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Even as the music of Dostana releases worldwide comes the news that the shooting for Shah Rukh Khan (pictured)-starrer, "My Name Is Khan," will begin on December 15 in Los Angeles. In his latest blog update, [the film's director] Karan Johar wrote that SRK's character suffers from Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning Autism) in the film.
'The message that runs right through the film is in strong support of humanity, which at the end of the day is the only way to rise above any of the cultural or religious differences that continue to engulf us," Karan Johar wrote.
"My Name is Khan" is based on a life of a Muslim couple, who face discrimination after the 9/11 attack because of their religion. The film also stars Kajol.
Johar will tackle such a subject for the first time in his career.
'To say, I am nervous is still understating my state of mind because there are some moments in the day where I do feel extremely incapable of handling this complex film. But I suppose venturing into new territory and tapping into the right tone is a challenge I look forward to taking on,' Karan added on his blog.
Beth Haller, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (www.gadim.org). A former print journalist, she is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Center on Disability and Journalism (https://ncdj.org/). Haller is Professor Emerita in the Department of Mass Communication at Towson University in Maryland, USA. Haller is co-editor of the 2020 "Routledge Companion to Disability and Media" (with Gerard Goggin of University of Sydney & Katie Ellis of Curtin University, Australia). She is author of "Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media" (Advocado Press, 2010) and the author/editor of Byline of Hope: Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (Advocado Press, 2015). She has been researching disability representation in mass media for 30+ years. She is adjunct faculty in the Disability Studies programs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Texas-Arlington.
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