Here's my conversation with a friend on PK...
Him: Is PK an Entertaining movie ?
Me: Nope.
Him: Why ?
Me: I dint find any genuinely funny scenes that i could go back to youtube and watch them over and over again just for laughs. I'll show a plenty of them from Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots created by the Same director. They are just not there in this movie. Nevertheless, I have to agree, the scenes where PK figures out how things work on earth are brilliantly written and funny in bits and pieces. The Coconut smashing in the Church scene is epic funny.
Him: Where do you think is the problem ?
Me: The problem is with the Characters. If they are not funny themselves then where would the laughs come from ? MunnaBhai had Munna, Cirkit and Boman Irani as Dr. Raskhana and the evil Sardar. 3 Idiots had Virus and Chatur. The very look of these Characters would make you go lol so, the comedy would come from the behavior of these characters in a scene. There is not even a single unique or a memorable character to remember in PK. Everybody is either bubbly-happy-go-lucky-type or totally naive-i-am-an-April-fool type. May be the Aamir Khan's PK himself is unique, but still, there nothing roflolling about his looks or traits.
Him: Don't you think this movie mocks and questions religion and its blind followers effectively ?
Me: I appreciate the sincere intention and attempt of the director to mock and question this God-Crazed society. But does he do it effectively ? I dont think so. Its not as effective as OH MY GOD, where this topic is bashed left, right and center. But off-course people in India wont watch an effective movie like OH MY GOD coz there is no Khan or Kapoor in it. Face matters over content in this country. In the same oh my god style, this Director too had effectively questioned on the face of Indian Medical system in Munna-Bhai-1, Gandhisms in Munna-Bhai-2 and Indian education System in 3-idiots. These movies tapped our inner thoughts regarding these fields. PK did not tap them i felt.
Him: That is a stupid reason. You know religion is a sensitive topic in this country. So just to do something different, Did you expect the director to show in the movie that God himself does not exist or what ??
Me: WOW that would have been fantastic. I wish the director had the balls to do that. OH MY GOD atleast had an atheist character. But in PK, Raju Hirani uses his old formula of applying butter to the serious issues and presenting them through funny situations and Goody-good characters. Its called Playing Safe to the Gallery. And Playing safe is not a bold move. Every other Raju Hirani movie from Munna Bhai to 3-idiots achieved something regarding the topics that it addresses. But i dint learn anything new from PK.
Him: What else did you hate in PK ?
Him: Don't you think this movie mocks and questions religion and its blind followers effectively ?
Me: I appreciate the sincere intention and attempt of the director to mock and question this God-Crazed society. But does he do it effectively ? I dont think so. Its not as effective as OH MY GOD, where this topic is bashed left, right and center. But off-course people in India wont watch an effective movie like OH MY GOD coz there is no Khan or Kapoor in it. Face matters over content in this country. In the same oh my god style, this Director too had effectively questioned on the face of Indian Medical system in Munna-Bhai-1, Gandhisms in Munna-Bhai-2 and Indian education System in 3-idiots. These movies tapped our inner thoughts regarding these fields. PK did not tap them i felt.
Him: That is a stupid reason. You know religion is a sensitive topic in this country. So just to do something different, Did you expect the director to show in the movie that God himself does not exist or what ??
Me: WOW that would have been fantastic. I wish the director had the balls to do that. OH MY GOD atleast had an atheist character. But in PK, Raju Hirani uses his old formula of applying butter to the serious issues and presenting them through funny situations and Goody-good characters. Its called Playing Safe to the Gallery. And Playing safe is not a bold move. Every other Raju Hirani movie from Munna Bhai to 3-idiots achieved something regarding the topics that it addresses. But i dint learn anything new from PK.
Him: What else did you hate in PK ?
Me: The 90s-Bollywood-Melodrama-meets-SatyamevaJayathe type of climax. I was rolling in my seat out of boredom during that entire debate sequence which was too elaborate and emotionally Hammy. I was disappointed to see Boman Irani totally wasted. I could not figure out what Sanjay Dutt was doing. I could definitely figure out where this movie was going because everything was so predictable and cheesy. Off-course you need the lovable couple of Sushant-Anushka for those shitty romantic songs without which bollywood cannot swallow water down its throat. Not so impressive comedy scenes. There is nothing different in this movie. All the same old happy-go-lucky-feel-good-bubbly characters with very few memorable scenes and play-it-safely jokes. Its a good enough one time watcher, but we expect more from the creator of Munna bhai, Cirkit and Chatur dont we.??
Him: What did you like in this movie ?
Me: The skill of Raju Hirani to take serious social issues, apply them some Jam and Butter and sell it to the audience, giving them a message without offending them and in fact make them laugh in that process. Writing Comedy is the most under-rated skill today hence i have the utmost regard and highest respect for those directors who make their audiences laugh as consistently as Raju Hirani. The audience may be foolish but the guy who makes them laugh is definitely the smartest among the lot. I also appreciate the Boldness of this director. Imagine these three points i observed:
1) He made a muslim laugh on a scene where hero takes a wine bottle to a dargah.
2) He made a christian laugh on scene where hero takes puja samagri into a Church,
3) He made a Hindu laugh on scene where hero calls out a Hindu godman in his ashram.
Me: The skill of Raju Hirani to take serious social issues, apply them some Jam and Butter and sell it to the audience, giving them a message without offending them and in fact make them laugh in that process. Writing Comedy is the most under-rated skill today hence i have the utmost regard and highest respect for those directors who make their audiences laugh as consistently as Raju Hirani. The audience may be foolish but the guy who makes them laugh is definitely the smartest among the lot. I also appreciate the Boldness of this director. Imagine these three points i observed:
1) He made a muslim laugh on a scene where hero takes a wine bottle to a dargah.
2) He made a christian laugh on scene where hero takes puja samagri into a Church,
3) He made a Hindu laugh on scene where hero calls out a Hindu godman in his ashram.
Now it takes some skill to pull-off these scenes in this God Crazy Country. A special skill only Raju Hirani has.
Him: What is your Favourite Scene ?
Me: That Last minute Guest appearance by an amazing actor i wont name here, truely bought a smile on my face. It can bring smile on anybody's face. May be Whistles too.
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