I watched the much awaited, much hyped "My name is KHHan" or MNIK this week. Must say its is a surprisingly nice film. Unlike his trademark peppy, feel-good films, Karan Johar has managed to pull off a semi-serious film with a message, thanks to good acting over the board.
Forget, what has already been written/ said about his film (this is not a film review). I'm more concerned with the message the film conveys- about secularism, tolerance and universal brotherhood. ( Man! i'm sounding like a devout Gandhian!).
The portrayal of racism and religious divide, depicted in the film, are all very real problems in the world we live in today. Wars, riots and violence are all ultimately related to the fact that one set of people cannot accept the beliefs and principles of the other set. The human tendency to enforce ones beliefs on others, almost a kind of survival tactic implanted into our systems by Mother Nature, is the principle factor behind this violence. Perhaps, Nature has thoughtfully designed our race such, to keep our proliferating population under check?
Lets leave the philosophy for another time. Why cant WE, arguably the most intelligent species on this planet, live to fight FOR each other, and not WITH each other? Why do we let petty things like religion, race, caste and color be reason enough to fight wars or cause meaningless violence? Why are we biased against our own creed- why do we label Muslims as fanatics? or a Sardar as a fool? Fools and fanatics can exist across all humanity.
Although, this film is a late in coming, considering the series of films that have already been made on this subject- its does reinforce the same strong message of tolerance. But by far the best movie that depicts this story of our times is the Pakistani film "Kudha ke liya"- a mind-blowing moving account of senseless fanatism.
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