English French German Spain Italian Dutch Russian Portuguese Japanese Korean Arabic Chinese Simplified

Friday, May 28, 2010

Airtel digital TV premieres ‘My Name is Khan'

Share This Post

Subscribers of Airtel digital TV can view this film by paying a nominal amount of Rs. 50. The movie will be available on digitalTV from May 27, 2010 on channel no. 180.

Airtel digital TV announced the TV premiere of the Bollywood blockbuster ‘My Name is Khan’ on its Pay Per View (PPV) service on Indian television. Directed by Karan Johar, the film brings together the hit screen pair Shahrukh Khan and Kajol after a long time. This superhit film also stars Jimmy Shergill.

Announcing this on Airtel digital TV’s PPV platform,Sugato Banerji, Chief Marketing Officer, DTH - Bharti Airtel said, “My Name is Khan has been one of the most awaited movies in recent times because of its star cast. The movie also did extremely well at the box-office worldwide. We will continue to add popular movies on our PPV platform and are happy to bring this star-studded movie with unique storyline to for our customers.”

Subscribers of Airtel digital TV can view this film by paying a nominal amount of Rs. 50. The movie will be available on digitalTV from May 27, 2010 on channel no. 180. Customer can book this movie and enjoy multiple shows running on this channel. To book the movie for the day customers need to SMS BOOK <180> or BOOK to 54325 from his registered mobile.

Set in India and USA, the film talks about Indian subcontinent diaspora in USA and how they experience the change in their livelihood after the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh), a Muslim man from India, moves to San Francisco and lives with his brother and sister-in-law. Rizwan, suffering from the Aspergers syndrome which is an autism disorder, falls in love with Mandira (Kajol). They get married and start a small business together. They were happy until September 11, 2001 when attitudes towards Muslims undergo a sea of change due to terrorist attacks. Their only son was killed due to a collective hate to Islamic faith and this development devastated Mandira Eventually Rizwan was forced to leave Mandira. To win Mandira back, he embarks on a touching and inspiring journey across the United States which consists of faith, love and trust to the humanity that transcends religion, caste, gender and nationality.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Blog Widget by LinkWithin