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New York
Plot
New York begins in the United States in 2008 with the arrest by the FBI of Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), a young Muslim man originally from Delhi, after guns were found in the trunk of a taxi cab he had been driving. He is then taken into custody and interrogated by FBI Agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan), also a Muslim man originally from South Asia who has been living in the United States for twenty years. After a period of time, Omar discovers that he is wanted by the FBI in order to spy on a former college friend, Samir or Sam (John Abraham), whom he hasn't seen in seven years and who the FBI believes is a terrorist. In the process, he discovers that Sam has married Maya (Katrina Kaif), another college friend, and that they have a young son, Danyal (Aidan Wagner).
Roshan orders Omar to tell him everything he knows about Sam. The film then flashes back to September 1999 when Omar begins New York State University as an international student on scholarship. He is befriended by Maya who is his student counselor. In the process, he learns that Maya was born and raised in New York but is fluent in Hindi because of her mother's interest in Bollywood films. Omar also meets Sam, another Indian American who is also Muslim and fluent in Hindi due to the fact that his father is a professor of Indian studies. Over the next two years, all three are inseparable friends and both Omar and Sam are in love with Maya. When she finally chooses Sam, Omar begins to distance himself. Their carefree days fully end with the onset of 9/11.
Omar then agrees to help Roshan, if only to prove that both he and Sam are innocent of the charges of terrorism which have been leveled against them. He reunites with Maya and Sam and stays in their house, all the while spying for the FBI in order to find the proof the FBI is searching for. Omar learns that Maya is a civil rights activist who is helping one of Sam's employees, Zilgai (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). Zilgai was deeply traumatized by his experience as a former 9/11 detainee who was released due to lack of evidence and has difficulty adjusting back to "normal" life.
As time progresses, Omar feels satisfied that he can find nothing to warrant the suspicions and is ready to leave when a series of events force him to reconsider the FBI's stance. In the process, he learns that ten days after 9/11, Sam was arrested and detained for a period of nine months as a suspected terrorist, a charge which everyone, including Roshan later agreed was false. Sam was eventually released due to lack of evidence. However, the impact of being detained, permanently changed Sam in ways which are difficult for those surrounding him to understand. In addition, Maya is unable to help Zilgai resolve the trauma of being a detainee and after a routine traffic stop which escalates, Zilgai later kills the police officer. On the run, Zilgai eventually commits suicide.
The climax of the film rests upon the attempts of Maya, Omar, and Roshan to prevent Sam from committing an act of violence. They succeed and Sam eventually surrenders and aborts his attempt to bomb the FBI building. However, the moment he drops his cell-phone, which was originally intended as a detonator for the bomb, he is shot and killed by FBI snipers (the bomb, however, does not go off). Maya, who was running toward Sam, also gets killed. Omar eventually adopts their son Danyal and reconciles with Roshan.
New York begins in the United States in 2008 with the arrest by the FBI of Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), a young Muslim man originally from Delhi, after guns were found in the trunk of a taxi cab he had been driving. He is then taken into custody and interrogated by FBI Agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan), also a Muslim man originally from South Asia who has been living in the United States for twenty years. After a period of time, Omar discovers that he is wanted by the FBI in order to spy on a former college friend, Samir or Sam (John Abraham), whom he hasn't seen in seven years and who the FBI believes is a terrorist. In the process, he discovers that Sam has married Maya (Katrina Kaif), another college friend, and that they have a young son, Danyal (Aidan Wagner).
Roshan orders Omar to tell him everything he knows about Sam. The film then flashes back to September 1999 when Omar begins New York State University as an international student on scholarship. He is befriended by Maya who is his student counselor. In the process, he learns that Maya was born and raised in New York but is fluent in Hindi because of her mother's interest in Bollywood films. Omar also meets Sam, another Indian American who is also Muslim and fluent in Hindi due to the fact that his father is a professor of Indian studies. Over the next two years, all three are inseparable friends and both Omar and Sam are in love with Maya. When she finally chooses Sam, Omar begins to distance himself. Their carefree days fully end with the onset of 9/11.
Omar then agrees to help Roshan, if only to prove that both he and Sam are innocent of the charges of terrorism which have been leveled against them. He reunites with Maya and Sam and stays in their house, all the while spying for the FBI in order to find the proof the FBI is searching for. Omar learns that Maya is a civil rights activist who is helping one of Sam's employees, Zilgai (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). Zilgai was deeply traumatized by his experience as a former 9/11 detainee who was released due to lack of evidence and has difficulty adjusting back to "normal" life.
As time progresses, Omar feels satisfied that he can find nothing to warrant the suspicions and is ready to leave when a series of events force him to reconsider the FBI's stance. In the process, he learns that ten days after 9/11, Sam was arrested and detained for a period of nine months as a suspected terrorist, a charge which everyone, including Roshan later agreed was false. Sam was eventually released due to lack of evidence. However, the impact of being detained, permanently changed Sam in ways which are difficult for those surrounding him to understand. In addition, Maya is unable to help Zilgai resolve the trauma of being a detainee and after a routine traffic stop which escalates, Zilgai later kills the police officer. On the run, Zilgai eventually commits suicide.
The climax of the film rests upon the attempts of Maya, Omar, and Roshan to prevent Sam from committing an act of violence. They succeed and Sam eventually surrenders and aborts his attempt to bomb the FBI building. However, the moment he drops his cell-phone, which was originally intended as a detonator for the bomb, he is shot and killed by FBI snipers (the bomb, however, does not go off). Maya, who was running toward Sam, also gets killed. Omar eventually adopts their son Danyal and reconciles with Roshan.
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