<P> My Name Is Khan debuted in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 10 February 2010 . It premiered globally in cinemas on 12 February 2010 . It was also screened as part of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival's official selection the same month . </P> <P> Upon its release, the film broke many box office records . My Name Is Khan was the highest - grossing Indian film overseas at the time, the first to gross over ₹ 100 crore overseas, before it was overtaken by 3 Idiots (2009) in 2011 . Within four weeks, the film crossed the ₹ 70 crore (US $11 million) mark in India and became the first film of 2010 to do so . In overseas markets, the film grossed US23. 5 million . My Name Is Khan earned a worldwide gross of ₹ 207.78 crore (US $45.5 million). The film was released in India on DVD on 28 April 2010 . Blu - ray in India, plus a DVD release worldwide followed on 10 August 2010 . </P> <P> Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) is a Muslim child who lived with his brother Zakir (Jimmy Jimmy Shergill) and his mother (Zarina Wahab) in a middle - class family in the Borivali section of Mumbai . Rizwan has autism . However, he has certain gifts, particularly a special ability to repair things . His difference leads to special tutoring from a reclusive scholar and extra attention from his mother, all which leads to a heightened level of jealousy from his brother, who eventually leaves his family for a life in the United States . </P> <P> Despite this initial resentment, as an adult Zakir requests Rizwan to come and live with him in San Francisco after the death of their mother . It is at this time that Zakir's wife, Haseena diagnoses Rizwan as having Asperger's syndrome . Rizwan begins to work as a product seller in Zakir's company and in the process he meets a Hindu woman, Mandira (Kajol) and her young son, Sameer, from a previous marriage . Despite Zakir's hostility to the match, they marry and settle down in the town of Banville, where both Mandira and Sameer take Rizwan's last name as their own . They also live next door to the Garrick family, consisting of Mark, who is a reporter, his wife Sarah and son Reese . </P>

3) the character rizwan khan suffers from what syndrome in my name is khan