My (humble) 8-point reaction to SRK's detention

My (humble) 8-point reaction to Shah Rukh Khan's detention

Now that we've stopped breathing fire and yelling everyone who opposes our point of view on actor Shah Rukh Khan's detention in Newark, here's my take on the matter.

1. Vivek Oberoi may need publicity. SRK certainly doesn't. He's big in India. And he's certainly big overseas. If you look at the last few decades of Bollywood's overseas box office figures, thanks to Karan Johar and the Yash Raj slew of films, SRK is our biggest star ever in the US.

2. SRK rarely wears his Muslim identity on his sleeve. He has repeatedly said he stands for young, educated India, more than for any single community. SRK is the poster boy of Consumer India, not Muslim India. That is why, even at Newark, SRK never used the word Muslim. I think he intentionally avoided it. All of Bollywood's three Khans are educated, liberal Muslims. They don't want to be in a situation where they are made the poster boys of right wing groups who believe the US hates all Muslims.

3. Of course, Muslims from all countries have been discriminated against in US airports. There's enough documentation to prove this. And personally, I don't believe that random checks at airports are really random. Random checks, I would think, are done randomely, but within certain parameters that constitute a high risk group.

4 SRK's film My Name Is Khan doesn't release till next year anyway. Why would he start the publicity blitz now?

5. I can understand if they didn't recognize him in Minnesota or Milwaukee (altho, when we travelled the world last year, they had heard of him in Machu Pichu too). But this was Newark, the queen of all Little Indias in the US. You can smell the curry in the air from the neighbouring states. Half the airport was probably full of Indians and Pakistanis. Even if the boys who detained him hadn't heard of Bollywood, there were zillions of people in their vicinity who would have seen all of SRK's films. Detain him sure, but why would it take so long to ascertain his identity? Doesn't homeland security have access to Google?

6. SRK and the underworld? Please, I think you're mistaking him for Sanjay Dutt now.

7. SRK said he was travelling with around 10 or so people and all their 22 or so bags went missing. Yet none of them were detained. I believe him. He has a better track record than the US government anyway.

8. If this is a publicity stunt, what has SRK got out of it pray explain to me?

https://shahrukhnews.com/2009/08/29/my-humble-8-point-reaction-to-shah-rukh-khans-detention/

Agreed 😃

Agree with the article 100% :D

3. Of course, Muslims from all countries have been discriminated against in US airports. There's enough documentation to prove this. And personally, I don't believe that random checks at airports are really random. Random checks, I would think, are done randomely, but within certain parameters that constitute a high risk group.

It's been blown out of proportion! These random checks have been happening many times to many Muslims but some of them were not printed by the media.

When a SRK gets checked, the media starts printing. Why?

Is this a fight against the system or a fight against checking a superstar who according to some should have been given the VIP treatment?

fine its been blown out of proportion and absolutely fine if SRK's doing it for publicity...i could honestly care less...BUT personally im elated the issue is being talked about! but then im sure ALOT has been said by many member here so lets just kill the topic or post this article in the SRK sticky, if one exists lol

Yeah. This issue has been discussed by the forum before.

I just feel that one should fight the system if it is discriminating someone from a different race and religion but not fight for a man who happens to be a celebrity larger than life.

ur right..but people like us cant fight the system, what we say falls on deaf ears...i couldve cried my eyes out for being detained for 8 hours and they wouldnt do any investigation as to why i was detained for that long but atleast a figure like SRK can force them to do some internal investigations.

The funny part is when SRK arrived back in India and when he gave his interviews to several media channels, he said that it is not such big deal.

If it was not, why make a hue and cry over it in the first place.

He has dropped the issue now. Unfortunately not many care to make a difference in this world.

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