Times of India: “The US customs and border protection authorities have expressed “profound” apologies for the Shah Rukh Khan detention incident. However, taking the incident seriously, external affairs minister SM Krishna has asked the Indian ambassador to US, Nirupama Rao, to take up the matter with the authorities. Reacting strongly to the detention, Krishna said it has become a policy of detention and apology by the US which cannot continue.
Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan was detained at a New York airport for over two hours by immigration officials after arriving from India in a private plane with Nita Ambani, to address students at Yale University here. While Nita, wife of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, and the rest of their group were cleared immediately, Khan was stopped and was given immigration clearance only after about two hours, sources told PTI. 46-year-old Khan was to address a press conference at 2pm and deliver his lecture at 4pm at the Yale University. However, he arrived for the press meet three hours behind schedule and his hour-long lecture started at about 6pm.
“Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to America. The immigration guys kicked the star out of stardom,” Khan said with some sarcasm addressing the students at the University. He added that he always has his “small victories” even in such circumstances. “The immigration officials always ask me how tall I am and I always lie and say 5 feet 10 inches. Next time I am going to get more adventurous. If they ask me What colour are you, I am going to say white,” Khan said.”
via Shah Rukh Khans detention: US apologises, India talks tough – The Times of India.
Life imitates art. Shah Rukh Khan starred in a film called “My name is Khan” – which was subtitled and I’m not a terrorist – is mainly about him being stopped at US airports after the 911 Twin Towers terrorist action.
Related pages: http://watchnewmoviesonline.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/my-name-is-khan-2010-watch-movie-online.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Khan – “Upon its release, the film broke many box office records.[9] My Name is Khan was the highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at the time. Within four weeks, the film crossed the
70 crore (US$13.97 million) mark in India and became the first film of 2010 to do so. In the overseas markets, the film grossed
110.34 crore (US$22.01 million).[10] My Name is Khan is currently the sixth highest grossing Bollywood film with a worldwide gross of 200 crores.[11] The film was released in India on DVD on 28 April 2010. Blu-ray in India, plus a DVD release worldwide followed on 10 August 2010.[12]“


