All audience reviews of PK

The movie starts with an alien, nude Aamir Khan who has no religion barriers and convictions. He sets on a journey of finding his stolen totem that would get him back to his actual planet. This scenario is very similar to the context of Hindu dharma, where any kid is born nude and comes to this planet and finds a way to reach BACK. “BACK”, I don’t know where or what this back is. This could be heaven, hell or some other Meta physical location or could be just another planet. So, we all are in need of that totem that would unite us to the ONE that made us (this is what Bhagavad Gita taught me, and I may be wrong too). Even I am in search of this totem.
When a kid comes to this earth, all he has is questions regarding everything. Parents wilfully or hesitatingly answers almost all the questions in the way that they have understood them. A Muslim would teach how to do namaaz, a Christian would ask him to get baptised, or a Hindu would ask him to perform saastanga namaskaram. These belief systems originated long back and for the sake of wellbeing of human kind. But, now the systems have emerged in such a way that they feel threat from the other beliefs systems. In the name of god, there is lots of violence going in this world.
Aamir in the movie tries out each and every religion on the earth. He performs abhishekam, he gets baptized, and he even gets the gross beatings. In search of god, he understands one thing that god is not answering his call. May be god is asleep, may be god is missing, may be god has forgot about the creation he made. He comes to a conclusion that god is missing and asks everyone on the earth whether they have seen him. Did you? Have anyone seen god? I don’t know. But, still we love him, pray and perform lots of rituals in his name. God is a belief and no one has a right to ask him to stop believing god.
Many are comparing it that this has brought only Hinduism into the lime light. There are many religions in India and every religion has to be scrutinised. Is this really a logic to fight? If police arrests a thief, does the thief ask the police to arrest his fellow thief and only then he would be convicted. Didn’t this movie brought the brutal killings of cows into the context? Didn’t this movie brought the religion conversion that is rampant now? Didn’t this movie list out the hypocritical nature of every religion? This movie didn’t make fun of god, but it made us see what really is. Does god need protection? Does a religion need to be saved? I don’t think so. I am rephrasing the words of PK here, if he is the one who created us, then doesn’t he know how to protect himself. Who are we to protect the creator or god?
Performing a ritual is one’s wish. No one can ask to give the milk to the needy, rather performing abhishekam on the idol. It’s personal. No one needs a suggestion as everyone know everything. All the movie asks is not to believe anything blindly. I would like to quote Buddha here, “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” The whole movie is based on this quote. Many of us just need some logic and common sense. The sense which we had today may differ with us what we had yesterday. So, nothing is constant. Ask for it and try to understand it just for now.
“Jo darr gaya who mandir gaya”, I don’t think there is anything to get offended by this statement. Humans are basically paranoid in nature and that’s the reason for the humans to sustain its species amidst lots of chaos in the world. When you fear for your life, you plead for help from police. If this is beyond police, you go for god. This may not happen always, but it does a lots of times. When PK loses his remote, he is encouraged even by police to pray for god to get it back, even though it is a desperate measure. Then he chooses to pray each and every god. There is nothing to be ashamed of in seeking god while you are lost. “Bhagavan ladne keliye tumhe taakath detha hain”, is what I have been hearing since my childhood. Please don’t get offended by PK’s statement and understand the truth behind it. I didn’t mean to say that everyone who is dreaded would approach god, as there are many who seek god for peace, for showing the gratitude, and lots of other things. Don’t get embarrassed when someone shows that you are vulnerable, just try to understand your vulnerability and overcome it.

Is Pk really biased? I don’t think so. less

Raju Hirani is one of our better directors and his films reach out to the common man with some topical issues.His earlier films have lambasted the medical system ( Munnabhai) and the educational system( 3 idiots). This time he is on soft ground because the subject of Godmen and religious hypocrisy has been dealt with in a more caustic manner in an earlier film OMG some years back.

Nevertheless Raju Hirani remains a master story teller and converts the script into an interesting film which is bound to appeal to the general audience specially kids.The plot is about an alien left behind on earth, and his remote is stolen. The entire movie is about his experiences with different people as he looks for his remote so that he can recall his space vehicle and go back to his intergalactic abode.

Does the movie have have the same punch and is it as hard hitting as the earlier films of Raju Hirani? Not exactly.

For the Munnabhai movie ,Raju Hirani had mentioned in an interview that while writing a scene,it was not finalised till it made him either laugh or cry. Looks like the same yardstick was not used while writing this film since it sags in quite a few places.The movie could have been easily reduced by 15 to 20 minutes by some crisper editing.

Audiences specially kids will love the antics of this paan chewing, bhojpuri speaking, blink less staring, weird walking ET in colourful clothes. His innocently put questions on religion and hypocritical social customs are bound to amuse people.

Aamir Khan lives the role and is all over the film.A lot of hard work has been put in by him to bring realism to the character. Saurab Shukla as the Godman is excellent as usual. As a TV reporter Anushka Sharma looks pretty and acts well. Sanjay Dutt puts in a charming cameo as a rustic Rajasthani. Boman Irani as a TV channel producer and Sushant Rajput as the boyfriend give good support.

Music has some catchy tunes which have become popular.The photography is of a high standard with some splendid shooting at Belgium and some exciting special effects. less

Though it takes a bit from Akshay-Paresh starrer OMG and also having some scenes that point out at Hindu ideology...I give this movie 5-star for superb acting by everyone and enjoyment of each individual whom I watched. less

The most awaited Rajkumar Hirani film..and one of the greatest project that Rajkumar Hirani had since 2011 and now one of the controversial film is now a blockbuster success..The film is well designed and directed. We could also hear the dialogues that really go straight into the heart.All the actors have done a truly materialistic wonderful job to make the film success.. nthing to say. I am having just 1 request to those who have not watched this film is to watch this film on the screen. Dont watch such films via pirate cds or download on your pc.. less

The Combo of Raju Hirani and Aamir Khan are back but not with a bang. Yes Pk did made a news and it had all the HAWA about its release and misses the spark. Yes the movie defies the meme that Koi Mil gaya+ OMG!= Pk. Heavily inspired from Kevin Spacey starrer K-Pax amalgamated with OMG! Oh my god. Pk to challenges the religious beliefs but what its benefited of is the original screenplay. Abhijat Joshi and Hirani have crowd and critic pleaser in the form of screenplay very funny and very intellectual. Other than that there is a love triangle too yes Aamir-Anushka-Sushant and I found it very unnecessary to make Sushant a Pakistani. The final suspense was too predictable. Overall even with some superb screenplay the deja-vu of seen this earlier persists that of OMG! Not as perfect as 3 idiots but a decent entertainer. less