Date:11/07/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2009/07/11/stories/2009071152000500.htm

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What’s in a name?

We have heard of actors getting under the skin of their characters. to be as authentic in their acting as possible.

But what we have gathered from a certain unit member in San Francisco really takes the cake.

Apparently Shah Rukh Khan, who is shooting there for “My Name Is Khan” with Kajol, is taking great pains to prepare for his character, a victim of Asperger Syndrome (a form of autism) who arouses suspicion for his behaviour post the 9/11 attacks.

Besides the usual research, SRK has asked unit members to refer to him as Rizvan (his character’s name) and has even put the name on his makeup van.

All in a day’s work!

HARSHIKAA UDASI