CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
My Name is Khan is a movie mostly presented about the life of Indian immigrant in America. Notably two characters the writer wants to analyze,
Rizvan Khan and Mandira. Both characters are representing India’s culture in America. In
analyzing the cultural identity in this film, the writer focuses to analyze the dialogues, scenes, and any thoughts of the characters which can represent their culture as the
corpus of the research. They are classified into two groups: characters and cultural identity.
1. List of Rizvan Khan and Mandira Khan’s characters Character
Corpus Characteristics
Rizvan Khan “She was the first to find out....that I had
Aspergers Syndrome …The reason for me
being so different from everyone was defined in just two words: Asperger’s
Syndrome”00:22:57,281-00:23:37,154 Asperger’s
syndrome
“Here, the harder you work, the more successful you get.
I have worked very hard. Now, its your turn. Okay?
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”
00:24:32,121-00:25:07,154 “Wow.
A salesman, and yet you speak the truth?”
00:31:29,641
-- 00:31:30,710
“Mr. Wadia. Trust me. My Rizu is an
intelligent”00:14:47,481-00:14:50,791 “You are pumping water out.
Thats amazing. Genius. Genius.”
00:16:25,481 - - 00:16:28,393
“Prayer should never depend upon the place or the people.
It should depend only on
your belief.”
01:36:06,864-- 01:36:09,059
“ Rizwan Khan by the sheer force of his
actions has elevated the entire humanity in the eyes of God. Just recently this man was
arrested and tortured for being an enemy combatant of this country. Wonder what
the government officials would call this Muslim enemy combatant today? As he
selflessly tries to save the remaining lives in Wilhelmina. Just a few days ago this
man was called a terrorist and tortured mercilessly.02:13:46,144-02:14:43,574
An honest hard worker
Caring about fellow being
Genius
Religius
Mandira Khan She established a salon which is successful
enough. She really expert in serving all customers who come to her salon. Scene
3
Although Mandira was a hard worker, she does not forget to take care of her son,
Sameer, the one and only. She always tried to take a time for gathering with her
family. Scene 2
When Mandira lost her son, since the event of 911, she asked for a justice to the
government official. Mandira was fighting for the justice on her son’s death for 6
months, and then she decided to seek the justice of that case by herself.Scene 4
Hard worker
2. List of the cultural identity of Indian immigrants in the U.S.A in My Name is
Khan by Karan Johar. Character
Corpus Cultural Identity
Rizvan Khan He still keeps his Indian language. He
speaks Indian language with his Bhai, Mandira, and all Indians he meets around
him.
Rizvan held his wedding day by a traditional Indian wedding ceremony. In
his wedding party, most of his guests use some sari, Indian music played, some of
Indian cuisine cooked, and Indian dance Scene 2
Indian Language Attentive,
loving and warm
Never gives up
Indian Wedding
Ceremony
Rizvan feeds Mandira a candied cake Indian’s traditional cake as a sign of a
legitimate couple of married.
Rizvan Khan always sings his favorite Indian song if he feels gives up Scene 2,
Scene 3
Mandira Khan Mandira wears a Sari an Indian’s clothes
in her wedding.Scene 2
Paint her hand with the kind of hena skin paint from India as a sign of new bride
Scene 2
Mandira is active speaks an Indian language in her daily life around her
family and her Indian’s friend.
Mandira also likes sing an Indian song. She sings it to motivate herself in doing
anything. She always sings it together with Rizvan.
As a Hindu, Mandira still keeps praying depends on her religion. She blesses her
son with blowing her son’s face on and gave some blessing cake to her son. Hindu
tradition Scene 2 Indian’s Wedding
Dress
Indian’s Tradition
Indian Language
Indian’s Art Song
Hindu Tradition
Indian’s Tradition Food
Indian’s Art Song
B. Data Analysis