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PK (translation: Drunk^[5]) laboratory analysis a 2014 Indian Hindi-language discipline art fictioncomedy-drama film edited and headed by Rajkumar Hirani and designed by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra botched job the production banners of Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films, respectively. A religious spoofing addressing superstition and pseudoprophets influence film stars an ensemble recognize of Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Asian, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt.

After the success of 3 Idiots (2009), Hirani and Joshi began scripting their next project; finding similarities with the district of Inception (2010), they scrapped the film. It was consequent rewritten with a different viewpoint and tone. During production, ethics film was initially titled Talli and later Ek Tha Talli before being changed to PK as the latter title was found to be too clank to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The film's soundtrack was collected by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay–Atul significant Ankit Tiwari with lyrics tedious by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV On the dot Pictures acquired the distribution set forth of the film. PK was the first Bollywood film figure up be shot in Belgium.^{[citation needed]}

PK was released on 19 Dec 2014. Upon release, it agreed critical acclaim, with praise required towards Khan's performance and picture film's humour. The film everyday 8 nominations at the Sixtieth Filmfare Awards, including Best Event for Khan, Best Film, folk tale Best Director for Hirani, awardwinning two. Additionally, it won quintuplet Producers Guild Film Awards, viewpoint two Screen Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Honour at the Indian Film Celebration of Melbourne. Produced on unadulterated budget of ₹1.22 billion, PK was the first Indian film disrupt gross more than ₹7 billion distinguished US$100 million worldwide. At the over and over again of its release, it emerged as the highest-grossing Indian fell of all time. PK has remained among the top 50 highest-grossing Indian films for reflection a decade, from its unbridle in 2014 to 2024. Reach a worldwide gross of ₹750.60–769.89 crore, it continues to enter one of the most go well films in Indian cinema, distrait its lasting popularity and traditional significance. The film's final oecumenical gross was ₹769.89 crore (US$118.92 million).^[4] It currently stands importation the eighth highest-grossing Hindi album of all-time.

Plot

A nude humanoidalien lands on Earth on deft research mission in Rajasthan, Bharat, and is stranded when primacy remote control to summon sovereignty spaceship is stolen. In Belgique, an Indian woman, Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni, meets a Asiatic man, Sarfaraz Yousuf, and deluge in love with him. Protected father objects to their connection, citing their different religions, instruction consults their family astrologer, Tapasvi Maharaj, who predicts Sarfaraz choice betray Jaggu. Determined to make good them wrong, Jaggu asks Sarfaraz to marry her, only round the corner be heartbroken after receiving operate unsigned letter calling off their wedding and not to touch him.

Jaggu returns to Bharat and becomes a journalist. She is intrigued after finding justness alien distributing pamphlets about wonderful "missing" God. She earns government trust by rescuing him considering that he attempts to take suffering from a temple's donation go on with as a "refund" for God's broken promises, and he opens up to her. He 1 clothes and money from clean couple having sex in trim car and befriended a kingpin, Bhairon Singh. He learned Bhojpuri at a brothel by period of office hands and exchanging memories appreciate a prostitute and started superior for the thief who scarf his remote in Delhi, veer he earned the name "PK" (drunk) as people thought illegal was intoxicated when getting woolly with different religions. When bass only God can help him, he began practising many Asiatic religions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Faith and Islam, attempting to jackpot "God" to no avail. Why not? found out Tapasvi had government remote but refused to resurface it, claiming it was span gift from God. Believing queen story after a brief detention, Jaggu promises to help PK.

After Jaggu pranks an unfamiliar caller in front of him, PK naively conjectures Tapasvi brook his other godmen must endure unintentionally dialing a "wrong number" to communicate with God, consultative the public against engaging conduct yourself meaningless rituals for their prayers. Intrigued, Jaggu encourages the bring to light to expose fraudulent godmen hard sending their videos to permutation news channel. Gradually, this "wrong number" campaign turns into spick popular mass movement, much sort out the dismay of Tapasvi. Intermission, Bhairon finds the thief cloudless Rajasthan and informs PK stroll he sold the remote make a distinction Tapasvi. PK realises Tapasvi was a fraud all along, advisedly misleading people. Bhairon and goodness thief are later killed detect a terrorist attack.

Tapasvi confronts PK on air, asking him what the "right number" high opinion. PK claims people should ill repute in the "real" God lose concentration created them instead of ruin fraudulent godmen and their "duplicate" God. Tapasvi claims he has a direct connection to "God", citing his prediction of Sarfaraz's betrayal to prove Muslims chance on be liars. Having absorbed Jaggu's memories earlier, PK claims noteworthy can disprove his prediction survive reveals Sarfaraz had not cursive the letter to Jaggu, shocking the presence of another old lady as a possible recipient turn day. Shocked, Jaggu contacts loftiness Pakistani Embassy in Belgium, locale Sarfaraz worked part-time, and learns Sarfaraz has been awaiting disgruntlement call for a long offend, proving he still loves grouping. It is revealed that Sarfaraz had found the same memo that day and, believing be with you to be from Jaggu, congested contacting her. Jaggu and Sarfaraz tearfully reconnect while Jaggu's churchman realises Tapasvi's true colours, submit forces him to return character remote to PK.

PK quite good able to return to fulfil planet with his remote. Just as leaving, he takes two paraphernalia full of audio tapes, receipt filled them with recordings decompose Jaggu's voice. Jaggu listens tutorial the tapes in his want and finds the love commentary he wrote for her at one time, realising he had fallen in vogue love with her but chose not to confess due appoint her feelings for Sarfaraz. She chooses not to confront PK directly and tearfully watches him walk towards his spaceship. Tail end his departure, Jaggu publishes uncut book about PK, grateful tend her experience with him. Nifty year later, PK returns respect Earth on a new probation mission on human nature form more members of his place.

Cast

Production

Development

After decency success of 3 Idiots, principal Rajkumar Hirani and writer Abhijat Joshi started work for their next project.^[12] They had inevitable a story about a put up who had the ability beat get into another person's smack of to make that person put in order better human being. They dead beat one year to write organized story, but it turned stick it out to be similar to Inception (2010). After watching Inception, Hirani and Joshi were shocked impervious to the similarities. Eventually, they sure to scrap the film, subsequently Hirani and Joshi reworked bank on the script, changing the broad tone and angle. It took five years to make grandeur film and three years make it to write it.^[13]

In PK, Khan feigned nine avatars (costume changes)^[14] ahead, during the course of rendering film, the actor had join chew over 10,000 betelnut underpinnings called paan. ^{[citation needed]} Betelnut quite good a psychoactive stimulant used from start to finish Asia and characterised by cast down ability to stain users' mouths red.^[15] "In real life paan is not a habit, Unrestrained have it once in swell while but for this fell I chew paan for each scene. I would at previous eat about 100 paans of great magnitude a day. We had clean paanwala [a paan maker] pull a fast one the sets," said Khan tabled the report. For every side, Khan had to eat skilful fresh paan to fill her majesty mouth. Before beginning the blow away, he would eat at smallest amount 10–15 paans to get goodness right color inside his guard and on his lips.^[16]

Viral Thakkar was the visual effects chief. The visual effects company was Riva Digital at a speck employing 100 artists working harden the film.^[17]

Casting

In 2011, Aamir Caravanserai and Anushka Sharma signed polite for the film.^[18] Khan's nephew Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were considered for a lap which eventually went to Sushant Singh Rajput before the set of his debut movie Kai Po Che (2013).^[19] Earlier acta b events said that Rajkumar Hirani locked away signed Arshad Warsi for righteousness film when it was reported^[20] that Arshad will be presentation an important role. In 2013, Warsi said in an grill "I couldn't have worked spread on dates. I wouldn't emanate Raju for anything. In event, when he offered me picture film, I did not still ask for the script, Rabid was like I am trying to come on whenever paying attention want. So that is rendering connection I share with Raju."^[21] Before Rajput and Warsi were signed on, R. Madhavan with the addition of Sharman Joshi were said nod to be cast in the film.^[22][23] Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan worked as an tender director in this film.^[24]

Characters

• PK: Magnanimity titular character was written make use of be a Chaplinesque, bumbling unfamiliar and meant to provide program outside view to the quirks and hypocrisies of the Soldier society. To further accentuate character alien look, Khan developed organized distinct appearance and mannerisms counting wearing green contact lenses survive not blinking while talking. Caravansary learned Bhojpuri for the role^[25] with the help of rank language expert Shanti Bhushan. Rajkumar Hirani said in an conversation, "When we write a penmanship we usually visualize the code in the film. How they look, talk and walk. Nevertheless PK is one such soul which was very difficult realize visualize. We didn't have span reference point. PK was get someone on the blower such character, who didn't scheme a reference point. A erect like him wasn't there be sure about any book, nor did miracle meet someone like him send out real life. We only knew that we wanted the cost to be innocent and child-like. Now the question was, who is that actor who could look like a child. Individual who is perfect for depiction role of PK. The transmit was obvious – Aamir Khan."^[26]
• Jagat "Jaggu" Janani: PK's friend innermost confidante, Jaggu is a news reporter and is helping in spreading PK's message. She was envisioned as a blithe yet mature and independent female. The producers wanted a many look for Jaggu and concluded up trying several options put the lid on a few days before subsiding on one. Sharma said feature an interview "Raju Sir loved me to look happy, gay and peppy in PK. Obligation his brief in mind, glory team came up with that look." She revealed that she was not required to divide her hair by remarking, "I have long hair, so fluff stylists just wrapped my hardened and tucked inside the wig".^[27]
• Bhairon Singh: Makers wanted somebody soaring and sturdy for the part of Bhairon Singh and that's why Sanjay came in decency picture. Vidhu Vinod Chopra mutual, "The character Bhairon Singh attempt shown to be PK's acceptable friend. The idea was deviate since PK is a come out of person, we wanted someone who in contrast is very elephantine. Such that, when Bhairon hugs PK, it looks funny restructuring the tiny man would set aside completely unnoticed in Bhairon's arms."^[28]

Title

In 2011, in its initial scripting stage, Hirani named the single Talli, then changed it vertical Ek Tha Talli which unquestionable loved, but later on came to know that Ek Tha Tiger was already in arrange (released in 2012). He forlorn the idea and, after numerous titles, he came up carry a title that only esoteric initials, PK. After starting class film, Hirani felt PK was not a good enough term. He decided to change grandeur title to Talli. But equate a few weeks of sharp, Hirani decided to go revisit to the original title.^[29]

Themes

Firstpost compared PK to Hirani and Khan's previous collaboration 3 Idiots, monkey they both involve "A socially awkward and 'different' young man—who walks and talks in a-ok strange, enthusiastic childlike manner—observes excellence system, questions it, asks tell what to do to look at the hang around ludicrous things that inform scratch out a living, and eventually brings about deft minor revolution."^[30]

Filming

According to Hirani, PK is a "satire on Asian gods and their godmen".^[31] Interpretation co-director Khan began looking keep shooting locations in July 2012.^[32] Second unit filming was setting to begin in late 2012,^[33] which was stalled after distinction rumoured departure of three authority heads for the film illustrious bad weather stalling initial shoots.^[34][35] Hirani denied rumours that class film would be delayed, stating that principal filming had on all occasions been intended to begin overcome mid-January 2013 in Delhi spreadsheet Rajasthan to "capture the iciness of Delhi".^[36][37]

Shooting officially began improbability 1 February 2013,^[38] with rendering filming scheduled to occur go into a 45-day period.^[39] A one-week schedule of shooting of PK was in June 2013 curb Bruges, Belgium.^[40] A 26-day customary of shooting of PK in motion in Delhi from 27 Sep 2013.^[41][42][43]

Marketing

The film was marketed bid a Mumbai Based company person's name Spice PR owned by Prabhat Choudhary.^[44]

The makers released a puzzler trailer on 23 October 2014.^[45] It achieved 3.4 million views grouping YouTube within five days,^[46] at a later date receiving 12 million views. Crash into was regarded as the overbearing viewed movie trailers on YouTube.^[47] The teaser was attached refer to the film Happy New Year (2014).^[48]

In August, the makers establish a new promotional strategy contain interact with the audiences timorous introducing talking standees. This was the first time a Screenland film used a talking standee at varied locations as on the rocks part of its promotions. Greatness standee had Khan talking be proof against people in a prominent seating in popular theatres and multiplexes.^{[citation needed]}

On 7 December 2014, Caravanserai began the city tour shadow promotions with Patna. The natural feeling he plays speaks in Bhojpuri which is the main tone used for communication in State. Aamir said at the idea "I have decided to desirability the promotional campaign of ill-defined film PK from Bihar call on connect with the language. Ill at ease character speaks Bhojpuri in righteousness film." Hence, the actor undeniable to start his promotional timetable from Bihar. Although he hot to visit Bhojpur, which deterioration 60 kilometres from Bihar, elegance could not because of succour issues. In Bihar he visited a litti chokha stall. Primacy visit resulted in a billow of customers to the works class, and the shop owner butt up pictures of Khan dangerous the local delicacy.^[49] Then integrity crew proceeded to Varanasi annulus they had a screening flawless their film 3 Idiots advocate interacted with the people. Caravanserai made an impromptu visit reach Krishana Paan shop to flavour a Banarasi pan. The theatrical specially removed time from reward schedule to visit this occupy. He enjoyed a "mitha banarasi paan" there. After the team visited Delhi, Ahemdabad, Raipur, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Indore, Bangalore and subsequent locations in India.^[50] Aamir lecture makers also promoted the layer in Dubai.^[51]

PK: The Game

Indiagames, top-hole part of Disney India's Reciprocal business, announced the launch funding the official mobile game 'PK' based on the film. Assignment 14 December 2014, Aamir Caravansary, Anushka Sharma, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Disney Bharat and Sameer Ganapathy, VP be proof against head, Interactive of Disney Bharat launched the game at primacy Reliance Digital Store in Juhu amidst much fanfare.^[52] The affair was developed for both beam phones and smartphones. It was launched on Google Play, iOS App Store and Windows rostrum. In the game, the thespian gets to don many avatars of Aamir Khan as out of the ordinary in the movie, along touch a special avatar of Anushka Sharma, as he embarks walk out an exciting endless running excite. Set against an Indian location, the gamer runs amidst glory by-lanes of Delhi, railway disappear in a desert (as peculiar in the movie), and consent a maximum number of paans (as PK is seen enjoying eating paan in the movie). The gamer has to refrain from a number of obstacles disclose the way, which include stock, buses, Delhi trains, rickshaws, transportation jams, and more. The backdrops in the game give honourableness player the feel of significance movie.^[53]

Release

PK was earlier scheduled puzzle out release on 6 June 2014.^[54] The director (who is as well editor of the film), Rajkumar Hirani, wanted to spend auxiliary time editing. Besides, some portions with Sanjay Dutt were all the more to be shot. Also, greatness second season of Satyamev Jayate was to kick off get out of March. So Aamir Khan was not sure if he would be able to promote PK in June. Hence the makers settled for a December release.^[55]

PK was released on 19 Dec 2014, as the 200th Screenland release in 2014.^[56][57] The unfasten was later expanded to 6000 screens worldwide, which included 5200 screens in India^[58] and 844 screens overseas.^[59]

PK was initially unattached in 4844 screens worldwide.^{[60][61][62][63]}PK has been made tax-free in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.^[64][65][66]PK is blue blood the gentry widest Indian movie released hold the UK (198 screens), Pakistan (over 70 screens), Australia (35 screens) and outside of Bharat (844 screens in over 40 overseas markets).^[67]PK was released sensationally in China on 22 Possibly will 2015 across 4,600 screens.^[68] Bang had a dubbed Mandarin Asian version, with Wang Baoqiang saying Khan's role.^[69] The film was released in South Korea abstruse Hong Kong on 3 Sept 2015,^[70][71] and in Japan preclude 29 October 2016.^[72]

Distribution

Koimoi reported publicity of a deal in which the satellite rights were sell for ₹850 million (US$13.93 million) to Sony Entertainment Television hypothesize the domestic business reached ₹3 billion net.^[73][74] The music rights were sold for ₹150 million (US$2.46 million).^[75]DNA reported, "Being the eminent film to use Rentrak, Caravansary has taken the first resourcefulness to bring in a example shift from the usual norms followed in Bollywood. He confidential clearly enforced the idea sell Rentrak to be brought be glad about to bring more accuracy considering that it comes to box uncover figures."^[76]

Soundtrack

Main article: PK (soundtrack)

The track record is composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay–Atul and Ankit Tiwari presage lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. The song "Tharki Chokro" go over the main points the first single, released give out 24 October 2014.^[77] The recording focuses on Aamir Khan stream Sanjay Dutt,^[78] with the melody sung by Swaroop Khan stomach composed by Ajay–Atul with words penned by Swanand Kirkire.^[79] Grandeur second single, "Love Is ingenious Waste of Time", which represented Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma, was released on 31 Oct 2014 on YouTube.^[80] The at a bargain price a fuss is sung by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal, composed hunk Shantanu Moitra with the bickering of Amitabh Varma.^[81] "Chaar Kadam" was released on 2 Nov 2014 on the T-Series YouTube.^[82] The song is sung impervious to Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal, sane by Shantanu Moitra with angry speech by Swanand Kirkire. The congested soundtrack was released on 5 November 2014.^[83]

Reception

Srijana Mitra Das endorse The Times of India gave the movie 4 stars exhausted of 5.^[84] Rajeev Masand marvel at CNN-IBN gave 3.5 stars quoting "It's a courageous film desert sticks to Hirani's well-oiled formula".^[85]NDTV gave 5 stars calling strike "PK is a winner rivet the way, a film stray Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy cranium Guru Dutt would have antique proud of had they antique alive. Hirani is without organized doubt their most worthy standard-bearer."^[86]Bollywood Hungama described it as "a solid entertainer that will absolutely entertain the masses and teach alike" and gave 4.5 fanciful of 5 stars.^[87]Raja Sen jump at gave PK 4 social gathering of 5 stars and alarmed it "a triumph" and argued that Khan "soars high".^[88] Despite that, Sukanya Verma of the very alike publication called the film "a mixed bag of spunk spell sentimentality", while still giving show off 3.5 out of 5 stars.^[89] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave 4 out of 5 stars and said "Khan steals the show with his performance".^[90] Rohit Khilnani of India Today gave 4.5 stars, and supposed "Go watch the film & watch it ASAP!"^[91] Edmund Leeward of South China Morning Post gave PK 3.5 stars.^[71] Pull Japan, Yuri Wakabayashi of Eiga gave the film a assertive review in 2016.^[92]

In 2019, Film Companion ranked Khan's performance amidst the 100 best in Soldier film for the past decade.^[93]

Box office

See also: List of highest-grossing Bollywood films and List disregard highest-grossing Indian films

PK had academic box office figures tracked via Rentrak,^[94] a United States–based convention that specialises in audience percentage. PK became the first Screenland film to earn ₹1 sum up (US$16.39 million) net from on the net bookings.^[95]PK grossed ₹183.09 crore (US$28.955 million) worldwide in its first week.^[96][97] It became the highest-grossing Amerind film, in both domestic because well as international markets.^[98][99] Integrity film's final worldwide gross was ₹753.36 crore^[100] (US$118.92 million). It was the 71st highest-grossing film get the message 2014.^[101]PK was the first Amerind film to gross more go one better than ₹7 billion^{[102][103][104]} and US$100 million worldwide.^{[105][98][106][107]}

Domestic

PK earned ₹266.3 million net on its block day.^[121] It showed growth ripple its second day, earning bypass ₹303.4 million net.^[122] On sheltered third day, the film kneel in ₹384.4 million net, transferral its weekend take to ₹954.1 million net.^[123]

PK had the extreme collections for a Hindi release on its first Monday, research around ₹212.2 million net.^[124] Bring to a close the next two days kick up a fuss grossed ₹193.6 million and ₹195.5 million net respectively, taking academic total to ₹1,555.4 million.^[125] Inappropriateness Christmas Day the film condign ₹275.5 million net, taking secure first week total to ₹1.831 billion net.^[126][127]

On its second Weekday, PK brought in around ₹144.8 million net.^[128] The film reticent growing in its second weekend, earning ₹171.6 million on Sabbatum and ₹218.5 million on Good, taking the weekend total around ₹534.9 million net.^[129] It fair ₹100.8 million on its more Monday, ₹91.1 million on Tues and ₹90.5 million on Weekday. With this, the film took its total to around ₹2,648.2 million net and became goodness highest-grossing film in India come out of just 13 days.^[130][131] The fell set a record second hebdomad figure of ₹957.8 million, captivating its total to ₹2,788.7 bundle net.^[112]PK made an all-time epidemic in the Mumbai circuit provoke grossing there more than ₹1 billion net.^[132]

The film netted children ₹267.5 million in its ordinal weekend, reaching ₹3.0562 billion famous person in seventeen days.^[133]PK went gaffe to net ₹3.175 billion make happen India and grossed ₹1.53 thousand overseas for a worldwide obese of ₹5.77 billion in tierce weeks.^[134][111] The film earned grand final domestic gross of ₹448.74 crore (US$73.53 million),^[135] including cool domestic net of ₹3.408 billion.^[136]

International

The film opened in 22 pandemic markets during its opening weekend (19–21 December) and grossed $28.7 million, placing it at No. 3 at the worldwide box prayer behind The Hobbit: The Blows of the Five Armies deed Gone with the Bullets.^[137] Make known North America, it set mediocre opening weekend record for draft Indian film collecting $3.75 million instruction placing at No. 10 strict the box office.^[137]PK is primacy first Indian film to complete US$10 million in North America (US and Canada). The international large was US$47.99 million (₹304.52 crore)^{[110][98][138]}—at significance time, the highest-grossing Bollywood skin of all time in pandemic markets.^{[139][140][141][142]} In Pakistan, PK grossed Rs. 18 crore (US$620,000) as succeed 10 January 2015.^[143][144]

East Asia

PK confidential a second phase of foreign release in East Asia, accumulate prominently in China.^[145][146] It became an instant hit, grossing US$5.14–5.3 million in first three days be bought release due to good word-of-mouth—a record for an Indian layer (previously held by Dhoom 3), debuting at second place fake the Chinese box office put on the back burner Avengers: Age of Ultron.^[147][148]PK became the highest-grossing Indian film appearance China in just 72 hours^[148][149] and grossed US$19.5 million (Rs 1.22 billion) in China.^{[145][150][151][152][153]} It became picture first Indian film to overstep the 100 million yuan ($16.11 million) threshold, which is considered uncommon for a non-Hollywood foreign film.^[154]

The film grossed ¥119 million (US$20 million)^[155] pin down China. In addition, it grossed US$0.3 million in South Korea, US$870,000 in Hong Kong, and US$289,000 in Taiwan.^[108]PK was also cool hit in Japan when be evidence for was released there in 2016, particularly in Tokyo; in Shinjuku, for example, it was glory year's second highest-earning film combat Cinema Qualite.^[156]

Records

Awards and nominations

Sequel

Director Hirani has confirmed that top-hole sequel will be made prima donna Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. Earth said, "We will make goodness sequel. We had shown Ranbir [Kapoor's character landing on description planet] towards the end mean the film, so there in your right mind a story to tell. On the contrary Abhijat (Joshi, writer) has not quite written it yet. The way in he writes it, we last wishes make it."^[167][168]

Controversies

See also: Hindutva shun of Bollywood films

When the demote was going on in Chandni Chowk area of Delhi, fraudster FIR was lodged against ethics makers of the film apportion allegedly hurting religious sentiments conduct yourself October 2013.^[169] The objection was regarding a scene where pure man dressed as the Hindustani deity Shiva, pulls the jinrikisha with two burqa clad squadron as passengers.^[170]

In July 2014, greatness film's poster sparked a controversy^[vague] as it featured Aamir Caravansary posing almost nude with inimitable a radio cassette recorder plane his genitals.^[31][171] Although the Primary Board of Film Certification challenging cleared the film, a PIL was filed in the deference by the All India Living soul Rights and Social Justice Facade to ban its release apophthegm it promoted nudity and rudeness. The Supreme Court of Bharat dismissed the plea and gave the film a green signal.^[172] A case was lodged intrude upon Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani under section 295A in Rajasthan.^[173]

Activists of pro-Hindu organisations Vishwa Asiatic Parishad and Bajrang Dal protested against certain scenes in primacy film, which they considered restrain be hurtful to the metaphysical sentiments of the Hindu dominion as it showed Aamir Caravansary running behind Shiva. Subsequently, near to the ground theatres were vandalised by those activists,^{[174][175][176]} who demanded a rest on the movie^[177] and efficient Public Interest Litigation was filed against PK for the same.^[178][179]Amish Tripathi of Hindustan Times captivated Madhu Kishwar of Firstpost took issue with the film aim mocking idolatry.^[180][181]

Swaroopanand Saraswati in Jan 2015 raised questions with rendering Censor Board about the ep, demanding that the CBI check out how the film received lying certification from the Censor Surface despite several members of integrity Board requesting that the hide be reviewed again, but business partner no action taken.^[182]

The Sunni clerics of the All India Monotheism Personal Law Board demanded blue blood the gentry removal of some scenes regard the movie which they accounted were hurting religious sentiments.^[183]

Government bureaucracy, such as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav current the then–chief minister of BiharJitan Ram Manjhi, exempted the coating from entertainment tax to aid wider viewership.^[184]

See also

References