SRK talks about how he has been treated after 9/11 attacks

Sharing his experience as a Muslim in post-9/11 world, BollywoodBadshahShah Rukh Khan told in an interview with a noted magazine that on many occasions politicians accused him of bearing allegiance to the ‘neighbouring nation’ rather than India. Baring it all in the article titled ‘Being a Khan’, the superstar said he gave his children generic names, Aryan and Suhana, so that they didn’t face the difficulties which he faced in his life. The 47-year-old actor said, "I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India."

"There have been occasions when I have been accused of bearing allegiance to our neighbouring nation rather than my own country - this even though I am an Indian, whose father fought for the freedom of India. Rallies have been held where leaders have exhorted me to leave and return what they refer to my original homeland," he added.

Shah Rukh who has a Hindu wife, Gauri, further said, "I gave my son and daughter names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones - Aryan and Suhana. The Khan has been bequeathed by me so they can't really escape it."