Did you CK vai, PK the film.

My views on PK the film, dt.12.01.2015.

     A big discussion went on in my friend circle on an Amir Khan Starrer film PK. Many suggested viewing the film.  A doctor friend Pigulu Mam and a young man from my village also Pigulu told, “You should see it”. Children told highly about the film. My brother in law the owner of color 7 and elder son in related career,usually bring the discussion of cinema to my house in routine. This time younger son positively compared it to OMG, wife wanted to see it but I hesitated. I was not seeing him the day he in a Satyamev Jayate episode whispered, “I shall think twice before entering to an Indian hospital”.  I was very sorry as an Indian doctor. Doctors and their associations rightfully have too many complaints those are not the topic of discussion.

   There is progress in all fields including medicine. But society has deteriorated equally in all fields medical profession is one of it. Let us improve it.

     Now coming to PK proper, how a particular film declared tax free in some states is unofficially banned in some other states by hooligans taking law into their own hand. What is praiseworthy by some is condemned by some is a reflection of a very bad society. Never had it happened in Indian cinema controversies. People intentionally keep some objectionable scenes or dialogues that create turbulence and publicity hand in hand after some settlement it runs with profit. There was no previous film that became tax free in the midst of demonstrations.

      Let me share my views on the film.

    1- I appreciate a book or a film if it drives me to know what happens next that to without skipping a single sentence or a single dialogue to the last page or last scene. On that account PK is good; I saw it in whole in attention trying to understand all conversations including the vojpuri told by Amir.

     2- Alien is not a new theme not impossible as well and its possibility is explained in the film at the beginning. Here he comes nude with a communicative remote system that hangs as a locket that remains his only link with the several light years distant homeland which is instantly stolen by the evils of earth. What a crime against an intelligent baby who has no sense to feel the need to cover up himself. With not a single dress also he does not look nude as a horse or a moving bull never looks odd. The theft at the beginning also says this alien is going to witness negative happenings so seeing fraud God man and not seeing a sage goes well with the film.

     3- A nude alien looks less nude than the inappropriate dress of the heroine, her costumes and contemporary costumes of a lady media professional in our country does not match. It looks abnormal. The scene of intake of alcohol by the heroine in presence of the alien also looks intentional negative feminism. It looks like a formula.

     4- The presentation of same word with different meaning and same action with different meaning and the confusion in a pluralistic society was amusing.

     5- His association with a good Sanjay Dutta and the way of learning Vojpuri  was a formula sure but was entertaining.

     6- The rocking car that provided him a dress for the first time looked funny but to repeat the scene several time looked too ridiculous with poverty of ideas and vulgar. It made the film too ordinary unlike a real Amir.

    7- The condom advertisement by NACO and the too sensual advertisement of Mankind`s condom have decreased a reaction to its discussion in public and the innocent alien witnessing the funny happenings around condom did not look odd. The discussion with media boss about it did not look abnormal too. But the reaction of the heroine ie enjoying the fun looked unreal stating it never can be.  The boss agreed to give permission to the heroine`s proposal to make alien a story made her to hug the boss. If such hugging happens in any Indian office then the male would be dragged to the court. So a footnote was needed,”Don`t do it in your office this is only possible by professional Jatra actors.”

    8- Coming to the different religious groups the movie criticized all community alike and this being the central theme should not be criticized. This also is the true reflection of the present status of religion. That should be accepted as the society should be cautious. But …. See below.

    9- The Tapaswi is presented as a very cunning person with politically correct words. Without any sufficient reason he suddenly assumes Alien is a Muslim and states very poorly about Muslim religion as attackers. This never suited Tapaswi`s tongue. It seemed intentional to invite criticism and with an aim for poor publicity. In real poorer dialogues with much hatred is thrown by shadow politicians in public but it was not going with the character of that Tapaswi.

   10- The film made all religion look poor but Hinduism to a greater extent; I did not dislike it as the caretakers of religion really have made the religious practice like that. Frauds are a plenty. This again being the central theme of the film we the believers should take it as a reformatory reminder and hail the team. Sure he must be aware that the reaction to the film happening now was expected to happen. It seems he made it so to depend on controversy for its publicity. Amir himself is publicity and he needs not be so insecure.

  11- The love story with a Pakistani Muslim, the artificial break up and the dramatized reunion was as if he wanted a sticker on the lips of propagators of Love Jihadies. To many people it must have looked unreal but as it takes the dependency on the theme love it felt nice. Love can do anything and everything. But to say the Pakistani embassy has no work except uniting lovers is double extra ordinary.(view of a reader whose name is K only). Love Jihadi propagators are with arms again must have been well expected by the team and this risk was calculated.

12- Heroine bribed the police to spend some time with PK in the lock up also looked too ordinary for Amir`s film. It had no fun neither to police nor to public.

13- It is well understood a section of people are not happy and they really want this type of issues to sale themselves. So this mutual publicity of the film and these organizations must be ignored. This was possible communities of different religions should have joined hand to give a statement of displeasure against the film peacefully. That would have been accepted as we are in a democracy. The Censor Board has passed it as U/A looks justified and no one should be allowed to take law into own hand as this breeds terrorism. Terrorism should be dealt with zero tolerance. Pakistan differentiates good terrorism and bad terrorism and the result is so damaging, India must learn it. To be soft against is vote bank favoritism.

14- What for two governments made it tax free? The wise governments better know it. I think this happened first time that a U/A film is made tax free. I do not feel any reason for it except behaving left pole (?left?right pole? Does not exist) doing opposite of right pole. I feel the film has controversial elements and not eligible to be tax free. I only think people may view it learn from it and like it and dislike it in free mind. May be these govts made it tax free as it advertises condom or they suddenly felt money is better utilized by private use than corrupt use by their own governments.

15- Comparing OMG, this film gives a logical ending that goes with the film. In OMG bringing Akshaya  Kumar as God and giving lessons to Paresh Rawal looked too unrealistic and with the only purpose to pacify believers otherwise that movie I felt more delicately more intensely presented itself than PK. I loved that movie more than this PK except its better ending.

16- Time is a significant element.  Now we are in a time when Mohtma Gandhi is remembered to clean the Aswachhata of the country an Amir joined hands to make people aware to another dimension of Aswachhata that is equally detrimental. I even if am a strong believer do subscribe the central theme of the film, my criticism should be read as a common viewer`s study of the film who is professionally not linked to cinema or media. All my criticism is based on comparison with his high standard of earlier films.

17- If good time ever comes I invite PK to come again meet sages existing in Himalayas, meet still existing Buddhas , Jesus , Prophet, Mahaveers, Shankaracharya and plenty many touchy human beings and take the better message to his planet but I thank him this time to remind me as an inhabitant of green earth as a believer where I stand. You did it with a three star standard against the five star standards of you.                                                                                                            THANK YOU PK.