Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he was detained at a US airport following which a senior US diplomat of Indian origin apologised.
“I fully understand and respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks” Shah Rukh said in a tweet posted on Friday morning.
Following this, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Biswal tweeted: “Sorry for the hassle at the airport, @iamsrk – even American diplomats get pulled for extra screening!”
Precise details of when and why Shah Rukh was detained were not known. But Bollywood sources have said the actor was in Los Angeles.
On a positive note, Shah Rukh Khan wrote: “The brighter side is while waiting caught some really nice Pokemons.”
This is not the first time that Shah Rukh, one of Hindi film industry’s most successful stars, was detained at a US airport.
In 2012, he was detained at a New York airport for two hours when he had arrived to visit Yale University, where he was honoured as a Chubb Fellow.
In 2009, he was stopped at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, and was released after two hours at the intervention of the Indian consulate in New York.
“I was really hassled at the American Airport because of my name being Khan. It was absolutely uncalled for. I felt angry and humiliated,” said Shah Rukh, who was then heading towards Chicago to participate in an Independence Day celebration event.
“It is a Muslim name and I think the name is common on their checklist,” he had then said.
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And they call him the biggest movie star
Come on such foolish surveys are for foolish people .
Srk’s fame is highly overrated not once but thrice he’s been detained there just because some people from a few countries know him that doesn’t mean everyone knows him.
@Xzone /Javed: If your global superstar have so much problem in US, why do he visit there?
To people who are blabbering against srk they should feel ashamed of themselves…just to drag down his name they are supporting this cause.
i still remember the devyani diplomat case where she was strip searched like a terrorist…is it a way to treat diplomats??
if it would have been an american in some other country the whole world would have been on fire.
Americans thinks themselves as the superior species…its high time now…we shd show them what india is and what indians are…they are because of indian brains…and look what we get in return.
Shame on them those who detaind our fake king..they shud watch srkay classics like fan,hny,dilwaale,paheli,ra1 etc…i am sure they wil becme srkay fans..becoz of his superb! Artificial acting
Terrorists r targeting america more than any other country…and they r coming in diffrnt forms its too difficult for them to handle terror…they have to protect their citizens more than pleasing bhakhts..after trade center attack..things r very strict in america
KRK is more popular than Srkay in US
Too much Fun
but indicine skipped one line… SRK said… whenever he feel arrogant he visits America get detain (by that he will get to know who he is and what is is his aukat).
@indicine xperts
whats ur honest opinion..abt tis repeatitive incidnt
@Javed: Im a SRK fan but ur comment @2:50 pm was disgusting…
@ sss, what has Indian judiciary or Salman got to do with srk being detained in US?
@Dammmnnn…!! loved your comment…
Although I am not a srk fan but I have to admit US is the worst country in the world
Jaha dhunwa hota hai wahi aag hoti hai . Ha Ha .
Release date of imtiaz ali ,shooting schedule???
Any idea @indicine??
@ Javed at 2:50 pm : I am a Muslim too but dragging other religions in such discussions is distasteful.
Even if there is a discrimation on the basis of religion at any place (be it USA or any other country) then all these are acts of some specific persons and should not be generalized to all people living in that country and definitely not to be associated with religions.
Please do not drag religions in such discussions.
small thing and such a big issue
@All langotiya hit run fans
All srk movies from DDLJ to Pardesh have done phenomenonally well in US. Even other hollywood celebs have faced securities issues-zayn malik, robert etc.
Obabma himself said-‘All indians shud be proud of athletes like Milkha Singh and actors like Shah rukh Khan’ and tried DDLJs dialogue ‘Bade bade deshon mein’
Meanwhile some bhai has been detained from marriage and its aftermath abilities
Look at Ultron a salmaniac-he is putting Fan and Paheli in the same league with HNY and Ra-One. Fan, the IMDB rating of which is better than 99% of Lallu’s films and Paheli which contended for oscar nomination. No wonder Lallu fans are called bhojpuri or rickshawala fanbase :-D
His face can launch a million brands across the globe. He was the only actor whose name was used by Barack Obama in his speech while in India. And only three English alphabets are needed to describe him, SRK. Yet America chooses to racially profile Mr. Khan by unnecessarily detaining him every time he steps his foot there.
Dear America, I am not seeking preferential treatment for an Indian VIP but demanding you to extend SRK the same ordinary courtesy that you reserve for passengers with a non-Muslim surname. To racially profile a person like Shah Rukh Khan — not once, not twice but thrice — reeks of arrogance on your part. Either that or you are just innocently ignorant about SRK despite the actor’s legendary popularity in your holier than thou land. I’m inclined to believe it is the former that makes you detain King Khan time and again.
Is it too difficult to recognise a man whose famous film dialogue your own President eloquently quoted in his speech while touring India? Maybe you are not interested in your President’s speeches so I will give you the benefit of doubt in this case. What about him being the second richest actor in the world? Perhaps the American airport officials are living under a rock. So let’s overlook that too. From under that rock, we are sure you use Facebook and Twitter.
A mere mention of SRK on these microblogging sites will throw up thousands of SRK fan club. Not to mention, the man himself commands 20.7 million followers on Twitter while Oscar winner Leonardo Di Caprio has only 13 million. Now you may say that we are the second most populous nation and hence the followers. Let’s chuck that out too. What about your own home-grown Los Angeles Times writing SRK is the world’s biggest movie superstar? Yeah well they always write that to sell their wares. Big deal, no? (Shah Rukh Khan accepts US envoys’ apologies, says ‘respects protocol but it’s inconvenient’)
Let’s look at some facts that I have pulled out from your own Google about SRK for your benefit.
Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred with top French civilian award – Knight of the Legion of Honor.
He has been conferred the honour of Datuk, a Malaysian honour equivalent to British knighthood. (Enough is enough, Shah Rukh Khan should stop flying to the US)
The University of Edinburgh has conferred him with a honorary doctorate.
He is the only movie star whose presence in the Gulf region can bring traffic to a standstill.
When he made a quick stopover at Google’s headquarter in your land, he had a jam-packed audience listening to him in rapt attention. (Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport again, tweets ‘every damn time’)
When Apple’s Ceo Tim Cook was in India, it was at SRK’s sea facing home that he preferred to wine, dine and let his hair down.
Owing to the paucity of time, we will stop here but the next time SRK arrives in the USA, dear American airport officials please remember his last name is Khan and he is not a terrorist!
(This is personal opinion of the author)
An article by Indian Express
Some disagree with my third comment
First of all , I have spoken the reality.
2ndly I will never like stupid America the biggest Satan on the earth. These stupid
Americans killed a lot of black Indian in 1990s I don’t remember the exact date.
Because of them there is no peace in Syria
Iraaq, and Afghanistan etc … thousands of innocent people die because of them .
The fact that they are really powerful and they can print billions of dollars so that they rule all over the world. I will be extremely extremely happy to see another attack in America. This time a much bigger one than the previous one .
@Ank, bro I will always stick to whatever the reality is no matter by whom I get critized. Srk is Muslim so they did this intentionally because they hate Muslims .
So I have every right to defend him and the Muslims all over the world but the terrorists once. It is true that Christian make porns in order to mislead the young Muslims. As it is quite obvious. I hate these satans. So there is nothing wrong to speak the reality whether it is religion or sth else.
And lastly, it is god’s promise that he will punish ( burn them ) all those who kill innocents, commit farnication ( those who make porns ) and misguid a lot of innocents.
@ anand idiot, if SRK is detained at US airport then what is SRK’s fault in this ?what he did wrong ?if u was a true indian then u should also feel ashamed because an indian gets harassed in foreign country.
@ ultron, u need not to show fake concern . lol !!!
@ anand, Please prove SRK has link with hafiz saeed.if u have no prove then get lost from here.infact Salman had a link with terrorist Yakub memon and salman also admitted it openly.
@javed Mind ur words idiot ! For Americans ,security of there people is above every1 ,they don’t care who is what
@jc,I know your hypocrisyif you would have blamed your criminal star just like how to did against KING KHAN,that would have shown you a best citizen.but bhaitard’s brain are not matured enough to show what kind of disgusting community you’re.sonmuch hatred for a man who detained simply at airport but a fan of a untalented guy who used to crime after crime blessed with a donkey brain.you must be proud of yourself bhojouris,rofl.
@nilesh,hey criminal’s fan,KIMG KHAN has problem with that fckn security system not with US/IT’S citizens,mind that.
@ultron-the lallumaniac,ha ha ha ha a bhaitard is talking about natural and artificial acting.your illiterate untalented papa’s made star is not even an artificial actor ,he is a bloody non actor and biggest criminals made for rikshawala communities like you,rofl.
@aamir khan,but you bhaitard don’t know the 1 rule aukat if your bhabijaan.his aukat was he already spent nights in tihar jail and he himself admitted he many times detained but media ignored just because he is a small star,rofl.now that’s your bhai’s popularity’s problem,the day your illiterate bhai will becomes famous outside India,come that day to blabber like a rikshawala idiot,rofl.
@himanshu phultan Malia,so do you mean that a murderer,a woman beater,a terrorist supporter,a chinkaras, killer who already spent nights in tihar jail and still visiting courts/jail liek his home is a superstar and also don’t have any acting skills and randomly copying movies by running after money with no guts to take any risk?????
KING KHAN’S POPULARITY will always remain THE HIGHEST in bollywood and small 2010 born decade struggler flopstar’s fan will keep burn in this way as always,rofl
@Javed : Shame on you !!!! Being a muslim and having bad intentions towards people related to other religions. Its their lives let them do whatever they want they are answerable to Almighty. Who are you to decide who is going to hell and who is going to heaven? I am a muslim too but no muslim have right to wish deaths for other people. Those who are doing bad will reap the results, leave it to Almighty. Disgusting comment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel bad for SRK. If this is been done only on basis of religion and his last name then it is not cool. Repeated detentions are not good, I hope our Government put in some procedure in place to avoid such repeated harassment at least for well known faces.
@Phenom : I know that is a joke that constable beating Salman. But you are not in a position crack such jokes on Salman after SRK running away from Eid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@JC : He (@sss) is a retard, he himself does not know what he is posting. :-)
@Indicine if u cant digest the scope of my comments and find troll and banter in it pls tell me let me leave this room. I noticed you ve been barring my comments lately, why so? Not fair.