Why MNK failed with Indian Audiences. Review on My Name is Khan

Open Letter to Mr Shahrukh Khan

Everyone knows that your movie My name is Khan is a trigger from your recent experience at New Jersey Airport, real life is a little different - it does not always follow the path predicted by a scriptwriter or by paid media puppets. And proof is in the pudding.

Today’s Business news confirms that in India the movie has NOT done well. Because it was released in Muslim countries, by virtue of the name it may have grossed some. And you ought to know why it has not gone well with Indian audiences contrary to your paid media reports that falsely claim that you had the last laugh. You aren’t laughing right now and that is evident.

Recently you said, “It (Pakistan) is a great neighbor to have. We (India and Pakistan)are great neighbors. They are good neighbors.” You tried to defend Paki player Shoaib Malik’s apology to the Muslims, living

all over the world, for failing to win the final T20 match against India. “I don”t think he meant to segregate Muslims and Christians and Hindus and say this was a match between Islam and Hinduism. I don't think

that..”  You did not really have to respond for somebody else but perhaps you could not resist the temptation to show your brotherhood and solidarity.

Reminds us again of Dr Ambedkar’s observation that, “Thebrotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only.” Partition of India was what Pakistan

wanted and got. Since then Pakistan has offered us only hatred. It has imposed on us three major wars, the Kargil insurgency, the Kashmir conflict, the series of serial blasts, the routine violation of border ceasefires, attacks on the Parliament House and the recent Mumbai 26/11 attack.  In almost all occasions of terrorism, questions are raised about possible role of Pakistan, its terror bases and its terrorist organizations, as either directly or indirectly involved. Be it state sponsored (as recently admitted by President Zardari) or by non-state actors, Pakistan or Pakistani born are prime suspect in terrorist activities all over the world.

The ISI has been accused of playing a role in major terrorist attacks including 9/11 in the USA, terrorism in Kashmir, Mumbai Train Bombings, London Bombings, Indian Parliament Attack, Varanasi bombings, Hyderabad bombings, Mumbai terror attacks or the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.

Do you believe these are marks of a good neighbor?

Our ancestors may be the same but we from the same original land of Bharat want to keep her intact, they want to break it into thousand pieces. Do you think that the Indians nationals who died in all the above wars, the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in cross-border ceasefire violations or the Indian civilians who are killed by the ISI trained Islamic terrorists and their affiliates, in all those serial blasts, all over the country, willfully

sacrificed their lives as a friendly neighborhood gesture?

Can you face the families of the victims of 26/11, or the martyrs of the Kargil war and try to explain to them that “They are good neighbors. Let us love each other.” Can you explain why the two gunmen at Cama hospital, during the Mumbai carnage, asked the man who gave them water, what his religion was, and shot him

dead when he said he was a Hindu? Let us remind you, your own statement “I am a Muslim in a country called India. We have never been made to feel this is a Hindu country.” Can you find me a Hindu in Pakistan who can reciprocate that sentiment?

So DO NOT ask us to love Pakistan, DO NOT insult the land that gave you your life, name and fame, by claiming that her worst enemy, who wants to break her into 1000 pieces, is a great neighbor. Otherwise DO NOT feel offended if somebody accuses you of putting your religion ahead of your country or for acting like a buffoon!!