This is what happens when you have media in excess (non stop chatter on the web, 24 hour news channels etc. etc.). Even when there is no news, they have to manufacture something -- mediocrity and cheap, substandard reporting become the norm.
If Mammotty has no problems, why should the rest of the world?
Just coz Mammooty is a superstar or a Muslim does not qualify him for special attention in a country which does not even know that there is a language by the name of Malayalam. Please stop politicizing everything about America, they are doing what they can and they will screw up. Are we perfect!?
Re: Stop playing politics
by Siddhartha Sanghi on May 08, 2009 08:13 AM
true... atleast they keep their country safe... unlike us who let every dick and harry enter the country through every possible route...
Re: someone.useful
by Siddhartha Sanghi on May 08, 2009 08:12 AM
haha right... they must have thought that he is already torturing to the biggest extent... isse zyada torture aur koi kya karega...
Re: someone.useful
by CHAKRAVARTHY KRISHNA PRASAD on May 08, 2009 08:16 AM
Dharmesh is an ignorant spook and does not realise that the quality of malayalam movies can anyday eat hindi movies...sir please learn about Indian Cinema
Re: Re: someone.useful
by Anish Thomas on May 08, 2009 11:45 AM
His movies are far better than crappy bollwood hindi movies.And dharmesh you have to listen one thing that majority(80-90%) of hindi movies are copied from malyalam , tamil or hindi....And after all mamooty is 4 times national award winning actor...
Re: someone.useful
by Anish Thomas on May 08, 2009 11:46 AM
His movies are far better than crappy bollwood hindi movies.And dharmesh you have to listen one thing that majority(80-90%) of hindi movies are copied from malyalam , tamil or english....And after all mamooty is 4 times national award winning actor...
"When the immigration official saw the last name Ismail, he sent the actor to a separate room for questioning. "
Did the customs officer report this to Rediff...or just Rediff is making a logical guess...If so don't report it as a fact.
Also When the Firstname starts with Muhammad why would anyone comment that only the last name was used to determine the Islam connection....Pretty Stupid and Poor journalism.
Re: How did you know this?
by Devadatta Bhaumik on May 08, 2009 05:55 AM
It is not stupid. The first name being a common name no filtering is done for it. But the name 'Ismail' combined with 'Mohammed' is considered differently.
You may not know, but most people know that is the way these 'filters' work.
Why nit-pick a logical conclusion, when you yourself are ignorant of how it works?
Re: Re: How did you know this?
by Guest on May 08, 2009 11:18 AM
You are real rude brat. The same thing can be conveyed in proper manner. You feel you know everything about filtering? So tell us all kinds of sorting and filtering techniques or else be milder in your views.
Re: Re: How did you know this?
by Guest on May 08, 2009 10:46 AM
It is well known that real terrorists never have real passports, they only use fake ones. Somehow, this whole, using-name-to-identify-terrorists seems really silly!
Last year in a DYFI function in Madras he uttered 'If DYFI was strong in Gujrath there will be any riot there' !!!
Such a broad minded man should be checked thoroughly before allowing to enter in US.
As an actor Mammotty is spoiling the chances of many talented young malayalam artists. I wonder how this grandpa old man still act romance with teenage girls and how Malayalis tolerate to watch it.
Mammootys arrogant behavior came in public when he beat a gentleman in public when that guy tried to reach him.
Re: Mammooty anti Hindu
by Guest on May 08, 2009 01:57 PM
Ladoo sab - you sound quite ant Muslim..First sort out your issues before accusing others. If Mammoottty had paid the price of flight and airport tax, he need to be treated like any other passenger. This is a clear case of ethnic and religious profiling and in US, this is considered a serious issue.
Re: Mammooty anti Hindu
by Devadatta Bhaumik on May 08, 2009 05:59 AM
I don't know whether he said it about DYFI and I am not a sympathiser of DYFI. But there is some truth in what he said.
DYFI might have been a right foil for the crude sangh outfits that tarnished Gujarat's fairname. One doesn't know.
What is the big deal in it? USA did not invite Mammootty to visit their country. He went there for his need and hence he have to abide the rules of that country. If JFK officials want to do a profiling before entering their country, what's wrong in it. Compare this with an incident happened in Trivandrum airport, Kerala recently. A man heavily drunk arrived at the airport without proper documents. He also behaved badly with fellow-passengers and even beat an officer on duty. However, that fellow was home minister's son's friend and he was released within hours. Fortunately, that became a news. He was not even a celebrity like Mammootty.
Can you think of a similar incident in USA? Well! that's the difference. I am not arguing that USA is great and India is bad. All it says, is that in USA, law is respected and everyone abides (at least tries to follow) it. They don't care about whether you are ministers son's friend or minister. Security guys have strict guidelines and they follow it. They know that a small laxity on their part might end up in big loses. Had the navy/coast guard guys in India shown such shrewdness, we might not have lost 200 lives at Mumbai.
Only exception must be when some one goes on a diplomatic mission with a diplomatic passport. They are representing the country and hence the case of profiling George Fernandes/MMS when they go for a diplomatic mission is an insult to the country.
Mammootty is a lawyer by profession and he knows the value of law !
Re: Never knew that Mammootty is a Muslim
by Rishabh Ravi on May 15, 2009 11:42 PM
Probably short for Mohammad-kutty. Given his first name is indeed Mohammad this is plausible.
