Ever eaten pav bhaji on the streets of Bombay?
If yes then ever wonder what makes pav bhaji so special?
If you know the recipe, you also know that it’s a mixture
of vegetables with spices that gives it flavor.
In case if you are wondering why I am talking about pav
bhaji instead of movie is because the plot reminded me of it.
Too many elements with no head and tail connection and
still in the end, gives a feel good movie. That’s PK the movie.
I am wondering about the writers of the movie if they were
planning to write a story on alien on earth, a love story, god vs religion or
alien and girl from earth love story.
Then again I don’t think it matters as it has been touted
as a hit and a majority of the audience seems to consider the movie good overlooking
the loop holes and getting caught in the hype.
In Indian movies, the story does not count as long as the
movie gives a feel good impression even with a story plot that does not make
sense.
A movie by Rajkumar Hirani starring Amir Khan certainly deserves
to be of high stature. This one does not make the mark.
The story is about an alien PK (Aamir Khan) who comes to
research humans and finds the remote of his spaceship stolen. His search for
remote takes him to Delhi and wherein he bumps into Jagat Janini aka Jaggu
(Anushka Sharma) who then helps him get his remote and in the process also
exposing the godman and making people aware about god and religion.
In the beginning of the movie itself, post the alien
lands, the story moves to Anushka and her love story but it get wraps up so
quickly in one song that it’s almost blink and miss. Then Anushka moves to Delhi
and bumps into Aamir and the actual story begin.
It’s not until the end of the movie that her love story
comes alive again. One would wonder why put a love story in the first place if
the movie’s theme is going to be on god/religion.
The movie’s first half is completely dominated by Aamir and
proves that he is truly class apart.
The second half of the movie lets you down specifically
the way the remote was found in the hand of god men. Also the only way to get
back the remote was to expose the god man.
It never really shows how and why the godman bought the
remote apart from stating that it was delivered from the God. My question is if
the locket was a remote then no one tried to fiddle with it considered that it
was different.
The movie moves at a pace that keeps you intrigue in the
first half and must say the script for certain scenes keeps you hooked till the
end.
The movie’s highlight would be Aamir Khan and the witty
dialogues that keeps you laughing but this is limited to only certain parts of
the movie.
Anushka does pretty well job and Sushant his bit in a small
role. Saurabh Shukla shows off his acting prowess as the godman Tapasvi. Boman
Irani has been wasted in a minuscule role that does not do justice to him.
The climax of the movie ends with Aamir choosing not to
express his love for Anushka. Though she comes to know about his love. She ends
up writing a book on him and he comes back again this time with a group for his
research.
If you are send on a planet to research, don’t you think
there will be someone watching your actions, coordinating and in case of lost,
send in a search party. None of which takes place. Intriguing ha?
The best part aliens are always considered to be super intelligent
with powers but the alien in theis movie does not come across as one and has only
one talent of learning one’s language, thoughts through holding their hands.
The movie draws comparisons with OMG (Oh My God) and I
must say OMG fares much better and sends across the message with clarity
wherein PK fails.
Would recommend this as a one-time watch and yes watch it
for Aamir and Saurabh.
