise we are not going to fill your cinema halls. No matter how much ever a good guy you try to be."
* * *
Scene 4: SRK and me
SRK: "His name is Karan Johar, and he is not a terrorist".
Me: "You want me to believe that, after Kurbaan and MNIK?"
* * *
[Related News: Sena terror prevails; MNIK not to be released in Mumbai
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[Related fact: I went at 6:25 for 6:30 show on the opening day, and got tickets comfortably. The show was not full.]
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9 comments:
wonderful
thanks sudeep for this -
the constant apology in the film - i am not a terrorist - which does not in anyway question the violently constructed category of the terrorist as muslim was really sickening
jenny
well.... funny but so good written. particulary SRK and shivsena dialogue.
Heera
Thanks Prasad.. but as Heera said, I know I could have written it better.. But I was so irritated that I had to write it:-) Jenny, with you.
സിനിമയെക്കുറിച്ചുളള സുധീപിന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം മാനിക്കുന്നു. പക്ഷേ, എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം വ്യത്യസ്ഥമാണ്. അത് ഇവിടെ http://www.keralawatch.com/election2009/?p=28081 കുറിച്ചിട്ടിരിക്കുന്നതുതന്നെയാണ്,
നന്ദി :)
Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :)
Anonymous, I do the copy and graphic designing myself for my blog posts:-) You can get in touch at my gmail id sudeep dot ks (links to my facebook/orkut pages are also given on the blog, on the top right).
Heera, sorry I read your comment 'so good written' as 'not so good written', probably because I was not very happy with the sentences myself, but did not have the patience to work on them. Wanted to post it on Friday itself:-)
You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it
one of the best reads of this year. loved it.
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