My Name is Khan

My Name is Khan opened worldwide today. I took my daughter, age 8 to see it this evening at the the 5pm screening at Movies 10 in Brighton.  I have alot of complicated feelings and thoughts about this film, which is quite unlike most Bollywood films and certainly unlike any other film starring Shahrukh Khan.  I will need a little time to sort it out as it is such a departure from what I have to come to expect from the Director & Actor team that created Kabhie Khusie Kabhi Gam and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. The one thing that I can say immediately is that SRK gives a bravura performance that clearly shows he is one of the greatest actors in the world. Some might saw portraying a character with autism was already done by Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain Man' but SRK in actor known for playing over the top emotional roles so for him to play a character who avoided eye contact and crying was simply amazing. His character Rizvan Khan fills almost every frame of the film in a way that few characters since Travis Bickle in 'Taxi Driver'.  This performance dwarfs some of the melodramatic and cheesy plot elements.  I cannot say alot else about the film yet, except that I want to see it again soon. The Direction, Cinematography and Editing didn't intrude on my conciousness; the music is nice and I was already familiar with it, having bought the soundtrack a week ago, I'll have more to say about it soon. ..