My Name Is Khan Page #2

As soon as he completed 18 years,

Zakir left for America.

He got a scholarship

at Michigan University.

I felt very bad when he left.

But I never told him.

And in just a few days,

I got accustomed to his absence.

Ammi. Hasina teaches

at the university.

She can't leave mid-term and come.

It's her first Eid (festival)

In the family after the wedding.

We haven't even seen her yet.

Come here, please.

Ammi.

Don't worry.

Your immigration will

be done in a few days.

Then you will live with us.

I won't go anywhere without Rizvan.

I know that.

I'm sponsoring bhai as well.

Okay, Ammi. I have to hang

up now. I'll call later.

Yeah?

Oh, Lord.

- Oh, lord.

Ammi, you should sleep now.

Sleeping calms the mind and

provides rest to the body.

Shut up!

Nothing is wrong with me.

Just missing Zakir, that's all.

His laughter.

His anger.

The sound of his gargling.

At 7 am. At 2pm. 9pm.

Enough peace?

Please, Rizu. Two minutes?

Only two minutes.

Only two minutes?

1001, 1002.

But Mandira, the effect

of those two minutes...

...lasted only for six months,

four days and 17 hours.

Ammi died of

congestive cardiomyopathy.

Her heart became too

big for its own good.

Before dying, Ammi made me promise...

...that like Zakir, I would

make a happy life for myself.

That I would go to America.

And then I came here...

...to your favourite city.

San Francisco.

And it was scary. Very scary.

Bhai, this is Hasina.

Hello, bhai.

How are you?

Hope your flight was comfortable.

Hello.

Come on. Let's go in.

Hello to you too.

Zakir's wife, Hasina.

She was from Brooklyn, New York.

She taught psychology

in the university here.

She was the first to find out...

...that I had Asperger's Syndrome.

My fear of new places. New people.

My hatred for the colour

yellow and sharp sounds.

The reason for me

being so different...

...from everyone was

defined in just two words...

...Asperger's Syndrome.

Take this.

When you look through this...

...it will be like watching TV.

TV?

This way, you won't be

scared of new places or roads.

Not scared?

No. Just press this button.

See... try?

I took bhai to the Autistic Society.

Hi, Mrs. Brennan.

- Hi.

Sorry.

- I had.

Mrs. Brennan there

believes that bhai is better...

...than most people with Asperger's.

Maybe in odd ways, but at

least he can express his feelings.

And I think your Ammi had

a lot to with it, Zakir.

Good morning.

- Good morning.

This is our office.

Come in. Have a good look.

Have a good look.

What are you doing? Come this way.

What did I have when

I came to America?

Nothing. But today?

See for yourself.

I am the biggest dealer

for Mehnaz Herbal Products.

Because this is America.

- America.

Here, the harder you work,

the more successful you get.

America.

I have worked very hard.

Now, it's your turn.

America.

- Okay?

Shall we? Come.

Not that way. This way

America.

Come. These are all our products

and these are the details.

You will be given the names

and addresses of all the salons.

You will go to every one of

them and sell these. Understand?

No.

You will.

Mehnaz Herbal Beauty Products.

Mehnaz...

The rose water in the clay mask

cleans and clarifies your skin...

...and makes you glow

like a newly-wed bride.

A newly-wed bride.

Mehnaz Herbal Beauty Products.

All of them.

Mehnaz Herbal Beauty Products will

make you glow like a newly-wed bride.

I'm divorced.

We have nothing for

the newly-divorced.

Just a pimple cream won't help.

You need to cleanse your face,

and your system.

I think that maybe I

just need a boyfriend.

Oh, no, no. You

don't need a boyfriend.

You need this and Jamal Gota.

Indian laxative.

It says that the product

will reach you in seven days.

We're lying.

It will reach you only in ten days.

Move!

Come on! Move it!

Come on. Get out of

the way, you freak.

No, no, no.

Get out of here. Come on.

Hey, you guys, just leave him alone.

Stop it.

Stop it, okay? Just go.

Go, please.

Are you okay?

Are you scared?

It's okay.

Look, there's nothing

wrong with being scared.

Just don't make your fear so large...

...that it stops you

from achieving your goal.

Okay? All right, bye.

Hello. Welcome to Karma.

I'm the manager here.

Can I help you?

Oh God.

I think you have recognised me.

It's all right. Don't be shy.

I am Rita Singh. Ex Miss India.

These blow-dryers...

I am Rita Singh. Ex Miss India.

You look old. You must have

been Miss India before I was born.

Okay?

The theory of entrainment

in Physics states that...

...some specific sounds increase

the rate of your heartbeat.

For me, Mandira...

...that specific sound has always

been the sound of your laughter.

So, you were coming here?

Don't take it personally, Rita.

I hope you've come for a haircut.

You have got great hair.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Okay.

Take an appointment.

My name is Rizvan Khan. Khan. Khan.

I may look a little strange to you...

...but that's because

I have Asperger's Syndrome.

It's named after Dr. Hans Asperger.

That doesn't mean I'm mad.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I'm very intelligent.

Very smart. Very smart.

But there are certain

things I don't understand.

For instance, people say when I go

to their houses, "Come, Rizvan...

...think of it as your own house."

But how do I do that...

...when the house isn't mine?

I don't understand why people

say one thing and think another.

My Ammi would say there are only

two kinds of people in the world.

Good people and bad people.

I'm a good person.

I do good deeds.

I'm here to sell Mehnaz

Herbal Beauty products.

I don't know how to sell.

But my brother Zakir

tells me that's my job.

Mehnaz Herbal Beauty products.

...they are good products.

I have tried them all on me.

That's why my skin glows.

Shinning like a newly-wed bride.

Allow me... Allow me to show you...

...all the Mehnaz Herbal

Beauty products, please.

May I?

Yes, you can.

So tell me.

Which product will

make me beautiful?

No.

No product can make you beautiful.

That's rude.

- No, no.

Beauty products can

only enhance the skin.

They cannot make you beautiful.

Wow.

A salesman, and yet

you speak the truth?

Always. Always.

How many products do you have?

22. 22.

Give six of each.

Oh no, no, no. No.

All our products expire

in three months. It dies.

You need only four.

The rest will get spoilt.

What did you say the name was?

Mehnaz Herbal Beauty Products.

Your name?

Rizvan Khan.

Khan.

I'm Mandira.

- Mandira.

Hi.

- Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Isn't this shocking pink

a little too shocking?

Not at all! It looks beautiful!

Pink is so your colour.

Really?

- Yeah.

I agree.

Hello. Hello.

Hi. Nice colour.

Oh yes. Pink is so my colour.

Oh no, no, no. No cell phone.

No cell phone.

Why?

Because bees die due to cell phones.

Who?!

Bees. Bees. Bees.

Cell phone signals cause bees to

lose their way home, and they die.

They die. They die.

It's not good.

Because Albert Einstein has said...

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