Though the news was a front page item, it came a little late than usual, to take the place of a small column in the dailies. Mollywood Super Star Mammootty when taking a trip to US was detained for two hours and questioned by officials at the JFK International Airport.

The incident which happened on April 29, on his arrival to campaign for his friend contesting for the corporation elections, was all for his Muslim name in his passport.

The actor was taken for questioning, immediately after his official name ''Muhammad Ismail'' popped up on the immigration screens. The actor was allowed to leave only after the authorities from Indian Consulate explained about him. The sources there explains that these type of happenings occur occasionally as this particular name is blacklisted in US for some mysterious security reasons.