<p>Several Bollywood actors and directors today lashed out at US authorities for detaining Shahrukh Khan at a New York airport for over two hours, saying India should give it back in the same coin by subjecting American VIPs to such checks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said, "It is outrageous and unacceptable. This is the height of incompetence and insensitivity that such a thing happens with a superstar of a country like India. All they had to do was press a button to know who he is. I think we should do the same with their VIPs."<br /><br />Veteran actress Shabana Azmi tweeted, "Indian govt should gift iPads to USA so their immigrations can use Google and check who they are detaining. SRK? 2nd time? Outrageous(sic)"<br /><br />Director Sajid Khan told PTI, "I think it is done deliberately. I don't think it is possible that people in America don't know who Shahrukh Khan is and why he has come there, for what purpose. Even the security guards there know when a celebrity comes, so they must not act as if they don't know who he is."<br /><br />Veteran lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said, "I think he has been detained because he's called Khan and you have a history of so many people being detained like that. It is a paranoid country, a country which is trying to cope with the aftershocks of 9/11. He was detained because of his surname and not his celebrity status. Only when a celebrity is detained does the spotlight fall on such malice."<br /><br />Director Atul Agnihotri, Salman Khan's brother-in-law, said, "If you detain anyone, be it Shahrukh or even a common man without any reason then it is unfair. But if the officials have a reason for it, then we can't help it. In case of Shahrukh, once he clarifies on it then we can say whether the detention was right or wrong."<br /><br />Superstar Aamir Khan, who was at the press meet of his new TV show, was asked if he has faced a similar detention while travelling abroad.<br /><br />"I was never detained, I never faced that problem," he said.<br /><br />Friend-turned-foe Shirish Kunder, when asked to comment on the issue, said, "I don't want to comment on it as I have no knowledge about the incident."</p>
<p>Several Bollywood actors and directors today lashed out at US authorities for detaining Shahrukh Khan at a New York airport for over two hours, saying India should give it back in the same coin by subjecting American VIPs to such checks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said, "It is outrageous and unacceptable. This is the height of incompetence and insensitivity that such a thing happens with a superstar of a country like India. All they had to do was press a button to know who he is. I think we should do the same with their VIPs."<br /><br />Veteran actress Shabana Azmi tweeted, "Indian govt should gift iPads to USA so their immigrations can use Google and check who they are detaining. SRK? 2nd time? Outrageous(sic)"<br /><br />Director Sajid Khan told PTI, "I think it is done deliberately. I don't think it is possible that people in America don't know who Shahrukh Khan is and why he has come there, for what purpose. Even the security guards there know when a celebrity comes, so they must not act as if they don't know who he is."<br /><br />Veteran lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said, "I think he has been detained because he's called Khan and you have a history of so many people being detained like that. It is a paranoid country, a country which is trying to cope with the aftershocks of 9/11. He was detained because of his surname and not his celebrity status. Only when a celebrity is detained does the spotlight fall on such malice."<br /><br />Director Atul Agnihotri, Salman Khan's brother-in-law, said, "If you detain anyone, be it Shahrukh or even a common man without any reason then it is unfair. But if the officials have a reason for it, then we can't help it. In case of Shahrukh, once he clarifies on it then we can say whether the detention was right or wrong."<br /><br />Superstar Aamir Khan, who was at the press meet of his new TV show, was asked if he has faced a similar detention while travelling abroad.<br /><br />"I was never detained, I never faced that problem," he said.<br /><br />Friend-turned-foe Shirish Kunder, when asked to comment on the issue, said, "I don't want to comment on it as I have no knowledge about the incident."</p>