King Khan to star in Film on Islam and Terrorism

India’s top Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will star in a new movie exploring the issue of Islam in the post 9/11 world and the misperception that all Muslims are terrorists.

“My Name is Khan” tells the story of six people with Muslim surnames who suffer suspicion and prejudice years after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

“The movie is about a Muslim person's strife (in telling) people that ‘my name is Khan but I am not a terrorist’,” Mr Khan told reporters after being conferred the governors' award in the south-western Malaysian state of Malacca in recognition of his 2001 film “One 2 Ka 4”, which was set there and boosted its profile as a tourist destination.

The Indian Muslim actor, whose wife is Hindu, also condemned religious fundamentalism and denounced acts of violence, saying that the Holy Quran does not preach terror.