3rd Ethics Internal

Movie Review on
PK

NAME- RACHIT ARYA

BATCH- 1st YEAR
Division- A
PRN- 17010125059

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 Table of Contents

1. Introduction …...3

2. Plot …....4

3. Social Cause ……6

4. Social Message ……7

5. Conclusion …….8

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 PK
Introduction
Pk is the movie with a big social cause which gives the message in rancor and
malice way. It is instead cloaked in humanity and humor, which accentuates its
impact no end. PK delivers an entertaining tale that touches upon the social and
political ills that plague us but it does so without falling out of line with the need to
keep the story simple and straightforward.

PK is a film that restores one's faith in the much-maligned Bollywood idiom. It

demonstrates that the so-called clichéd conventions of Mumbai's popular cinema
can, in hands as able as Hirani's, yield entertainment of the very highest pedigree.

PK features brave scenes - money extracted at temples, coconuts offered in

confusion at a church, god-men doling out tortuous advice - and strong lines,
including a Muslim girl bravely asserting, "Itna Chota Nahin ho sakta Hamara
Khuda, ki use hamare school Jaane pe aitraaz ho." Capturing faith whipped into
hate, PK's sterling message, directed sensitively, stands out.

The film stars Aamir Khan in the title role with Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh
Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla, and Sanjay Dutt in supporting roles. It tells
the story of an alien who comes to Earth on a research mission. He befriends a
television journalist and questions religious dogmas and superstitions.

The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex

philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting-go.
Finally, it is a moving saga about a friendship between strangers from worlds apart.

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Plot
An alien (Aamir Khan), with a body similar to the human body, lands on Earth for
a research mission on the human world. He gets stranded in Rajasthan as his
spaceship's remote control device gets stolen by a villager. The alien chases the
man in an attempt to retrieve his device back but only manages to take the radio
recorder of the thief. He later learns that roaming naked on Earth isn't deemed
natural. Thus, he begins stealing clothes and money from couples having sex in
cars with open windows.

The alien befriends Bhairon Singh (Sanjay Dutt) who assumes an alien is simply a
person suffering a memory loss. Singh helps the alien get accustomed to the
village. The alien has the ability to transfer a person's memory to his own brain by
holding that person's hands and, hence, he attempts to learn the local language
through this technique. However, he finds out that just grabbing the hands of a
stranger, whether male or female, is not accepted, and since he does not speak the
language yet, he is unable to explain what he wants. Singh, who interprets this
alien's behavior as sexual interest, takes him to a brothel. Over there, the alien
holds a prostitute's hand for several hours, and thus learns the language.

The alien travels to Delhi as he is informed that it is most likely the place where his
stolen device would be sold. Due to his strange behavior, the people in the city
assume him to be tipsy and refer to him as PK. Delhi turns out to be a very large
city, and people tell him that only God can help him find the device. However, PK
is confused by the various religions and their own different understandings of God.
PK later discovers that a godman, Tapasvi Maharaj (Saurabh Shukla), has his
device. However, the godman falsely claims to have attained it from the Himalayas
and refuses to return it to PK.

Meanwhile, TV reporter Jaggu (Anushka Sharma) meets a man named Sarfaraz

(Sushant Singh Rajput) while both are in Bruges. Although Jaggu's father is
strongly against a relationship between them due to Sarfaraz being from Pakistan,
Jaggu decides to marry Sarfaraz anyway in Bruges.

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While she waits for Sarfaraz in the town hall, a boy delivers a letter to her that
states that the marriage is off due to their differences, with a request to refrain
making contact. Jaggu, very disappointed, leaves, discarding the letter by leaving it
there on a chair.

Later, back in India, Jaggu sees PK distributing leaflets about a missing God. As a
reporter, she is interested in this strange man and makes contact. PK tells her the
whole story. Jaggu convinces her channel head (Boman Irani) to make a TV show
with PK, exposing Tapasvi. People in masses get connected to the show and open
their eyes against the fake godmen. Tapasvi comes to the studio for a confrontation
with PK. In the same TV show, Tapasvi brings up Jaggu´s personal matter of her
bad experience with Sarfaraz to prove a point. Due to PK's request, Jaggu
reluctantly tries to contact Sarfaraz which leads her to call the Pakistan Embassy in
Belgium. The embassy tells Jaggu that Sarfaraz calls them daily to inquire whether
Jaggu has called. It turns out that the message in Bruges was a case of mistaken
identity by the letter delivery boy. After Jaggu left the town hall, Sarfaraz had
arrived and assumed the message was from Jaggu, for him. The misunderstanding
between them gets cleared. After hearing this, Tapasvi reluctantly gives PK his
device back.

In this whole process, PK falls in love with Jaggu but chooses not to tell her as she
loves Sarfaraz. Recording tapes with her voice in them, he fills his suitcases with
batteries to be constantly able to hear them on his home planet. While departing, he
lies to Jaggu regarding the content of the tapes. Jaggu, having found out the true
content of the tapes, painfully keeps quiet.

Jaggu later publishes a book about PK and, at a book reading, claims that she
misses him deeply due to the memories he has left her with and the impact he had
made on her life.

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Social Cause of the movie
In one of the scenes, a priest tells a man to take an arduous journey to a temple in
the Himalayas to ensure that one of his sick family members gets well.

PK jumps into the conversation and asks the priest if it's true that god considers all
humans as his sons and daughters.

Yes, says the priest.

PK follows up with another question: "Which father would send an already

troubled son on an arduous journey?".

Such simple but important questions have made the movie a thought-provoking
drama.

All these questions were given to all the religions who have made their religion a
source of money.

It has come at a time when issues like religious conversion are being debated in
parliament and prominent gurus have been arrested on charges of murder and
rape.

It is hard to know that how many people actually agree with the movie's message.
But Joshi says many are watching the film and it shows that people want to discuss
and debate even sensitive issues like religious practices.

But not everybody agrees.

Many have criticised the film for "maligning Hinduism" and other religions in the
films.

A hashtag called #boycottPK started trending almost immediately after the movie
was released.

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Social Message
1. God exists but god men don't
PK doesn't question God and His existence, even supporting the belief in
some manner, he does strongly condemn the farce marketed by the God
men. Calling them managers of religion, PK ridicules the marketing
gimmicks that the self-proclaimed men of God indulge in. He questions the
fear that is instilled in the name of religion even commenting once that, "Jo
darr Gaya woh mandir gaya."

2. Religion is all about fashion

For an alien who lands buck naked from his gola (planet), it is difficult for
PK to understand what is the basis of the religious classification. He checks
babies for a stamp, assuming they must be marked with the seal of their
religion at birth. Failing to find one, he then derives that religion must be all
about fashion. After all it is by the clothes and appearance that those around
determine if a certain person is a Hindu or a Muslim. The endearing manner
in which he comes to this conclusion is absolutely delightful.

3. You are a mere speck!

  PK talks about how people on earth think they are superior to everyone
else. !  Just a little bit of achievement in money/job/position!  They think
they are utmost creatures, but forget that they are mere specks in an entire
Universe filled with uncountable galaxies!  Even people living in certain
regions think they are superior to people living elsewhere, people with
money are superior to people without money, people who can speak English
are superior to people who cannot. ! 

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Conclusion
We cannot tell everyone to stop believing in God men or religions or caste !  But
we can change ourselves and a mere change in our perspective towards life and
people can go a long way !  Do believe in God but do not follow superstitious
beliefs and notions !  As rightly said in the movie- God made us and gave us the
ability to think logically and reason !  Do not follow people blindly- use your own
grey matter and decide what is right and what is wrong

The movie is not an attack on any Religion; it is an attack on Mankind as it exists

today. It is teaches us to believe, to have faith in God, and that God helps those
who helps themselves. Isnt that what Sanaatan Dharm says precisely? It teaches us
the value of true love, of self-confidence, and of true faith; it teaches us to have
faith in God, and focus on our Karm.

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