Of Sharmas and Khannas: Anjali(s) Reorienting Rahul As soon as eight-year-old Anjali (Sana Saeed) watches a game being aired on The Neelam Show where the participants must respond with the first word that comes to their mind after hearing a random prompt, she knows that’s all she needs to set her secret agenda into motion. So once her widowed father Rahul Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) returns home, she springs to act as a facilitator and recreate the game with him. After a brief detour of prompts, she finally utters “Anjali” and curiously (though favorably to her), her father’s response is “Sharma”. Now, following patrilineal norms, Anjali
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Of Sharmas and Khannas: Anjali(s) Reorienting Rahul As soon as eight-year-old Anjali (Sana Saeed) watches a game being aired on The Neelam Show where the participants must respond with the first word that comes to their mind after hearing a random prompt, she knows that’s all she needs to set her secret agenda into motion. So once her widowed father Rahul Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) returns home, she springs to act as a facilitator and recreate the game with him. After a brief detour of prompts, she finally utters “Anjali” and curiously (though favorably to her), her father’s response is “Sharma”. Now, following patrilineal norms, Anjali