SRK in news, for a humiliating reason (probably for the first time). He has been interrogated by the Immigration officers in US. For two hours.
Many of us who go to US face similar kind of security checks, sometime because of wearing turban, somtime because of wearing dhotis, sometime because of carryingpickles along with us! Last when I travelled abroad, I got stopped in one of the transit airports because I carried a nail cutter, now a days they stop for any liquid food also. It has always made me sense for these checks, after all, these checks make sure we are in a safe zone (country).
Now given these facts, any US entrant will go through these checks, and it doesn't matter to them whether he/she is "larger than life" icon of his/her country. So I feel SRK has over reacted to what had happened to him, which happens/happened for many of us. He has to understand the following:
- US in the past has done similar things to famous icons. Even Narendra modi faced visa issues (though he doesnt belong to "M" community, but because of the communal violence in gujarat).
- US is a country which cannot afford frequent terrorist attacks, unlike India. The security check
he has undergone is after all for the millions of NRIs living in US.
- Celebrities get indulged in crimes, and terrorist activities. (There are couple of examples to quote, but I don't want to do it now).
- VIPs in india can literally by pass anything and everything. How come he can expect the same in US?
- Moreover in US, film stars are not seen as idols. They are just like other celebrities. So as a general advice, we should remove our "social mask" of the current country while moving to the ther country, and be co operative to the immigration officers!
- "We will give the same treatment to Angelina jolie", can be a good dialogue for his next movie, "Phir bhi dil hai hindustani US jaane aane kae baath" (or you can it like as PBDHHUJAKB ;-) ).
- Even many other film stars faced similar problem while traveling abroad. Once Kamal hasan faced inquiries in the cannadian immigration when he told he came there for "shooting" (actually he meant film shooting). But I dont think Kamal made much noise that time.
Oops, now I feel I am over reacting, sorry guys.
