Malayalam mega star Mammootty was detained at The JFK airport in New York for a couple of hours due to his risky name.

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.

For some bizarre reasons, Mammootty was briefly “Separated for questioning and grilled” by US Homeland security. In his passport Mammooty’s name is Mohammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil
Mohammad Ismail is a name that figures in the US homeland security watch list, it is reported.

Mammootty was in US at the personal invitation 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.
He has been a leading attorney for the past 25 years and had organized several fundraisers for elected officials notable among them being for Hillary Clinton.

Mammootty had come to campaign and raise funds for Stanley who is contesting for the New York City Council among the Malayalee immigrants settled in the New York burroughs of Queens, Long Island and New Jersey.

Mammootty has a huge fan following in US, and is perhaps the best known Malayalee in the world. It is a major gaffe on part of US officials.