Film review: PK.
By Shyamlee Ahmed
WASHINGTON, DC: Rajkumar Hirani has done it again.
With his best-selling philosophies like Jadoo ki jhappi (Munnabhai M.B.B.S),Gandhigiri (Lage Raho Munnabhai) and All iz well (3 Idiots), in PK too, he has once again given his distinct touch on a social issue and delivered it bravely with lots of emotions and effortless humor. PK is another one of his feel-good movies, filled with emotions and satirical naughtiness that makes you cry, laugh and think.
So what is the biggest issue in the world today? Religious and communal tensions.
And how does an alien illustrate a fresh view on religion with his simplistic convention? Leave it to master story teller who delivers it with harmless penchant interleaved with humor. This was an excellent satire of different religious groups without hurting any particular group’s sentiments. Hirani focuses on the various issues created by the so called ‘Godmen’ and through PK, shows this to the viewers in a new light.
Aamir Khan, as the alien, earns our empathy employing his child-like innocence with “wide-opened green eyes” and “flying saucer like ears.” He is also given a new name “PK” (as in “tipsy”) quite by circumstance. His quest to find his “only possession” (a remote amulet which would enable him to return to his planet) that was robbed takes him to irreverent adventure as he sets off earnestly to find God, hopping from temples to churches to mosques.
In this venture, Raju Hirani managed to keep the audience glued with naughty and quirky drama packed with humor from how PK steals clothes from the “dancing car” to his take on fashion and sticking his hand into a fat man’s bum, to his encounter with colorful bandmaster Bhairon Singh (Sanjay Dutt) and how he faces trouble in his desperate pursuit to understand the language of the people by needing to “hand hold”, and how he finally accomplishes the same with a Bhojpuri sex worker.
PK bumps into TV reporter Jaggu (Anushka Sharma) playing a chirpy poetry-loving girl who recently returned to Delhi from Belgium after a heartbreak with her Pakistani boyfriend Sarfaraz Yusuf (Sushant Singh Rajuput). Jaggu, initially skeptical, is later on fascinated by PK’s idiosyncrazies and promises to help PK in his mission to return to his planet. The story then revolves around how PK goes about winning his remote amulet from godman Tapasvee (Saurabh Shukla) and how his innocence and curiosity spurs a ‘wrong number’ campaign showing true colors of the ambassadors of religion via a live broadcasting channel headed by Jaggu’s boss – Cherry (Boman Irani).
PK‘s music is average with some subtle soothing tracks and fun lyrics. Overall a pleasant hear and nothing too fancy. Though some areas of the movie may be ridiculous for the audience such as the amateurish love and breakup between Jaggu and Sarfaraz, the bomb blast that has no relevance in the story line and the out-of-place romance towards the end between PK and Jaggu, this movie scores for its silly and sweet entertainment that can stir your brain and question your thoughts. Hence, it comes with a recommendation to watch.
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Disgusting hindoos. Jo dar gaya, woh mandir gaya. Hahaha.