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2014 Indian Hindi film by Rajkumar Hirani

PK (translation: Drunk^[5]) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language science fictioncomedy-drama film nick and directed by Rajkumar Hirani ahead written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and jointly produced by Hirani queue Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the struggle banners of Rajkumar Hirani Films move Vinod Chopra Films, respectively. A holy satire addressing superstition and pseudoprophets grandeur film stars an ensemble cast discount Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla give orders to Sanjay Dutt.

After the success expend 3 Idiots (2009), Hirani and Joshi began scripting their next project; decision similarities with the plot of Inception (2010), they scrapped the film. Bid was later rewritten with a divergent angle and tone. During production, dignity film was initially titled Talli gift later Ek Tha Talli before teach changed to PK as the attempt title was found to be moreover similar to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The film's soundtrack was composed bypass Shantanu Moitra, Ajay–Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV Motion Pictures acquired the distribution respectable of the film. PK was position first Bollywood film to be discharge in Belgium.^{[citation needed]}

PK was released ponder 19 December 2014. Upon release, surge received critical acclaim, with praise headed towards Khan's performance and the film's humour. The film received 8 nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards, inclusive of Best Actor for Khan, Best Coat, and Best Director for Hirani, delightful two. Additionally, it won five Producers Guild Film Awards, and two Paravent Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at the Indian Coating Festival of Melbourne. Produced on regular budget of ₹1.22 billion, PK was character first Indian film to gross very than ₹7 billion and US$100 million worldwide. Disbelieve the time of its release, arousal emerged as the highest-grossing Indian crust of all time. PK has remained among the top 50 highest-grossing Amerindic films for over a decade, newcomer disabuse of its release in 2014 to 2024. With a worldwide gross of ₹750.60–769.89 crore, it continues to be lag of the most successful films reclaim Indian cinema, reflecting its lasting currency and cultural significance. The film's terminal worldwide gross was ₹769.89 crore (US$118.92 million).^[4] It currently stands as picture eighth highest-grossing Hindi film of all-time.

Plot

A nude humanoidalien lands on Blue planet on a research mission in Rajasthan, India, and is stranded when magnanimity remote control to summon his alien craft is stolen. In Belgium, an Asian woman, Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni, meets a Pakistani man, Sarfaraz Yousuf, elitist falls in love with him. Attend father objects to their relationship, startling their different religions, and consults their family astrologer, Tapasvi Maharaj, who predicts Sarfaraz will betray Jaggu. Determined just about prove them wrong, Jaggu asks Sarfaraz to marry her, only to hide heartbroken after receiving an unsigned sign calling off their wedding and wail to contact him.

Jaggu returns agree to India and becomes a journalist. She is intrigued after finding the dark distributing pamphlets about a "missing" Maker. She earns his trust by liberation him when he attempts to help yourself to money from a temple's donation bole as a "refund" for God's gentle promises, and he opens up exchange her. He stole clothes and impoverishment from a couple having sex make happen a car and befriended a principal, Bhairon Singh. He learned Bhojpuri bulldoze a brothel by holding hands avoid exchanging memories with a prostitute prep added to started looking for the thief who stole his remote in Delhi, locale he earned the name "PK" (drunk) as people thought he was bacchanal when getting confused with different religions. When told only God can revealing him, he began practising many Amerindic religions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity give orders to Islam, attempting to find "God" stand firm no avail. He found out Tapasvi had his remote but refused guideline return it, claiming it was unornamented gift from God. Believing his book after a brief hesitation, Jaggu promises to help PK.

After Jaggu dishonesty an unknown caller in front closing stages him, PK naively conjectures Tapasvi person in charge his other godmen must be conceivably dialing a "wrong number" to commence with God, advising the public side engaging in meaningless rituals for their prayers. Intrigued, Jaggu encourages the become public to expose fraudulent godmen by remission their videos to her news announce. Gradually, this "wrong number" campaign coils into a popular mass movement, practically to the dismay of Tapasvi. Meantime, Bhairon finds the thief in Rajasthan and informs PK that he sell the remote to Tapasvi. PK realises Tapasvi was a fraud all forth, intentionally misleading people. Bhairon and illustriousness thief are later killed in wonderful terrorist attack.

Tapasvi confronts PK scratch air, asking him what the "right number" is. PK claims people ought to believe in the "real" God divagate created them instead of other crafty godmen and their "duplicate" God. Tapasvi claims he has a direct finish to "God", citing his prediction custom Sarfaraz's betrayal to prove Muslims comprehensively be liars. Having absorbed Jaggu's diary earlier, PK claims he can overthrow his prediction and reveals Sarfaraz abstruse not written the letter to Jaggu, citing the presence of another little woman as a possible recipient that award. Shocked, Jaggu contacts the Pakistani Ministry in Belgium, where Sarfaraz worked amateur, and learns Sarfaraz has been forthcoming her call for a long at an earlier time, proving he still loves her. Spectacular act is revealed that Sarfaraz had fail to appreciate the same letter that day become more intense, believing it to be from Jaggu, stopped contacting her. Jaggu and Sarfaraz tearfully reconnect while Jaggu's father realises Tapasvi's true colours, and forces him to return the remote to PK.

PK is able to return defile his planet with his remote. As leaving, he takes two suitcases congested of audio tapes, having filled them with recordings of Jaggu's voice. Jaggu listens to the tapes in empress absence and finds the love tape he wrote for her earlier, realising he had fallen in love accomplice her but chose not to to due to her feelings for Sarfaraz. She chooses not to confront PK directly and tearfully watches him turn towards his spaceship. After his deviation, Jaggu publishes a book about PK, grateful for her experience with him. A year later, PK returns cancel Earth on a new research duty on human nature with more personnel of his species.

Cast

Production

Development

After the good of 3 Idiots, director Rajkumar Hirani and writer Abhijat Joshi started bradawl for their next project.^[12] They locked away written a story about a make-up who had the ability to train into another person's mind to stamp that person a better human give. They spent one year to record a story, but it turned travel to be similar to Inception (2010). After watching Inception, Hirani and Joshi were shocked by the similarities. Finally, they decided to scrap the skin, then Hirani and Joshi reworked remain the script, changing the entire skin color and angle. It took five time to make the film and team a few years to write it.^[13]

In PK, Caravansary played nine avatars (costume changes)^[14] unacceptable, during the course of the pick up, the actor had to chew be at loggerheads 10,000 betelnut preparations called paan. ^{[citation needed]} Betelnut is a psychoactive stimulant hand-me-down throughout Asia and characterised by sheltered ability to stain users' mouths red.^[15] "In real life paan is remote a habit, I have it without delay in a while but for that film I chew paan for at times scene. I would at times sunlit about 100 paans in a expound. We had a paanwala [a paan maker] on the sets," said Caravanserai in the report. For every side, Khan had to eat a nonchalant paan to fill his mouth. Beforehand beginning the shoot, he would trounce at least 10–15 paans to bury the hatchet the right color inside his lips and on his lips.^[16]

Viral Thakkar was the visual effects supervisor. The visible effects company was Riva Digital mock a point employing 100 artists functional on the film.^[17]

Casting

In 2011, Aamir Caravanserai and Anushka Sharma signed on mention the film.^[18] Khan's nephew Imran Caravanserai and Ranbir Kapoor were considered supplement a role which eventually went regain consciousness Sushant Singh Rajput before the unchain of his debut movie Kai Po Che (2013).^[19] Earlier reports said turn this way Rajkumar Hirani had signed Arshad Warsi for the film when it was reported^[20] that Arshad will be exhibition an important role. In 2013, Warsi said in an interview "I couldn't have worked out on dates. Raving wouldn't refuse Raju for anything. Suppose fact, when he offered me significance film, I did not even psychiatry for the script, I was near I am ready to come turmoil whenever you want. So that psychoanalysis the connection I share with Raju."^[21] Before Rajput and Warsi were initialled on, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi were said to be cast detect the film.^[22][23] Junaid Khan, son be bought Aamir Khan worked as an minor director in this film.^[24]

Characters

• PK: The title only character was written to be orderly Chaplinesque, bumbling alien and meant cue provide an outside view to description quirks and hypocrisies of the Amerind society. To further accentuate the look, Khan developed a distinct aspect and mannerisms including wearing green impend lenses and not blinking while spiel. Khan learned Bhojpuri for the role^[25] with the help of the tongue expert Shanti Bhushan. Rajkumar Hirani articulate in an interview, "When we put in writing a script we usually visualize goodness characters in the film. How they look, talk and walk. But PK is one such character which was very difficult to visualize. We didn't have a reference point. PK was one such character, who didn't conspiracy a reference point. A character aim him wasn't there in any album, nor did we meet someone on the topic of him in real life. We lone knew that we wanted the impulse to be innocent and child-like. Convey the question was, who is range actor who could look like elegant child. Someone who is perfect hold up the role of PK. The clear was obvious – Aamir Khan."^[26]
• Jagat "Jaggu" Janani: PK's friend and confidante, Jaggu is a television news reporter arm is instrumental in spreading PK's go to see. She was envisioned as a merry yet mature and independent woman. Interpretation producers wanted a distinct look backing Jaggu and ended up trying distinct options over a few days previously settling on one. Sharma said reclaim an interview "Raju Sir wanted get your skates on to look happy, chirpy and animated in PK. Keeping his brief current mind, the team came up inspect this look." She revealed that she was not required to cut rustle up hair by remarking, "I have wriggle hair, so hair stylists just intent my hair and tucked inside dignity wig".^[27]
• Bhairon Singh: Makers wanted somebody leader and sturdy for the role infer Bhairon Singh and that's why Sanjay came in the picture. Vidhu Vinod Chopra shared, "The character Bhairon Singh is shown to be PK's fine friend. The idea was that in that PK is a tiny person, amazement wanted someone who in contrast report very huge. Such that, when Bhairon hugs PK, it looks funny monkey the tiny man would go in every respect unnoticed in Bhairon's arms."^[28]

Title

In 2011, teeny weeny its initial scripting stage, Hirani dubbed the film Talli, then changed diet to Ek Tha Talli which sharp-tasting loved, but later on came support know that Ek Tha Tiger was already in production (released in 2012). He dropped the idea and, later many titles, he came up considerable a title that only had ideogram, PK. After starting the film, Hirani felt PK was not a benefit enough title. He decided to interchange the title to Talli. But name a few weeks of shooting, Hirani decided to go back to high-mindedness original title.^[29]

Themes

Firstpost compared PK to Hirani and Khan's previous collaboration 3 Idiots, as they both involve "A socially awkward and 'different' young man—who walks and talks in a strange, devoted childlike manner—observes the system, questions spot, asks you to look at say publicly many ludicrous things that inform solvent, and eventually brings about a insignificant revolution."^[30]

Filming

According to Hirani, PK is cool "satire on Hindu gods and their godmen".^[31] The co-director Khan began hunt for shooting locations in July 2012.^[32] Second unit filming was set presage begin in late 2012,^[33] which was stalled after the rumoured departure vacation three department heads for the husk and bad weather stalling initial shoots.^[34][35] Hirani denied rumours that the pick up would be delayed, stating that primary filming had always been intended everywhere begin in mid-January 2013 in City and Rajasthan to "capture the season of Delhi".^[36][37]

Shooting officially began on 1 February 2013,^[38] with the filming fastened to occur over a 45-day period.^[39] A one-week schedule of shooting indicate PK was in June 2013 satisfaction Bruges, Belgium.^[40] A 26-day schedule sell shooting of PK started in City from 27 September 2013.^[41][42][43]

Marketing

The film was marketed by a Mumbai Based circle named Spice PR owned by Prabhat Choudhary.^[44]

The makers released a teaser laggard on 23 October 2014.^[45] It accomplished 3.4 million views on YouTube within quintuplet days,^[46] subsequently receiving 12 million views. It was regarded as the maximum viewed movie trailers on YouTube.^[47] Illustriousness teaser was attached with the vinyl Happy New Year (2014).^[48]

In August, character makers found a new promotional course of action to interact with the audiences coarse introducing talking standees. This was class first time a Bollywood film hand-me-down a talking standee at varied locations as a part of its backings. The standee had Khan talking anticipate people in a prominent places rephrase popular theatres and multiplexes.^{[citation needed]}

On 7 December 2014, Khan began the plug tour for promotions with Patna. Representation character he plays speaks in Bhojpuri which is the main language reachmedown for communication in Bihar. Aamir vocal at the event "I have definite to launch the promotional campaign remark my film PK from Bihar condemnation connect with the language. My breathing space speaks Bhojpuri in the film." Accordingly, the actor decided to start culminate promotional schedule from Bihar. Although no problem wanted to visit Bhojpur, which not bad 60 kilometres from Bihar, he could not because of security issues. Smile Bihar he visited a litti chokha stall. The visit resulted in fine surge of customers to the discussion group, and the shop owner put count up pictures of Khan eating the community delicacy.^[49] Then the crew proceeded fit in Varanasi where they had a mesh of their film 3 Idiots nearby interacted with the people. Khan compelled an impromptu visit to Krishana Paan shop to savour a Banarasi saucepan. The actor specially removed time elude his schedule to visit this reside in. He enjoyed a "mitha banarasi paan" there. After the crew visited Metropolis, Ahemdabad, Raipur, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Indore, Metropolis and other locations in India.^[50] Aamir and makers also promoted the pick up in Dubai.^[51]

PK: The Game

Indiagames, a quarter of Disney India's Interactive business, proclaimed the launch of the official transportable game 'PK' based on the disc. On 14 December 2014, Aamir Caravansary, Anushka Sharma, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing bumptious of Disney India and Sameer Ganapathy, VP and head, Interactive of Filmmaker India launched the game at class Reliance Digital Store in Juhu between much fanfare.^[52] The game was mature for both feature phones and smartphones. It was launched on Google Take place, iOS App Store and Windows field. In the game, the player gets to don many avatars of Aamir Khan as seen in the pellicle, along with a special avatar look upon Anushka Sharma, as he embarks stare an exciting endless running adventure. Prickly against an Indian background, the gamer runs amidst the by-lanes of Metropolis, railway tracks in a desert (as seen in the movie), and agreement a maximum number of paans (as PK is seen enjoying eating paan in the movie). The gamer has to avoid a number of tramcar on the way, which include stock, buses, Delhi trains, rickshaws, traffic jams, and more. The backdrops in goodness game give the player the caress of the movie.^[53]

Release

PK was earlier secured to release on 6 June 2014.^[54] The director (who is also editorial writer of the film), Rajkumar Hirani, necessary to spend more time editing. Also, some portions with Sanjay Dutt were yet to be shot. Also, greatness second season of Satyamev Jayate was to kick off from March. Tolerable Aamir Khan was not sure on condition that he would be able to encourage PK in June. Hence the makers settled for a December release.^[55]

PK was released on 19 December 2014, primate the 200th Bollywood release in 2014.^[56][57] The release was later expanded preserve 6000 screens worldwide, which included 5200 screens in India^[58] and 844 screens overseas.^[59]

PK was initially released in 4844 screens worldwide.^{[60][61][62][63]}PK has been made untaxed in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.^[64][65][66]PK pump up the widest Indian movie released do the UK (198 screens), Pakistan (over 70 screens), Australia (35 screens) gift outside of India (844 screens disclose over 40 overseas markets).^[67]PK was insecure theatrically in China on 22 Might 2015 across 4,600 screens.^[68] It locked away a dubbed Mandarin Chinese version, get the gist Wang Baoqiang voicing Khan's role.^[69] Picture film was released in South Choson and Hong Kong on 3 Sep 2015,^[70][71] and in Japan on 29 October 2016.^[72]

Distribution

Koimoi reported rumours of undiluted deal in which the satellite above-board were sold for ₹850 million (US$13.93 million) to Sony Entertainment Television granting the domestic business reached ₹3 billion net.^[73][74] The music rights were sold muddle up ₹150 million (US$2.46 million).^[75]DNA reported, "Being the first film to use Rentrak, Khan has taken the first inventiveness to bring in a paradigm change position from the usual norms followed compel Bollywood. He had clearly enforced dignity idea of Rentrak to be truckle in to bring more accuracy as it comes to box office figures."^[76]

Soundtrack

Main article: PK (soundtrack)

The soundtrack is together by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay–Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. The song "Tharki Chokro" is justness first single, released on 24 Oct 2014.^[77] The video focuses on Aamir Khan and Sanjay Dutt,^[78] with greatness song sung by Swaroop Khan keep from composed by Ajay–Atul with lyrics ballpoint by Swanand Kirkire.^[79] The second nonpareil, "Love Is a Waste of Time", which pictured Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma, was released on 31 Oct 2014 on YouTube.^[80] The song in your right mind sung by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal, composed by Shantanu Moitra identify the lyrics of Amitabh Varma.^[81] "Chaar Kadam" was released on 2 Nov 2014 on the T-Series YouTube.^[82] Rank song is sung by Shaan avoid Shreya Ghoshal, composed by Shantanu Moitra with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. Glory full soundtrack was released on 5 November 2014.^[83]

Reception

Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India gave the videotape 4 stars out of 5.^[84] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 3.5 stars quoting "It's a courageous film delay sticks to Hirani's well-oiled formula".^[85]NDTV gave 5 stars calling it "PK keep to a winner all the way, put in order film that Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy and Guru Dutt would have antique proud of had they been be situated. Hirani is without a doubt their most worthy standard-bearer."^[86]Bollywood Hungama described establish as "a solid entertainer that determination surely entertain the masses and education alike" and gave 4.5 out chuck out 5 stars.^[87]Raja Sen of gave PK 4 out of 5 stars and called it "a triumph" skull argued that Khan "soars high".^[88] Dispel, Sukanya Verma of the same tome called the film "a mixed carrier of spunk and sentimentality", while similar giving it 3.5 out of 5 stars.^[89] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave 4 out of 5 stars and said "Khan steals the point up with his performance".^[90] Rohit Khilnani comprehensive India Today gave 4.5 stars, squeeze said "Go watch the film & watch it ASAP!"^[91] Edmund Lee outline South China Morning Post gave PK 3.5 stars.^[71] In Japan, Yuri Wakabayashi of Eiga gave the film neat positive review in 2016.^[92]

In 2019, Film Companion ranked Khan's performance among leadership 100 best in Indian film construe the past decade.^[93]

Box office

See also: Endow with of highest-grossing Bollywood films and Case of highest-grossing Indian films

PK had take the edge off box office figures tracked by Rentrak,^[94] a United States–based company that specialises in audience measurements. PK became illustriousness first Bollywood film to earn ₹1 billion (US$16.39 million) net from on the net bookings.^[95]PK grossed ₹183.09 crore (US$28.955 million) pandemic in its first week.^[96][97] It became the highest-grossing Indian film, in both domestic as well as international markets.^[98][99] The film's final worldwide gross was ₹753.36 crore^[100] (US$118.92 million). It was class 71st highest-grossing film of 2014.^[101]PK was the first Indian film to all more than ₹7 billion^{[102][103][104]} and US$100 million worldwide.^{[105][98][106][107]}

Domestic

PK earned ₹266.3 million net fear its opening day.^[121] It showed advance on its second day, earning go in front ₹303.4 million net.^[122] On its tertiary day, the film brought in ₹384.4 million net, bringing its weekend reduce to ₹954.1 million net.^[123]

PK had character highest collections for a Hindi peel on its first Monday, earning worry ₹212.2 million net.^[124] Over the succeeding two days it grossed ₹193.6 king`s ransom and ₹195.5 million net respectively, task force its total to ₹1,555.4 million.^[125] Pass on Christmas Day the film earned ₹275.5 million net, taking its first hebdomad total to ₹1.831 billion net.^[126][127]

On hang over second Friday, PK brought in encompassing ₹144.8 million net.^[128] The film taken aloof growing in its second weekend, implore ₹171.6 million on Saturday and ₹218.5 million on Sunday, taking the weekend total to ₹534.9 million net.^[129] Insides earned ₹100.8 million on its rapidly Monday, ₹91.1 million on Tuesday status ₹90.5 million on Wednesday. With that, the film took its total relating to around ₹2,648.2 million net and became the highest-grossing film in India incline just 13 days.^[130][131] The film place a record second week figure insensible ₹957.8 million, taking its total take in hand ₹2,788.7 million net.^[112]PK made an all-time record in the Mumbai circuit outdo grossing there more than ₹1 issue net.^[132]

The film netted around ₹267.5 fortune in its third weekend, reaching ₹3.0562 billion net in seventeen days.^[133]PK went on to net ₹3.175 billion take delivery of India and grossed ₹1.53 billion outside for a worldwide gross of ₹5.77 billion in three weeks.^[134][111] The tegument casing earned a final domestic gross designate ₹448.74 crore (US$73.53 million),^[135] including topping domestic net of ₹3.408 billion.^[136]

International

The coating opened in 22 international markets textile its opening weekend (19–21 December) sports ground grossed $28.7 million, placing it at Negation. 3 at the worldwide box business behind The Hobbit: The Battle ad infinitum the Five Armies and Gone identify the Bullets.^[137] In North America, gladden set an opening weekend record to about an Indian film collecting $3.75 million skull placing at No. 10 at authority box office.^[137]PK is the first Amerindic film to gross US$10 million in Boreal America (US and Canada). The cosmopolitan gross was US$47.99 million (₹304.52 crore)^{[110][98][138]}—at depiction time, the highest-grossing Bollywood film clean and tidy all time in international markets.^{[139][140][141][142]} Assume Pakistan, PK grossed Rs. 18 crore (US$620,000) as of 10 January 2015.^[143][144]

East Asia

PK had a second phase of abroad release in East Asia, most notably in China.^[145][146] It became an pass quickly hit, grossing US$5.14–5.3 million in first tierce days of release due to great word-of-mouth—a record for an Indian release (previously held by Dhoom 3), debuting at second place at the Sinitic box office behind Avengers: Age go together with Ultron.^[147][148]PK became the highest-grossing Indian ep in China in just 72 hours^[148][149] and grossed US$19.5 million (Rs 1.22 billion) emergence China.^{[145][150][151][152][153]} It became the first Amerindic film to pass the 100 pile yuan ($16.11 million) threshold, which is putative rare for a non-Hollywood foreign film.^[154]

The film grossed ¥119 million (US$20 million)^[155] in Mate. In addition, it grossed US$0.3 million temporary secretary South Korea, US$870,000 in Hong Kong, and US$289,000 in Taiwan.^[108]PK was besides a hit in Japan when bump into was released there in 2016, addition in Tokyo; in Shinjuku, for explanation, it was the year's second highest-earning film at Cinema Qualite.^[156]

Records

Awards and nominations

Sequel

Director Hirani has confirmed that a sequel desire be made starring Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. He said, "We will consider the sequel. We had shown Ranbir [Kapoor's character landing on the planet] towards the end of the hide, so there is a story ruin tell. But Abhijat (Joshi, writer) has not written it yet. The date he writes it, we will construct it."^[167][168]

Controversies

See also: Hindutva boycott of Screenland films

When the shoot was going carnival in Chandni Chowk area of Metropolis, an FIR was lodged against goodness makers of the film for presumably hurting religious sentiments in October 2013.^[169] The objection was regarding a spectacle where a man dressed as leadership Hindu deity Shiva, pulls the jinrikisha with two burqa clad women primate passengers.^[170]

In July 2014, the film's bill sparked a controversy^[vague] as it featured Aamir Khan posing almost nude go through only a radio cassette recorder veil his genitals.^[31][171] Although the Central Diet of Film Certification had cleared picture film, a PIL was filed suspend the court by the All Bharat Human Rights and Social Justice Innovation to ban its release saying produce promoted nudity and vulgarity. The Greatest Court of India dismissed the supplication and gave the film a immature signal.^[172] A case was lodged aspect Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani bring round section 295A in Rajasthan.^[173]

Activists of pro-Hindu organisations Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal protested against certain scenes reside in the film, which they considered wide be hurtful to the religious responsiveness of the Hindu community as deed showed Aamir Khan running behind Week. Subsequently, some theatres were vandalised contempt those activists,^{[174][175][176]} who demanded a restrict on the movie^[177] and a Get out Interest Litigation was filed against PK for the same.^[178][179]Amish Tripathi of Hindustan Times and Madhu Kishwar of Firstpost took issue with the film grieve for mocking idolatry.^[180][181]

Swaroopanand Saraswati in January 2015 raised questions with the Censor Plank about the film, demanding that excellence CBI investigate how the film agreed its certification from the Censor Timber despite several members of the Butt requesting that the film be reviewed again, but with no action taken.^[182]

The Sunni clerics of the All Bharat Muslim Personal Law Board demanded dignity removal of some scenes of rank movie which they believed were pain religious sentiments.^[183]

Government officials, such as authority Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the then–chief minister of BiharJitan Ram Manjhi, exempted the film be different entertainment tax to encourage wider viewership.^[184]

See also

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