"Would you please come with me, Sir?" "Would you come with me, Sir?" "Hands in front." "Hands behind your head." "Behind your head and turn around." "Open your mouth." "Open your mouth." "Anything on the watch-list, George?" "No flags." "He's clean." "Okay." "Mr. Khan, we are done here." "You can go." "Put your stuff in your bag." "Gone." "It's gone.. my last flight to Washington DC has left." "The last American Airlines flight has left." "The next flight leaves after seven hours and five minutes." "United 59." "United.." "United 59." "It leaves in the morning at 6.10." "Ticket $366.. it costs $366." "I don't have the money." "I have to take a bus to Washington DC now." "Okay. I have to take a bus to Washington DC now." "Why are you going to Washington DC?" "I am going to meet the President of the United States." "Why is that?" "Is he a friend of yours?" "Oh, no, no, no, no." "He's not a friend." "No, no, no." "I have something to say to him." "Oh yeah?" " Yes." "Well, tell the President something from me too then." "Okay." "Okay." " Tell him I said, howdy." "Howdy?" "How.." "Okay." "Pen?" "J. Marshall." "John." " John." "John." " John." "John Marshall says howdy." "Howdy." "Okay." "Howdy." "Yes." "Okay." "Okay." "John Marshall says.." "But I have.. my own message to give to him first." "Oh yeah?" "What is that?" "You know where Osama is?" "Oh, no, no, no, no." "No." "This is not my message." "No, no, no." "What is your message, Mr. Khan?" "I have to say to him.." "My name is Khan." "And I am not a terrorist." "May Allah bless this letter l'm writing to you." "The book 'Different Minds' says.." "..that people like us can't express their emotions in words." "But we can write them easily." "I can fill thousands of pages, millions of times with.." "'l love you, Mandira#" "But not once could I say it to you." "Perhaps that's why you are angy with me." "I had promised you that I would meet the President.." "..so, my attempts are on." "Meanwhile whenever I have time, I will write all.." "..that I couldn't say to you." "And then, you will love me again." "My Abbu (father) Dilawar Amanullah Khan worked for.." "..the S.T. workshop in Borivali." "He took me with him to work eveyday." "And left me to play in the garage." "I know how to repair broken things since then." "Strangely, I could never repair Abbu." "Hey, is this your dad's place?" "Go home and kill your time." "Kill?" "Kill?" "Get out now!" "Out!" "You fool!" "Idiot!" "Ruined my clothes!" "Ammi.." "Ammi.." "Ammi.." "Zakir is sleeping." "What's this?" "'Kill time#" " How did you get so wet?" "'Kill time# l want to 'kill time#" " What?" "Abdul Workshop asked me to go home and 'kill time#" "How do I do that?" "'Kill time?" "' ls that what the devil told you?" "Okay. I'll teach you how to 'kill time#" "Like this." "Like this." "This way." "Come on, Rizu." "Give me a hug.. just once?" "Come on." "Come on." "My Ammi (mother) Razia Khan." "I feel peace when you hug me." "She was from Jalalpur, UP." "She embroidered clothes." "No doctor could tell her why I was the way I was." "But Ammi.." "She never felt the need to know why." "I don't know how, but she found a way to know me." "Just like you." "Fools!" "All of them!" "Each one of them should be shot dead mercilessly!" "Didn't even spare our women!" "Dogs!" "Rogues!" "Idiots!" "Are you guys with me?" "Rogues." "All of them." "Each one of them should be shot dead mercilessly." "I had told you not to step out." "Now, come on." "Let's eat." "Rogues." "All of them." "Each one of them should be shot dead mercilessly." "Rogues." "All of them." "What did you say?" "Rogues." "All of them." "Where did you hear that?" "Each one of them should be shot dead." "Shut up!" "Rogues." "All of them." "Shut up, Rizu." "Come with me." "Come." "Look at this." "This is you." "Rizvan." "Who?" "Rizvan." " Yes." "And this is the person who has a stick in his hand." "And he is beating you." "It's bad.. beating is bad." " Yes." "It's bad." "Now, this is you again, Rizvan." "And this is the person who has a lollipop." "And he gives it to you." "Lollipop is sweet." "It's a good thing." "Good boy." " Good boy." "Now, tell me which one of these is a Hindu and which one, a Muslim?" "Both look alike." "Good." "Remember one thing, son." "There are only two kinds of people in this world." "Good people who do good deeds." "And bad people who do bad." "That's the only difference in human beings." "There's no other difference." "Understood?" "What did you understand?" "Tell me." "Tell me." "Good people." "Bad people." "No other difference." "Ammi's lesson was not taught in any school." "Not in my school at least." "Master Wadia lives somewhere here." "Give me the map." "Come fast." "Rizu, what are you doing?" "Stop that and come here." "Hang on." "Coming." "Hello. I'm Razia." "This is Rizu. I mean Rizvan." "I have heard a lot about you." "That you are a vey learned man." "You have a lot of degrees." "B.A., M.A." "Whatever!" "But people say you don't do anything." "That's a good thing!" "Rizu." "My Rizu is a sharp boy." "So, I thought if you agree to teach him here, in your house" "That way, you can pass your time too, isn't it?" "What nonsense!" "Mr. Wadia." "Mr. Wadia." "Trust me." "My Rizu is an intelligent boy." "Rizu.." "Talk to Mr. Wadia in English." "Speak in English." "Come on." "Say something in English." "Wadia." "Wadia." "Wadia family is a Parsi family originally based in Surat." "Launji Narsolaunji Wadia started the Wadia ship building dynasty in 1 736." "When he obtained a contract from the British East India Company.." "..for building docks and ships in Bombay." "Wadia." "Wadia." "The highway man came riding.." "..riding up to the old Inn-door." "The highway man came riding up to the old Inn-door." "Ammi.." "I'm hungy." "Let's go. I'm hungy." "Ammi said master Wadia was a good man." "Good people did good deeds." "Master Wadia taught me a lot of things." "About books." "And about life too." "Rizvan." "Rizvan, don't come here." "There's too much water." "Go home!" "Go home!" "Mr. Wadia." "What are you doing?" "Come out!" "Your pupil is amazing!" "What's going on?" "Why are you guys screaming?" "Rizvan, what are you doing?" "I asked you to go home." "Too good." "You are pumping water out." "That's amazing." "Genius." "Genius." "He is my pupil." "My pupil." "You think he can repair all this?" "You know, Mr. Wadia?" "My Rizu did nothing short of a miracle near his house." "The water had filled till here." " Mother!" "One minute!" "The water was till here." "Rizu fixed some motor type of thing." "One minute!" "Put the motor in the water, and the water was gone!" "I saw it with my own eyes." "Really?" " Yes." "Zakir." "You won a cup, didn't you?" "I'm really happy about that." "And Rizu?" "Even he is happy for you." "You should be happy too." "He is your brother, isn't he?" "Good boy." "Wipe your tears." "Come on." "You are my good son, aren't you?" "You are my good son, aren't you?" "You are my good son, aren't you?" "You are my good son, aren't you?" "Zakir was fortunate." "He could cy." "Zakir, Rizu says it's going to be vey cold there." "You have taken eveything, right?" "Don't forget anything." "I will miss you, my son." "Only if you find time from bhai (brother) will you miss me!" "As soon as he completed 18 years, Zakir left for America." "He got a scholarship at Michigan University." "I felt vey 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 wory." "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 7am." "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 1 7 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 scay." "Vey scay." "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 eveyone was defined in just two words.." "..Asperger's Syndrome." "Take this." "When you look through this.." "..it will be like watching N." "_?" "This way, you won't be scared of new places or roads." "Not scared?" "No." "Just press this button." "See.. ty?" "I took bhai to the Autistic Society." "Hi, Mrs. Brennan." " Hi." "Sory." " l had." "Mrs. Brennan there believes that bhai is better.." "..than most people with Asperger's." "Maybe in odd ways, but at Ieast 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 vey 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 evey 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-dyers.." "I am Rita Singh." "Ex Miss India." "You look old." "You must have been Miss India before I was born." "Okay?" "The theoy 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 vey intelligent." "Vey smart." "Vey 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.." "Albert Einstein has apparently said." "Apparently said.." "That if all the bees in the world die.." "..exactly four years after that all men will die." "That's right." "That's right." "All men die." "All men die." "Oh no." "No cell phones then." "If all the men die, what will happen to me?" "You're bad." "This cream has an extra care skin nourishing lotion.." "..which contains Aloe Vera, Calamine and Jojoba oil.." "..which restore the pH scale of the skin." "The pH is an algorithm of the activity of hydrogen ions.." "..in a solution.." "..which tells you how acidic or basic it is." "The exponentials of hydrogen ions being vey high.." "..it's not practical to measure it." "It's not an absolute term, it's just a relative." "Basically it means.." "this cream is vey nice." "Okay." " Okay." "I'll take it." " Okay." "I trained for a year and then took a further course in LA." "I mean.." "But I did want to make it." "I think training is really important." "How can you cut somebody's hair without it?" "And that's how I came here." "You?" "Were you saying something to me?" "And I think you know the most we know the most we can do is.." "..just texturise it a little bit, thin it out." "And.." "Even I want to have my hair cut by you, Mandira." "Yeah. I know, Rizvan." "But.." "Please, please." "Please cut my hair." "Please." "Yeah." "And I am dying to cut your hair." "No, no, no, no." "Don't die." " But maybe later?" "No, don't die." "Just cut my hair now." "Rizvan.." " No, now." "So?" "How is it?" "Mary me." "Mary me." "Liked it so much?" "!" "Hang on." "One second." "Mary me." " Excuse me." "Hello?" "Sameer." "Hi." "Reached home?" "Okay." "Okay, I'm coming." "Bye." "Love you." "Sameer?" "Sameer!" "Sameer!" "Sam!" "Come on." "Please, hury up." " Coming!" "Quickly." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "You put eveything into the bag?" " Yup." "Summer camp project?" " Yup." "Lunch." " Yup." "Soccer gear?" "I think I forgot." "Mom, stop acting." "You forgot deliberately." "Do you have to play soccer?" "It's dangerous." "What if you get hurt playing?" "What if I get hurt running this way with you?" "Nothing will happen to you here." "I'm here." "Your Mom!" "Mom, stop being so dramatic." "You are such a drama queen." "Yeah, I am." "Okay." "Almost there." "Almost there." "Almost there." "Thank God." "We are on time." "Okay." "Bye, Mom." "Where's my hug?" "Where's my kiss?" "Stop it, Mom. I have got reputation." "Reputation." "Bye!" " Bye!" "Bye!" "The apple of my eye." "Love me till I die.." "Bye!" "Oh God." "Oh shit." "Hey, Rizvan." "Hi." "Hi." "Any sales appointment?" "You are divorced." "Divorced." "Rita told me you are divorced." "You were 19 when you had an arranged marriage." "You came to America with your husband." "He harassed you a Iot for three years.." "..and then left for Australia with another woman." "It must take a long time to run till Australia, right?" "He divorced you from there and didn't even pay you alimony." "Such a beast!" "Slimy!" "Idiot!" "He hasn't called you even once in the last four years." "Hasn't even spoken to Sam." "Now, where is he going to come back.." "Slimy bastard, mother.." "Mother.." "..I can't say the next word." "You have said enough." "Thank you." " Welcome." "Mary me." " Just go." "Mary me." " Just go, okay?" "Mary me." "Okay." "Mandira.." " No, Rita." "No more appointments tomorrow!" "Mrs. V is coming tomorrow and her hair colouring takes time." "Okay." "Bye." "Bye." " Bye, girl." "Rizvan, are you okay?" "No!" " What?" "Rizvan!" "Please.." " No.." "What happened?" "!" "Hi." "You run fast." "I don't like yellow." "Okay." " No." "is that for me?" "Yes." "This and this." "But I won't give it to you." "Why?" "!" " No." "I love balloons." " No, no, no, no." "In fact, Sam loves balloons." " No." "Whenever he sees them, he wants to set them free in the sky." "Red, blue, pink, green.." "these colours look good on you." "Yellow, yellow, dirty fellow." "Yellow, yellow, dirty fellow." "Okay." " Okay." "Sory." " Sory." "Can we go now?" " Okay." " It's cold." "Okay?" " Okay." "Let's go." "Look. I'm sory i was angy." "Your words reminded me of all that I wanted to forget." "He really was a.." "..beast." "Slimy." "Idiot." " Yeah." "Slimy." "Idiot and all that." "So, you don't love him?" "No." "No, no." "Of course not." "Not that, but I feel bad that Sam will never know his father." "If you don't love him, mary me." "Marriage is not a joke." "You know." "You don't even know me." "I know you well." "You give fruit to Roger the homeless." "You cut hair." "You do good deeds." "You are good." "You're okay." " Knowing just that is not good enough." "Yes." "Yes." "It's enough for me." "Mary me." "It's.." " Mary me." " Oh, God. I want to kill myself." "Mary me. - l'm fed up.." " Oh, no, no, no, no, no." "Don't kill yourself." "Oh, no, don't kill yourself." "Don't die." "Please, don't die." " l'm joking." "Please don't die." " l was joking." " Please don't die." "Relax, I'm joking." " Please don't die." "I don't understand.." "Mandira." "Mandira." " l was joking.." "Cable car. 1873." "The first cable car was started in San Francisco in 1873." "1873." " You know you're ridiculous." "You're just ridiculous." "I mean.." "Either you are stuck in the 'mary me, mary me' loop.." "..or you keep recounting the histoy of San Francisco." "I don't want to know." "Okay?" "I know eveything about this city." "Liar." "Liar." "It's impossible to know eveything about a city." "I've tried." " Really?" "Liar." "Liar." "Are you challenging me?" " Bum on fire." "Liar." "Liar." " Are you challenging me?" " Bum on fire." "Okay." "You're on." " l'm on." "You're on." " Liar." "Liar.." "If you can show me one place or thing in this city.." "..that I haven't seen before then.." " You'll mary me." "You'll mary me." " Whatever." "Whatever." " Okay." "Okay." "You'll mary me." "But till then.." "..you will shut your encyclopedia." " Okay." "And no 'mary me, mary me'." " Okay." "Okay." " Okay." "Whatever." "You'll mary me." "And you're right.. the first cable car came to San Francisco in 1873." "Yeah." "And in the same year, the first tram was started in Kolkata." "Did you know that?" "No." "You're smart." "That I am." "And pretty." " That too." "I'm pretty smart too." "Mom." "Come on." "Coming." "One minute, Sam." "I'll just come back, okay?" " Okay." "Yeah." "Let me handle it." "Mrs. V, you are looking beautiful." " You are the best." "But you make me come too far for my hair." "Please accept my offer and move to Banville." "You are vey generous, Mrs. V, but I.." "Shh about that." "Sara, you tell her." "You should move, Mandira." "We'll be neighbours." "It will be fun." "Mrs. V, I just don't know.." " Mom, come on." "Okay. I am just coming back." "Give me a minute." "Sam.." " Don't wory, Granny." "She'll move." "God, he's driving me crazy." " Mom!" "Yes." "Yes." "What is it?" "Mom." "Come on." " Where?" "You forgot?" "Discovey museum." "Oh, my God. I'm so sory." "Sam, I forgot." "Not fair." " l remember." "You always forget." "Mandira." "Mandira, I have made a list of places.." "All my friends have been there!" "..which you may not have seen.." " Even I want to go." "Let's go now!" "No, I don't care." " Just.." "Just.." "..then we can do what you have asked me not to speak about." "Let's go now!" "Now!" "Now!" "Sam, Just.." " It's close by." "It's just 22 minutes away from here." "We can take a cable car.." "Just.." "Just.." "Just shut up." "One minute." "Just give me a minute, okay?" "This list can wait." "First, you have to do something for me." "Will you take Sam to Discovey museum?" "No." " Please." "No, please." " l'll kill myself." "Oh, no, no, no, no." " l'll kill myself." "No, no, no, no." "Please don't kill yourself." "No, please don't kill yourself." " l'll.." "Okay." " How cute." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay, I'll take him." "Let's go, Sam." "Let's go, Sam." " Okay." "Look after him and don't let go of the hand." "Okay?" " Okay." "Not mine." "His hand." "Please, please, don't kill yourself." "Sam, where's your hand?" "What are you doing?" "Mom said not to let go of your hand." "Mom is mad!" "No touching, okay?" "No touching?" " Get it?" "Okay." "Okay." "No touching." "I like that." "No touching." "Okay, eveybody knows how to play." "We have Team A. Hello." "Welcome." "And Team B. Good luck." "But now we need one more team." "We need Team C." "Now who's going to be Team C?" "What game is this?" "Can't you see?" "It's a puzzle." "This grid has names of animals hidden in it." "The team that identifies the maximum number of animals wins a prize." "Team C, anybody?" "Last time Mom and I played, we lost." "Stupid game." "Who's brave enough to ty to win the prize?" "Mom is mad!" "Who wants to volunteer to be Team C and win this fabulous prize?" "Oh terrific." "We have a volunteer." "Okay, just step fomard and we'll get started with the game." "What are you doing?" "No, no, no, it's embarrassing." " No touching." "Please!" "We'll lose." " No touching." "No.." "All right, on three." "One, two, three." "Flamingo, Chimpanzee, Tarantulas, Stork, Penguin.." "..Walrus, Wild Boar, Giraffe, Whale, Polar Bear.." "..Antelope, Cormorant, Orang-utan, Gazelle, Pelican.." "..Hippopotamus, Porcupine, Swan, Fox." "And.. monkey." "Monkey." "I guess we have a winner." "Team C." "Come on, come here and take your prize." "There you go." "Congratulations." "Let's hear it for Team C." "Mom!" "Mom!" "We won." "Oh wow." "Hugging, my son?" "That's special." "What did you win?" "Here!" "We won because of Khan." "Oh no, no, no, no." "My name is not Khan, its Khan." "That's what I said.." "Khan." "No, not Khan." "From the epiglottis, Khan." "Khan." "From the epiglottis." "Epiglottis." "Khan." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Time out." "Time out." "Time out." " Khan." "Okay?" "Okay?" " Khan." "is there any other place you want to show me, Khan?" "Yeah." "Been here." "Seen this." "Bowed here." "Fell in there." " l know." "Then why are we here?" "Sam wanted to feed the ducks." "Oh, yeah Khan, Khan come on let's go feed the ducks." "Come on!" "You want to hold my hands." " Okay." "You know, Khan." " l don't know." "I was 22 when I divorced." "I was only 22 years old." " 22." "I had nothing." "No money." "No parental support." "I didn't even have a house." "Okay." "I had only Sam with me." "I didn't know what the future had in store." "One day, as I was thinking, I started walking." "I walked a lot and stopped after reaching here." "There was no way ahead." "Yeah, only water." "So, I turned back." "Saw the entire city in front of me." "And for a minute, I felt it was waiting for me." "I decided then.." "No, I'm going to make this work." "And I'm going to win." "We shall overcome." "We shall overcome?" "Yes!" "We shall overcome." "It's my favourite song." "We shall overcome." "We shall overcome." "We shall overcome." "One day." "The heart believes in it." "That we shall overcome one day." "Oh, no, no, no, no." "You sing badly." "You suck." "You suck." " What?" "!" "What?" "!" "As if you are any better!" "You are staring at me." "You are staring." "You are staring." " Okay." "Okay." "Sam and I are moving to Banville next month." "Banville." "I'm opening my own salon there." "Banvile, California." "Population 30,OOO." " Yes." "Take me with you, Mandira." "I'm thin, I won't need much space." "I'll keep an eye on Sam." "I'll never let go of his hand." "Dishwasher, microwave, washing machine, refrigerator.." "..I'll repair eveything." "Dishwasher, microwave oven, washing machine.." "..refrigerator I'll repair eveything." "Please take me with you." " Khan." "No, no." "Please take me with you." "Khan, we are getting late." "We have to go." "No, no please take me with you" "Khan, we are getting late." "We have to go." " Okay, okay" "And by the way, I have been here before." "Come on." " Okay." "Many things frighten me, Mandira." "But nothing frightens me more than the thought of losing you." "I was scared then.." "..and I'm scared now." "We're full, partner, no room." "Okay.. is there any other motel nearby?" "Oh, you are an Indian." "I'll make some adjustments." "You know, it's a Saturday." "So, all the honeymoon couples have booked my rooms." "Saturday?" "Why?" "Do they mary only on Saturdays here?" "The one-night marriages.." "ty and understand." "But you don't wory." "You can stay in my room." "It has a nude channel too!" "Nude channel?" "The naughty and noisy channel." "Naughty?" "Noisy?" "Down." "Down!" "You fool." "You idiot!" "I'll burn that fair skin of yours, you idiot!" "Rascal!" "Rascal!" "All this is because of the lousy Muslims." "Six years ago, they blew up the World Trade Centre.." "..and today, we bear the brunt of it." "They call for jihad (holy war) and we have to suffer the consequences." "And these white folk?" "All blind donkeys!" "Can't you make out the difference between a Gandhian Indian.." "..and a violent Muslim?" "Should I show you?" "!" "I'm going to put a board out here:" "No Muslims Allowed!" "This is the fourth glass broken by the rogues!" "Don't wory, Brother." "Come here." "It's dangerous out there." "Listen.. come back!" "What's your name?" "My name is Khan, and I'm not a terrorist." "Thank you." "I miss you Mandira." "I know I can't return before meeting the President." "I couldn't meet him in Washington, so, now I'm going to Santa Fe." "One can achieve eveything by tying, Mandira." "Like I found that place." "That day." "Yes, I'm coming, coming." "Khan, thank God." "Where were you all these days?" "I was so worried about you." "You could have called." "But no, you won't." "Cell phones are bad for bees." " Now." "What?" "But wait." "Tell me where we are going?" "I am not dressed properly." "I don't even have my shoes." "Here." "It's close." "Where?" "What do you mean one minute?" "One minute." "Keep quiet, Mandira." "Quiet." " Okay." "Quiet, Mandira." "Quiet, quiet." " Okay." "Quiet." " Okay." "I have been timing it for six days." "One minute." "Close your eyes." "Close your eyes." " Okay." "Now, now, now, now." " Okay." "Close your eyes." "Okay." "Okay, okay, okay, okay" "Now, open your eyes." "Open your eyes." "Open now." "Now, now." "Now, please." "Have you seen this before?" "No." "Khan." " Okay." "Mary me." "Mary me." "Okay." " Mary me." "You cannot mary her." "It's blasphemy!" "And ifyou do, I will sever all ties with you." "You will have no place in my house." "She is a Hindu." "There's a lot of difference between them and us, understood?" "No." "There's no difference." "Good people.. bad people." "There's no other difference." "Mandira." "Welcome." "So, after your marriage, will my name be Sameer Khan?" "It will be Sameer Khan, from the epiglottis." "Khan." " Yeah." "We can't do this without touching." "I know." " You know." "Yeah." "I have read it in this book." "intercourse for dumbos, by Dr. Richard k." "Woomer." "Okay." " Nice pictures." "I think we should do it." "Now, now we should do it now." " One minute, and.." "Oh, no, no not one minute." "Yeah." "It will take longer than one minute." "Bye, Khan." " Bye, Sam." "Lunch." "Lunch." "Lunch." "Lunch." "Lunch." " Quick, quick." "Bye, Joe." "Bye!" "The apple of my eye!" "And your hair looks vey pretty, ma'am." "Thank you, sweetheart." " You're welcome, sweetheart." "Were you flirting with her?" "You're not a liar." " Okay." "Reese, I've to do my homework." "Let me go home." "Just 10 minutes, okay." " Only 10 minutes." "Alright." "Surprise." "Thank you, Daddy." "Daddy?" "What about me?" "Happy birthday to you." "Mandira." "Mandira, can we have sex please." " Now?" "Now, now is good." "With Allah's blessings, I fulfilled my promise to Ammi." "I made a happy life for myself." "Hello." "Yes, Sarah." "What?" "Khan, switch on the N, please." "Yes, Sarah let me call you back, okay." "I've never seen anything like this before.." "Oh, my God!" "A second plane.. a second plane just hit the other tower." "The skyline of Manhattan has been changed forever." "New York's twin towers are gone." "Both towers have been hit." "It must've been a coordinated attack.." "Mom, why are Reese and Mrs. Garrick taking money from eveyone?" "Donations, baby." "For the family of the fire-fighters who died saving people during 9/11 ." "Hi." " Hi." "How is it going?" " Good, good." "The Johnson's just gave a thousand dollars." "Wow." "Thank you." "Oh, God." " Here." "3500 dollars." "It's annual Zakat (religious tax) money." "It's a duty in Islam." "Duty, duty, duty." "In Islam they donate a certain percentage of their.." "..income each year in charity." " Yes." "This year, how could it be anything else?" "Yes, that's $3502 and 50 cents exactly." "In the western world, histoy is marked simply by BC and AD." "But now, there is a third distinction. 9/11 ." "Reports are in from various parts of America that.." "..Muslims are being targeted and attacked." "Back off." "Get away." "A Sikh employee in Michigan was shot dead by his employer.." "..because he was mistaken for an Afghani." "In the wake of 9/11 , a lot of American Muslims are changing.." "..their names to escape racial profiling." "Questions are being raised about America's biased views.." "..towards the Islamic community." "Even as Muslim women wearing hijabs (veils) are being targeted." "Post 9/11 , America's view towards its Islamic inhabitants.." "..is changing rapidly." "They must be getting late." "Let's mom drop you today." "And we'll grab an ice-cream on the way." " Yeah." "Come on." "Of all the religions in the world.." "..Islam is the most violent and aggressive." "It encourages killing or 'Jihad' as they call it, in the name of God." "Sam, you need to tell your mom about this." " No, Reese." "I think she already has too much to wory about." "Get out of my county." "Don't wear this now." "Allah will understand." "These people won't." "Never." "Yes?" "I'm Mandira. I heard about Hasina, so.." "She is upstairs, bhabi (sister-in-law)." "He won't come in." "Bhai, please come in." "Please." "You are my good son, aren't you?" "You are my good son, aren't you?" "Alright, Mandira, you'll join us on Monday." "Thank you so much." "I just want to clarify one thing." "My last name is Khan, my husband is Muslim." "We'll see you on Monday." " Thanks." "Khan. I got the job, I got the job." " Okay." "I got the job." " Okay." "Now, eveything will be all right." "We'll do it." "We'll do it." " l know." "We'll do it." " We'll do it." "Yes, yes, yes." "We shall overcome?" "We shall overcome." "We shall overcome." "You suck." "You suck." "Please don't sing." "We shall overcome. I know, Mandira, we will.." "I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to meet the President." "His motorcade has 12 cars.." "..but no one tells me which car the President is in." "Mandira, I don't know why, but I keep failing to meet the President." "But I know I have to meet him." "I have to tell him about Sam." "Sam." "Khan." "So there you guys are." "So, how was your day?" "Again Xbox?" "Make place for me, make place for me." "Don't hug me mom." " Come here, sweety." "Don't hug me." "And how are you sweetheart?" " No, no don't hug me, don't hug me, no." "Phone." " l know." "But I'll be back." " Why?" "Because you've no choice." "Hello." "Hey Sarah." "Reese, pass Mrs. Khan the salad." "Sam, you okay?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Sarah, we are fine." "I'm fine." "Rizvan, how is the chicken?" "Do you like it?" " No, not at all." "Did I.. did I say a joke?" "Yes you did, Rizvan." "And a vey good one indeed." " Thank you Mark." "But the chicken is not good." "It's a new recipe. I.." " Don't make it ever again." "Mark was going to cover the war in Afghanistan, Mandira." "Ammi was right." "Families are not just made by blood." "They are made with love too." "Sarah, Mark and Reese had become a part of our world." "But I never told them that.." "I should have told them." "Take care, buddy." "See you, Reese." " Take care, Reese." "Hey, Reese." "In chapter five, verse 32 of the Quran, Allah has decreed that.." "..the death of one innocent is equal to the death of humanity." "I knew that the death of innocents in 9/11 would cost the entire humanity." "But I did not know that you and I would have to pay.." "..the biggest price, Mandira." "Why did this happen to us, Mandira?" "Why?" "Reese." "Just talk to me man." "Wait a minute." "Why are you ignoring me, Reese?" "Its been so many days since.." "Reese, listen to me." "Wait a minute." "Please listen to me man." "What's the problem?" "What have I done?" "Reese, just listen to me." " Piss off." "Listen to me." "Hello. I have got new shoes for you." "Pele Shoe Stores, 34/99." "Ty them." "Not now." " Return policy, only fourteen days." "Ty now." " Not now." "No, no ty now, ty now." "I said not now." " Okay." "Okay." "Return policy, only fourteen days." "Okay." "Hey." "I'm sory. I shouldn't have yelled." " Yes, vey loud." "Vey, vey loud." "Not nice, not nice." " Khan." "Khan, please don't be angy with me." "I don't have any friends apart from you." "Liar." "Liar." "Reese is your friend." "He's your friend." " Right." "You're a liar." "He's your friend." "Cool shoes." " Thank you." "Can I ty them?" " No." "Please." " No, please." "Want to play?" " No." "I'll beat you." "I'll kick your butt." " Oh, you'll kick my butt." "You suck." " l suck." "You suck." " No, I think you suck." "I'll kick your butt." " You'll kick my butt." "Yeah." " Here, catch." "Okay, here catch." "Thank you, bye." " Bye." "Hey, Sam." "Liar." "Liar." "Bum on fire." "Mom, I'm off." "I'm going to school." " Good morning." "Mom, be quick." "Please mom." "Mom I'm getting late." "Chill out mom." " Don't ty to be cool." " Why, dude?" "Whatever. I'll be late today, I have soccer practise." "Do you have to play soccer?" "Do you have to cut hair?" "Vey clever." "The apple of my eye!" "Love me till I die!" "Sam." "Sam." "Why is Sam walking so strangely?" "Why are you laughing so strangely?" "You're too cute." " No, no." "You're too cute." " No, no, please, please." "Please, don't hug me." " Khan, please." "No, no." " Khan, please." "No, no, please." "Please, don't hug me." "November 27, 2007. 8:23 am." "I still remember the day.." "That's the last time I heard you laugh." "Reese." "Reese." "Reese, you haven't spoken in eight days now." "What's up?" " Just leave me alone." "What's with you?" "You know I loved your dad." "Just.. don't talk about my dad." "Come on, Reese, we're best friends." "Our moms are best friends." "You know what you people are nobody's best friends." "All you people care is about your damn 'Jihad' or whatever." "What are you talking about man?" "Reese, just listen to me." " Just go away." "No, Reese, you listen.." " Shut up, and go!" " Listen." "Sameer, I said go away." " Listen to me man." "Just go away." "Look at those two little brats." "Hey, ladies, come on time out." "Come on." "Didn't you hear him?" "He said "Leave him alone"." "So why don't you go home to your mummy." "Stay out of it." " What?" "I said, stay out of it." " What did you say?" "You heard me, stay out of it." "Jim, let him go." " What's the matter?" "Don't you care about your dead dad?" " Yeah, but.." "is Osama your lover?" " Let him go." "So.. dead." "Stop it guys, you're hurting him."