The movie's plot revolves around Rizwan Khan (played by Shah Rukh Khan), a Muslim man who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. He falls in love with a Hindu woman named Maya (played by Kajol), and they get married. However, Rizwan faces discrimination and prejudice in a post-9/11 world, which leads him to embark on a journey to meet the U.S. President.

The decision to produce an exclusive Indonesian dub for My Name is Khan was a strategic masterpiece in distribution. In 2010, Bollywood was growing in popularity in Indonesia, yet language remained a barrier for the mass market. Subtitles, while accurate, require a level of literacy and attention that can distance the viewer from the visual emotion on screen. By dubbing the film, the distributors dismantled this wall. They transformed a foreign story into a local conversation. Suddenly, Rizwan Khan’s struggles were not happening in a distant, unfamiliar land; they were happening in a language spoken in the living rooms of Jakarta, Surabaya, and Medan.