Shah Rukh Khan Stunt
SRK interrogation in US... Why Sharukh ..???
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s questioning at Newark Liberty International Airport by immigration officials has been grabbing prominent space in almost all newspapers.
The 'don’t-you-know-who-I-am' syndrome violates every principle for which our forefathers toiled during the freedom struggle. How can a routine security check violate anyone’s self respect? We live in a democracy, yet strangely, we continue to regard democratic norms as insulting. Recently, a similar kind of controversy erupted over the frisking of APJ Abdul Kalam. When a wonderfully idealistic citizen and archetypal aam aadmi like Kalam happily stands in a queue and submits to a check by Continental Airlines, why did SRK raise an issue when immigration officials questioned him.
It may well be that the US security system is more solid than India. The officials were only doing their duty and nothing was done on purpose.
What Shilpa Shetty did two years ago, in UK, SRK is doing the same thing now in the US! Shilpa Shetty and her family and publicists, turned a mere cat fight into a debate on racism (during her Big Brother stint) andShilpa gained wordwide attention after that!Her career attained a new lifeline and she became an international icon - launching her own range of perfumes and even getting to meet the Queen of England!
It’s the same thing that SRK seems to be trying to achieve! By chance such a thing happened to him and he cleverly decided to turn it into an international issue!
He has said that such things have happened to him earlier too, and this is not the first time he went through this. Why didn’t he make such a hue and cry about it earlier? Why throw a tantrum only this time?
Other huge stars like Mamooty, Aamir Khan, Irrfan Khan, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and even our former president of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam have been frisked at US airports - they didn’t make an issue of it, the media didn’t report anything when these people went through an “ordeal”. Why such hype and hoopla over Mr. SRK?
Where was the media, SRK’s friends and family and the Indian government, when even he was frisked fpr the fist time, a few years ago? Why have all of them woken up only now?
Even the reason that SRK gave - "This happened to me because ‘my name is khan’." seems to confirm this being a publicity stunt!
It’s shameful how stars like Shilpa Shetty and SRK misuse the media, waste the government’s precious time and resources and try to jeopardize diplomatic relations between two countries for their own selfish motives!
It’s truly a publicity stunt for himself and for 'My Name is Khan', look how papers and sites not just in India but every country around the world, are reporting about SRK and his film. The New York Times even provided a link to the unofficial site of My Name is Khan in their article about this incident!
Even Lord Meghnad Desai has said that that the whole thing seemed like a publicity stunt for Khan’s new film.
The U.S. government was an inadvertent accomplice to 20th Century Fox, which is investing millions in this movie,he said.
I am not against Khan... But as a VIP (Very Important person)personality in society, he should be a role model rather than Very Ignorant Person in Society.
Its great comedy to hear that Salman Khan cancelled his tour to USA bcoz he extends his support to SRK(Who cares abt this guy..?? We can give him "Best comedian of 2009"). What to do.. He also from that bunch of Jokers ...
--Cheers---
Sudhan
