Shahrukh Khan: The abnormal Factor

The latest bug to have bitten bollywood is the mental disease. Almost every film has started taking up issues of mental disorders which till now had been considered taboo for the extravaganza called the Hindi movie.After the Auro magic of Amitabh Bachchan in Paa, it is now ShahRukh with a projection of a guy inflicted with a form of Autism.

As is a known fact by now that in the latest flick by Karan Johar ‘My Name is Khan’, ShahRukh has portrayed the character of Rizwan who suffers from a mental ailment called the Asperger Syndrome.This is a kind of disease affecting the brain function where in certain abnormalities are detected.

However the twist in this story comes when Rizwan falls in love with the character played by Kajol, Mandira who is a single mother.The story seems to be quite fascinating as the complicated lanes of romance might have come to the rescue of the two harassed characters in the film.

The fact is that the underlying factor which makes the world move forward is perhaps the power of love. This is the emotion which defies all boundaries and gives the worshipper a kind of solace that is unparallel in any other emotion that God has bestowed to humans.

Karan Johar has many a times shown the power of love and the repercussions through his movies like ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Khabhi Khushi Khabhi Gham’, ‘Khabhi Alvida Na Kehna ‘etc. to name just a few where the protagonists have always projectedthe power of love in a way that captures the basic essence of human need which of course is love.

So lets hope that ‘My Name Is Khan’ is also going to be a gripping story that touches the audience sentiments in the same manner.