PK – one of the
most anticipated films of the year released and there are a lot of
conversations about it , some in support, some against, some saying its
adapted heavily from OMG while some say
its good but more is expected from someone like Rajkumar Hirani.
While I personally enjoyed every bit of it, there were
moments and music that had major hangover of Hirani’s previous
works. But then every director has his signature style sense and style of
film making that uniformly reflects in most of his creations.
As I was sitting in the theater like an excited child (which
I generally get for a lot of films) I realized that this specific film is much
more than what it looks from its face value, have briefly mentioned points that
I felt have been beautifully presented in the film :-
- · Capability of questioning things: - PK was like a small child who questions things that are beyond his understanding, shouldn’t that be the case with all of us because that’s how one grows right. But with the passing time we tend to accept a lot of things without actually questioning them even if we don’t exactly know why we do it.
- · Concept of Clothing: - makes us think who invented the concept of clothing and why, how did people decide what should be worn by females and what will be different for males, we never know any of this but we just follow.
- · Stamp of God: - On learning that people on earth differentiate between humans as Hindus, Sikhs, Christians etc., PK tries to find out how people are divided or selected into these religions, ideally if this is done by God, god should be stamping them accordingly. The very fact that there is no stamping means he doesn’t want us to be divided. Super Thought Boss!!
- · Value of Gandhi: - On noticing that people are bartering goods with notes having Gandhi Ji’ image on it , he collects every possible thing with his image only to realize that Gandhi’s acceptance is only limited to the currency notes .
- · Custom Contrast: - While Jesus is offered wine, its criminal to carry it in mosques, while white is considered as an auspicious color for Christians, it means mourning for Hindus.
- · Fashion:-a brilliant reference to the way we dress up and keep our facial hair creates a perception of a specific religion (beard with turban and Salwaar kurta is a sardar while he becomes a Pathan if you remove the turban)
- · Astrology: - on one hand people believe that God is responsible for everything that happens and we should keep the faith on the other hand they do stuff to change or rather better their future.
- · Theft: - The look on PK’s face is to look out for when his locket gets stolen as he is completely unaware from the concept of stealing.
- · Common Emotions: - Though PK was different in most of things what was common was that he undergoes several emotions from friendship with Sanju to love for Anushka which just reinforces that fact that our body, emotions and ability the express them are gift from god and is common and even for all.
- · Means to find God: - PK tries every possible ways and means to reach God through all religions but fails. Which makes us questions all the rituals and customs we generally undertake without really understanding them.
- · Telling lies: - PK never tells lies as people on his planet don’t know how to, sadly this is one of the things he picks up from earth while going back.
- · Battery Recharge Dance: - While most of us are aware that ‘dancing like no one is watching’ is a fail proof remedy for mood upliftment ,how many of us actually end up doing it:)
Some of you might feel why I have bluntly listed down
pointers from the film like a school project, but the idea is to highlight the
fact that there is a lot in the film than JUST religion.
While PK was about all this and more, OMG was only about God
and questions on his very existence. While PK uses basic questioning &
logic, OMG had the almighty appear himself in his defense. Thus it’s
kind of unfair to call these films similar just cause both talk about religions
and means to find god, especially when we are a nation that has been thriving
on same (not even similar) love stories from Mughal e Azam to Diwale Dulhania
Le Jaenge to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Veer Zara to Ram-leela or very recent 2
states where the leads fight against all odds to win their love.
PK was just an innocent pure human who after visiting earth
just wanted to go back to where he belonged to and was ready to do whatever it
takes. I wonder how will his ‘Gola’(read
planet) be like where there are no
thieves, no lies , no religion , no rules, no customs, ONLY the almighty with
his creations the way they were made without any adulteration , with lots of love and full of life !!
BUT WAIT isn’t that exactly how our Earth WAS when it
was created!! Just a Thought J
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