PK controversy: Baba Ramdev to socially boycott Aamir Khan’s latest movie

 

Aamir Khan’s latest flick PK has been in the news ever since its first look nude poster released. Even though the audience has been raving about the film, there are many who have criticised the Rajkumar Hirani-directed PK. The latest to join the bandwagon is Baba Ramdev. The Yoga guru has expressed his hatred and anger over the anti-religious theme of Aamir Khan’s PK and also called for a social boycott of all those involved in the making of the controversial film.
Several FIRs have been filed against the Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer. Baba Ramdev has asked all ‘Hindus’ to come together and protest against the movie, as he feels PK is anti-Hinduism. Ramdev is strongly of the view that PK has propagates a wrong message against Hindus criticizing Hindu gods and goddesses.
“People think a hundred times while talking against Islam. However, when it comes to Hinduism, anyone gets up and says anything. This is shameful,” said Ramdev. Joining the ongoing controversy, he then went ahead asking for a social boycott of people who speak against or question Hindu culture and traditions in any way.
Baba Ramdev said, “There should be a social boycott in society against those who are involved in making such movies. It has become a hobby of some people to denigrate Hindu Gods and Goddesses…and insult our saints.” Not only that, Baba Ramdev specifically pointed out Aamir Khan’s name and said, “It seems like big personalities are fond of insulting Hindu deities.”
While on Sunday, December 28, Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani was slammed by theHindu Janajagruti Samiti for praising PK and calling it a “wonderful and courageous film”, today the Bajrang Dal activists attacked a prominent Ahmedabad theatre protesting against the film.
Do you think all the fuss created around PK justified? Or just like Baba Ramdev, are you of the view that the film has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus and focuses mainly on degrading only the Hindu religion? Tell us in the comment section below.

People have to respect our viewpoint: Boman Irani on ‘PK’ controversy

Reacting to the controversies surrounding Rajkumar Hirani's latest release 'PK', actor Boman Irani says people need to respect the viewpoint of the makers.

| Mumbai | Posted: December 29, 2014

Reacting to the controversies surrounding Rajkumar Hirani‘s latest release ‘PK‘, actor Boman Irani says people need to respect the viewpoint of the makers.
“People may agree and may even disagree but then they have to respect it (the concept of ‘PK’) because we are also respecting their view,” Boman, who has a key role in the film, said here.
‘PK’, which is doing well at the box office, has been getting mixed reactions from audiences for its content. While some have slammed it, saying it mocks Hindu traditions, a lot of people have called it the best film of 2014.
It is a thought provoking film that stirs discussion as well and Boman feels that “any film worth a debate is a good film.”
“It is a point of view and you have to respect that,” said the 55-year-old.
(Read: Censor Board will not remove any scenes from Aamir Khan’s ‘PK': Leela Samson)
Some of the groups including VHP are demanding a curb on such movies that hurt religious sentiments of Hindus.
However, the actor is not deterred by such groups, instead he feels happy with their reaction because it has engaged people into discussion over the sensitive issue as religion, god and godmen.
“Ofcourse people will (protest and create controversy)…everybody will do. But it is so nice because everybody is having discussion about it and anything worth a debate is a good film,” Boman said.
(Read: ‘PK’ scenes which hurt religious sentiments should be removed: AIMPLB member)
Further talking about Hirani, Boman said that his films always make people think and re-assess their own values.
“Rajkumar Hirani films will always have something to think about. You agree or disagree with the film or you like or dislike a film, that’s a different thing but his films will atleast make you think,” Boman, who has worked with Hirani in films like ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’ and ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, said.
“His films will make you re-assess your own values and re-evaluate yourselves saying “may be he is right may be he is wrong but I am thinking” and that thought has to be respectful because he is respecting the audience,” he added.
Featuring Aamir Khan as an alien, the film also stars Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjay Dutt.

      

PK Grosses 433 Crores; Beats Chennai Express’ Worldwide Collections

December 29th, 2014

‘PK’ and ‘Chennai Express’ movie posters

The film has grossed 433.50 crores (including 93 crores from Overseas) worldwide, and has now beaten the collections of Shah Rukh Khan’s Chennai Express which stood second with a collection of 422 crores worldwide.

Aamir Khan has three films in the Top Worldwide Grossers and holds the key top two positions in it.

Bollywood’s Top Worldwide Earners 

Rank	Movie Name	Domestic Collections (Nett) in Rs. crores	Domestic Collections (Gross) in Rs. crores	International US Dollar Millions	Dollar Rate During The Respective Year	International  Collections in Rs. Crores	Total (Gross) Collection Rs. Crores
1	Dhoom3 (2013)	280.25	372	28 million	61	170	542
3	PK (2014)	236.50	340.50	14.50 million	64	93.00	433.50*
2	Chennai Express (2013)	226.70	301	19.30 million	63	121	422
4	3 Idiots (2009)	202.00	269	25 million + 1 million [when released in Japan (June 2013)]	47 & USD 60 (for June 2013)	120 + 6 (after June 2013) = 126	395
5	Happy New Year (2014)	203.30	293	15.00 million	60	90.00	383
6	Kick (2014)	233.00	309.89	11.10 million	61	67.58	377
7	Krrish 3 (2013)	240.50	320	9.00 million	60	54.00	374
8	Bang Bang (2014)	181.03	261	13.11 million	60	79	340
9	Ek Tha Tiger (2012)	198.00	263	10.15 million	56	57.00	320
10	Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewaani (2013)	190.00	253	10.5 million	56	58	311
11	Dabangg 2 (2012)	159.00	211	9.75 million	55	54	265
12	Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)	121.00	161	14 million	57	80	241

PK Crosses 100 Crs In The Overseas Circuit; 5th Highest-Grossing Film In Overseas

December 29th, 2014

PK is performing brilliantly and after making a business of 200 crores at the domestic box office, the film has now crossed the 100 crore mark in the overseas circuit too. The film has collected 113.00 crores in the international markets. With this, the film is now the 5th highest overseas grosser.

Sanjay Dutt and Aamir Khan in a still from movie ‘PK’

The film has now beaten the collections of Happy New Year and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. In just ten days, the film has been storming the box office and in fact in the domestic circuits, the film is already enjoying repeat audience.

Aamir Khan has a huge fan following in the overseas circuit and considering it is the festive Christmas time, the film is certainly cashing in on it.

Top 10 Highest-Grossing Bollywood Films In Overseas

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No.	Overseas Top 10 Bollywood movies	Lead stars	Collections in USD
1	Dhoom 3	Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Jackie Shroff	$28,000,000
2	3 Idiots	Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor	$26,000,000
3	My Name Is Khan	Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol	$23,000,000
4	Chennai Express	Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone	$19,300,000
5	PK	Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjay Dutt	$17,700,000
6	Happy New Year	Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Boman Irani	$15,000,000
7	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma	$13,560,000
8	Bang Bang	Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif	$13,100,000
9	Don 2	Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra	$11,750,000
10	Kick	Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui	$11,100,000

PK Box Office Report: Exhibitors & Distributors On Its Advance Booking, Opening Day & Weekend Collections 

  

 the eagerness of the audience to enjoy the cinematic treat from the successful actor-director duo, Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani can be seen with fast pace filling of seats in advance booking.

With many factors like the star cast, music and the Christmas period that will contribute in making good collections at the Box Office, here is what the experts have to say about the advance booking, opening day and weekend collections of PK.
N.R Pachisia (Producer and Distributor – Mumbai):

The advance booking is going very well, and I think, the opening day will be around Rs 27- 28 crores and the weekend collections will be around Rs 80-85 crores. Apart from the increased ticket rates, it is the Christmas period which will be an advantage for the film. If the content is right, the numbers will grow; undoubtedly the collaboration of Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani has worked wonders which we have seen with 3 Idiots; it is the emotional element with a strong message which connects the audience to Hirani’s films. Hence, after having a disappointed year with many bad films, PK is the only hope to see the year end on a happy note. And I am pretty sure that the movie will make big numbers and will have a long run at the theaters.

Aamir Khan in a still from movie ‘PK’

Akshaye Rathi (Film Exhibitor and Distributor – Mumbai)

PK has already gone beyond Singham Returns, Kick, Happy New Year, and Bang Bang with the highest advance booking through various online booking sites and at the ticket window. I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie does not see the highest opening day or the weekend collections, because this movie is not in the rat race of showing numbers, but I will be surprised if the movie does not run at a stretch of six to seven weeks. PK is a dark horse which has the potential to mint highest collections with its long run; and this being collaboration of Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani. The audience expectations are sky high and hence, the movie will have a repeat value and will pick up with a positive word of mouth. It will work well in single screens and multiplexes; metros, rural, big and small cities and towns.

But a well-known Exhibitor from Gujarat has a different story to tell:

Advance booking is average to good, nothing like typical Salman Khan film or even Dhoom 3. Craze amongst masses seems to be lacking here in Gujarat. The opening day will be around Rs. 25 crore and the movie will make the weekend collections of Rs 75 crore plus. However, with positive word of mouth figures can improve.

UPDATED BOX OFFICE COLLECTION : 

• Worldwide Collections of PK

The recently released Aamir Khan - Anushka Sharma starrer PK has opened well at the Box Office. With the reports coming in from all quarters of the country that the film is doing brisk business, PK is certainly set to create new box office records.

In this Box Office analysis, we take a look at the success of PK, breaking the film's collections into a Day-wise break-up of domestic collections and also tracking the film's Overseas numbers.

Day-wise breakup for India

Day	Collections (INR Cr.)
Day 1 (Fri)	26.63
Day 2 (Sat)	30.34
Day 3 (Sun)	38.24
Day 4 (Mon)
Day 5 (Tue)
Day 6 (Wed)
Day 7 (Thu)
Day 8 (Fri)
Day 9 (Sat)
Day 10 (Sun)
Day 11 (Mon)
TOTAL	95.21

Worldwide collections

Region	Collections (INR Cr.)	Updated...
India	95.21	As of 21-Dec-14
North America (USA and Canada)	22.18	As of 21-Dec-14
United Kingdom	6.41	As of 21-Dec-14
United Arab Emirates / G.C.C.	9.94	As of 21-Dec-14
Australia	3.51	As of 21-Dec-14
New Zealand	0.84	As of 21-Dec-14
Pakistan	N.A.
Malaysia	0.08	As of 21-Dec-14
TOTAL	138.17

NOTE - * denotes trends / figures still being compiled

'PK' (Peekay) First Day Collection at Box Office: Aamir's Movie gets Decent Opening in Bengaluru

 Aamir Khan's much-awaited "PK" aka "Peekay" has opened to good numbers of screens in Bengaluru. The Bollywood flick has been released worldwide on 19 December and the first day collection in the Garden City is expected to be decent.

'PK' posterFacebook/PK The Film

"PK" will have around 330 shows in Bengaluru and it is said to be the biggest for an Aamir Khan movie after "Dhoom 3", which approximately had 300 shows on the release day. The advance booking was started for this flick started a few days ago and it got good response from the actor's fans.
As per local traders, the response for the morning shows in the city is average but the evening shows have met tremendous success. In most multiplexes and single screens, the tickets for the first day evening shows have been completely sold out in Bengaluru.
The occupancy ranges from 40-80 % for the shows of Aamir Khan's "PK" in the city. A theatre owner says: "The craze around the movie is good but no comparison with Aamir Khan's 'Dhoom 3'. His last-year's hit film had got never-before response for the advance booking. But this movie has not attracted the audience to that level."
"For the morning shows, "PK" is booked mostly by youths. But it is the evening shows that is set to make a big differences. The tickets have been booked in bulk by family audience and this ensures a good collection for the movie in the Garden City on the opening day," he added.

The biggest benefit "PK" is getting in Bangalore is that the film is not facing any competition. Rajinikanth's Tamil movie "Lingaa" was expected to give a tough fight to the film, but the negative word-of-mouth has not helped it and the craze around the flick has fizzled out.
The traders are hesitant to predict "PK" collection in Bangalore as the film has met with decent response in the opening day. "Had the film got a reception like "Dhoom 3", the film would have made a record-breaking business in Bengaluru on the first day," says a trader.

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Film Review: 'PK' falls short of Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan's standards

 

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Film: PK
Starring: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjay Dutt
Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
​Rating: ***1/2 stars

WHAT’S IT ABOUT:
When the same actor-director pair of the outstanding 3 Idiots comes together on celluloid, the expectations are huge. But that’s something both Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani have always known and they were expected to soar beyond them. However, their latest offering, PK, somehow doesn’t quite measure up to their own standards. It falls short on many levels. The film begins with an alien’s (Aamir Khan) landing on Earth. When his ‘remote’ (which would enable him to return to his planet) is stolen, he is stranded. On a new planet with people and diversities he doesn’t understand, he is also given a new name (PK), quite by circumstance. He soon meets news reporter Jaggu (Anushka Sharma) who is fascinated by PK’s novel take on things and people. As the bond between them grows, Jaggu promises to help PK in his mission to return to his planet. In this quest, how the two overcome cultural divides, religious taboos and a scheming God-man form the rest of the story.

WHAT’S GOOD:
Just like his earlier films, Rajkumar Hirani picks up a serious issue and handles it in his distinct style – light-hearted but laced with dollops of emotions. Hirani maintains his ability to tug at your heartstrings (though rather scarcely this time) and the humour is pleasant, satirical and effective in a handful of scenes. The dialogues play a major role in helping an overburdened screenplay. The first half of the film is enjoyable. Among the performances, Aamir Khan plays his part to perfection with all the right nuances. Even though you’ve seen him doing similar acts before, he has the knack of adding something new to his character every time. Anushka Sharma is the scene-stealer all the way – and that’s a remarkable achievement in a film starring Aamir Khan. In fact, in some scenes between the two, she’s actually the one who manages to keep your eyes glued on her. Her spontaneity easily makes her one of the finest actresses from the current generation.

WHAT’S NOT:
To say that PK is Rajkumar Hirani’s most disappointing film to date would not be incorrect. In all his earlier three films (Munnabhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai and 3 Idiots), he managed to convey a message and entertain effectively and effortlessly. But in this one, the struggle to make a point drains you out. Even though the film is two hours and 30 minutes long only, it just seems never-ending (especially in the second half). The similarities to Akshay Kumar-Paresh Rawal starrer Oh My God are just too many and that’s where the film suffers, losing its novelty. Add to that, the preaching Hirani subjects us to with cliches like the Hindu-Muslim angle, India-Pakistan friction and religious differences; hold on, there’s even a bomb blast that has no relevance with the story line. Anushka’s romance with Sushant Singh Rajput and their subsequent break-up is the most amateurishly scripted love story this year. Sanjay Dutt has never been so badly miscast. The film meanders between Rajasthan, Bruges and Delhi – for the first time in a Raju Hirani film, none have any relevance with what the film is trying to convey. Technically too, this is his weakest film – from cinematography to setting, scale to music – all ranging between fair and below average. The continuity jerks are alarming – why is Aamir having pan-stained lips in some scenes and not in others? The long-winded expose of a God-man on a news show is not just outrageous but challenges your senses and your logic. And then, the icing on the cake is a father (Parikshit Sahni doing the SAME role in his fourth film with Hirani) realising his folly at the end of the show and holding his own in front of the Swami. It’s nothing less than shocking that the collaboration of stalwarts like Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan has resulted in something slightly above mediocre.

WHAT TO DO:
If you’re looking for a film in the league of the Munnabhais and 3 Idiots,  PK is not even close. But it’s still a must-see for many reasons, and by that, I mean the protagonists.