Body scan machines embarrassed Shahrukh Khan

The new body-scan machines put up at London airport to beef up security against any possible terror attack left Bollywood Shahrukh Khan more amused and embarrassed than offended. When he visited the city to promote his film My Name Is Khan, he passed through the body-scanners and even autographed the printouts for his fans.

“I'm always stopped by the security, because of the name. And I think it’s okay: the western world is a little bit worried, paranoid and touchy, I guess - and feel when they're frisking you,” Khan revealed on 'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross' which is one of the most popular weekend shows of British television.

Recalling his experience at the London airport, Khan said: “I was in London recently going through the airport and these new machines have come up, the body scans. You've got to see them. It makes you embarrassed - if you're not well endowed...You walk into the machine and everything - the whole outline of your body - comes out.”

Though SRK admitted he was scared inside the scanners, he had the good sense of autographing the printouts.

“I was a little scared. Something happens (inside the scans), and I came out. Then I saw these girls - they had these printouts. I looked at them. I thought they were some forms you had to fill. I said 'give them to me' - and you could see everything inside. So I autographed them for them,” SRK said.

In ‘My Name Is Khan’, SRK plays a Muslim man with Aspergers Syndrome. He lives in the US but after the 9/11 attacks his life goes for a toss and he embarks on a unique journey to tell the US president that he is not a terrorist.

The film is slated to release on the coming Friday.