Saturday, December 20, 2014

PK !

#PK :It is not easy to review a Raju Hirani film. On one hand you are biased towards his uncanny ability to pick up a story of social relevance & send a strong massage using humour as the tool, on the other hand you have to deal with your own unnatural expectation from his ability to deliver & make a difference.  Yes, Hirani is well aware of this skyrocketing expectation. Hence half a decade after his last release he decides to take on the Godmen and blind religious belief.

The film opens with a space ship landing in the desert of Rajasthan and a full naked and curious Aamir coming out of it. No sooner he lands on earth the remote control of his spaceship is stolen. Helpless alien Aamir starts his search for the remote, the only tool that can take him back to his galaxy. What he encounters in the process, besides being rechristened as PK, is a cruel world full deceit and blind religious faith.  PK’s journey has uncanny similarity to the journey of any new born innocuous child – all of them are born naked, their soul in its purest state , as they grow up they start covering their bodies with robe while the mind gets contaminated with parochial feeling.  PK questions the fundamental of religion and drops enough hints on the complexities of human mind.

Throughout the narration Hirani stays true to his style of storytelling, using humour to drive home his point. Subtlety has never been his strength and once again he depends on heart rather than logic to bring lump to our throat and make our eyes moist. Aamir is astounding as PK. This is by far his toughest role and he has put in an amazing effort to get into the skin of the role. Anuska effortlessly plays the role of Jagat Janani . During a time when the world is suffering due to religious fanaticism full marks to PK for being bold enough to unmask the veil.

So is PK , Hirnai’s best till date . An emphatic NO. The screen play is not as water tight as it should have been and hence couple of unnecessary love affairs spoil the pace and narration. Boman Irani who has such impactful presence as Dr. Asthana & Virus in Mummnabahi & 3 idiots is atrociously under used in PK. The film is stretched and the last scene is too convenient to be effective. Music which plays such a big role in Hirani films is average. Even though there is an attempt to keep the narrative & treatment different, still there is uncanny similarity in the plot with 2012 hit Oh My God.


However even an above average Hirani film can be better than the rest. I will go out with 3.5 out of 5. PK may not make to your all time best list, but I can assure you will enjoy & it won’t be a “Bhaste of time” ! 

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