How to pronounce “shibani” in English

Shibani: Thank you everyone, it's been great to be here.

Shibani: Actually, the idea for setting a story in the post 9/11 world seen through the eyes of Muslim protagonist was Karan's idea, the director, Karan Johar.

Shibani: I think that, for me, as a writer, as talking about it purely from a storytelling point of view, the fact that this man takes on this sort of quixotic mission of trying

Shibani: I think that's, that's perhaps taking a bit of a narrow view-- because the whole principle of the film is there's good people and there's bad people,

Shibani: I have been very fortunate because the two houses that I started working with, Yash Raj Film and Dharma Productions, which is the producers of "My Name is Khan" as well,

Shibani: Oh, sure.

Shibani: To address your question specifically, the events that transpire and, and have, you know, being sort of, of either Asian descent or brown skinned, as, as you said and, and

Shibani: It, it all, it depends.

Shibani: The thing is that you know very often, again, back up, part of our research

Shibani: Yes, you know sometimes I guess the only way I have to address that, that

Shibani: Sorry, which one, which one comes out in Hindi?

Shibani: Yes.

Shibani: You know, there's a particular challenge with a film like this, which is,

Shibani: Yes, actually, one of the with Asperger's this reac-, this strong reaction

Shibani: Yes.

Shibani: Yeah, yes actually, I had been to Danville and not that, you know,

Shibani: Wow, I wish I could say I cast this film, I'm just like, pick up the phone

Shibani: So I could get a chance to come back to San Francisco, which I try to do every given opportunity.

Shibani: Oh, in Hollywood.

Shibani: Maybe it can be about Google.

Shibani: Yes, actually, I did have a different audience in mind, I mean, it was always going to be a Hindi film so your core audience is always going to be people that, that understand

Shibani: I don't know about the crowd's portion of it, but I had a wonderful experience shooting in San Francisco because my job was done; everyone else was working.

Shibani: God, imagine if Rizwan in the middle of all of this had to break out into a break-dance, my God!

Shibani: I think this has got, it has much more to do with a psychological thing than it has to do with a logical thing because Reese is actually going through some, some

Shibani: Thank you and thank you everyone for coming to the film.

Mahim: Shibani's success lies in her quest to tell unconventional stories.

Mahim: So, Shibani, your latest film, "My Name is Khan", has been embraced by audiences

Shibani: Actually, that, that spot is Corona Heights.

Shibani: I think I was, I was always a writer in denial.

I already addressed, or anything Shibani had specifically mentioned, like I said, just kind of raise your hand and say your question and I'll repeat it for our YouTube audience.

His question was just when, when Shibani was writing her films, how much of that comes

Mahim: I'm honored tonight to introduce Bollywood screenwriter, Shibani Bathija, who's changing the face of Bollywood cinema one movie at a time.

And with that, please welcome Shibani Bathija.

We'd like to thank Shibani, once again, for spending the evening with us.