Author novelist Paulo Coelho praises MNIK

aishwarya

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Posted: 10 years ago

Brazilian novelist Paul Coelho, known for his bestseller The Alchemist, has hailedBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 2010 drama My Name Is Khan as the best film he has watched this year. The film, also starring actress Kajol, centres around a Muslim man (Shah Rukh) from India with Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism), who travels across the US to meet President Barack Obama, after his world falls apart due to 9/11 terror attacks in the country.

Coelho, 67, took to Twitter to praise the Karan Johar-directed hit and quoted that it is the best movie he watched this year.

Paulo Coelho "@paulocoelho

"My name is Khan" (2009) is the best movie I watched this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlyesRnsxEc&sns=tw ...

Karan Johar "@karanjohar

https://twitter.com/paulocoelho/status/629772409244119040 ... what an honour sir!!! Thank you so much!! @iamsrk

Paulo Coelho "@paulocoelho

. @karanjohar @iamsrk Congrats for "My name is Khan" . I wish we could see more of your movies in Europe. I had to wait 6 yrs to watch this!

Shah Rukh Khan "@iamsrk

@paulocoelho send me your address sir I will supply you all indian films as they release. We read u as soon as u write...v r blessed. Thanx

This movie is a gem👏

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Posted: 10 years ago

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/bollywood/4441322/author-paulo-coelho-praises-shahrukh-khan-and-karan-johar-for-mnik

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Posted: 10 years ago

thanks... mnik is very underrated

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Neetz

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Posted: 10 years ago

MNIK is not my favourite SRK film but I genuinely don't get the amount of dislike it gets on this website. Specially SRK's acting. His body-language, diction, expression were spot on for someone suffering from Asperger's Syndrome. One can't take creative liberty to change that so that one doesn't 'ham', that's very offensive.

On the film, like I said not one of my favourites. There were a lot of events which didn't take place organically and some of the drama felt OTT. It was too soapy for me. But for Mr Coelho, he is a writer after all so his main criteria will be whether the story strikes a chord, which it does.