My Name Is Khan receives positive reviews from US media

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name Is Khan', which hit as many as 119 theaters in the US and Canada has received some great reviews from American mainstream media.

"At its best 'My Name Is Khan,' set mainly in America, is an affecting fairy tale about the perils of goodness," said The New York Times in its review of the movie.

"Khan' is one of a handful of Hindi films ('New York,' 'Kurbaan') about Indians living in a paranoid, post-9/11 America, and there's something fascinating about looking at this country through a Bollywood lens, even when the story is a kind of fairy tale," the daily said.

"Skillfully directed by Karan Johar and with an evocative score by Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy, 'Khan' jerks tears with ease, while teaching lessons about Islam and tolerance," The New York Times added.

One of the most noted film magazines in US, Variety, in its review, said, "This riotously overstuffed and enormously enjoyable drama races forward with incredible drive."

Terming MNIK as "a sweeping epic in the melodramatic Bollywood manner", The Los Angeles Times said the movie emerges as a potent, engaging and timely entertainment.

'My Name Is Khan' is a potent, energetic heart-tugger and Khan and Kajol, major Bollywood stars, are highly appealing and equal to the demand of their emotion-charged roles," the daily said in its review of the movie.