Malayalam Superstar Mammootty, who have won two National awards for the best actor is a name to reckon in India. But his star image doesn't worked out for him at USA. He was denied entry to America when he reached JFK airport at New York on April 29.Since Mammooty's name in his passport is Mohammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil, he was blocked in airport for some unknown reasons. He was kept in custody by the US Homeland security for two hours, before the Indian Consulate in New York intervened and took him away.
It was a sad thing to happen to one of our living legends. Mammootty was in US at the personal invi! tation of his childhood friend from Chembu near Vaikkom in Kerala, Stanley J. Kalathara, an attorney and a Democratic candidate for the New York City Council from District 25.
The buzz is that those who land in US with the name Mohammed Ismail are detained, and questioned at length, though no official reasons are given for it.
