New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan's recent detention at Newark Airport in US has generated a lot of heat in India.
Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Shah Rukh Khan said that America needed to understand it was not the only nation in the world.
"It wasn't pleasant or nice but I also do respect the fact that it is meant to be a procedure which needs to be followed if you want to enter America. I understand that a country has to be a little careful specifically with the things that have happened. But I have a simple logic that once you have been to a consulate, you've done your retina scan and fingerprints...I'm assuming those are the same ones that are sent to immigrations here, why is it that one needs to figure out other things besides that? And at the end of it all what is ironic is that they didn't even do my retina scan and finger scan. So that's a little strange," said Khan.
"They kept telling me that you know its because your name is common and I was too polite to ask common to what? Everybody loves coming to America and everybody loves what America has to offer but I think it needs to offer a little more warmth and speed in its processes," said the Bollywood star.
"America needs to understand one small thing... that there are about 190-195 smaller countries and that makes the whole world. It's not an isolated, parallel universe existence for this country. There is a whole world which makes all the good and bad that is happening. So if we are scared of violence and terrorism, all of us are responsible for it. Its not that the world is and America is not," he added.
The United States on Sunday denied the allegations that the Bollywood superstar was detained and questioned for two hours at the Newark Airport or that the actor was singled out because of his name or Asian identity.
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