Shah Rukh Khan was detained for couple of hours in US lately, and the whole bollywood as well as normal junta are angry over the issue. And on the other hand, few sensible people are angry that bollywood is unnecessarily making an issue of a small thing. I’m not sure which side should I take, but this is what I think. Of course, US immigration should have some sense in detaining celebrities. SRK was on Newsweek’s most influential people list or something like that. If not the top, he is at least one of the top bollywood actors right now. Thats it. He isn’t anything more than an actor. But, wait, aren’t couple of our bollywood actors arrested for having links with Mafia ? One of them is also a top actor, Sanjay Dutt. It clearly indicates that being a top bollywood actor doesn’t mean that you are above the law. Forget US, not even India.
I accept that detaining SRK sounds like it was done on racial basis just because his name ends with Khan. Well, they did a boo boo and SRK is not wasting any of the chance to promote his new movie ‘My Name is Khan’. I think, we should just move on with the issue and suggest US Govt. to make sure that this kind of things doesn’t happen again, at least to Padma Shri winners (Kamal Haasan, Mammootty and now SRK) and start learning protocols with former Presidents of India.
On the lighter note, I was going through one article on Rediff (Oh yeah, rediff) and stumbled on a funny comment. Here is the comment.
SRK as usual did not comb his hair and was dressed shabbily…
Immigration officer: Who are you?
SRK with a loud voice: ” Im KING KHAN “.
Immigration officer: What……???
Other Immigration officer: Sir! He said he is KING KONG…..
Immigration officer’s : Guys catch the monkey in disguise……
SRK: Maahaaa Maahaa Maahaa Maahaa Maahaa…
Immigration officer: Sir…Howz the monkey sounding like a Goat????
So this is how SRK was caged in America…he he he
Bollywood, Move on. In other countries, people might not recognize you. US, update your algorithms of ‘random’ selection of names for questioning - How about not detaining celebrities at least ? Yeah, they make quite a fuss when you do mistakes.
