PK (film)

PK (transl. Drunk person; Hindi pronunciation: [pɪjəkːəɽ]) is a

PK
2014 Indian satirical comedy-drama[c] film directed by Rajkumar
Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It was jointly
produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners
Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively. The
film follows an alien who comes to Earth on a research mission,
but loses his remote to a thief, who later sells it to a godman. He
befriends a television journalist and in his quest to retrieve the
remote, questions religious dogmas and superstitions. The film
stars Aamir Khan in the titular role with Anushka Sharma,
Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay
Dutt in pivotal roles.

The film centres on a humanoid alien who is stranded on Earth,

the planet he was supposed to study. In his journey, he experiences
many aspects of humanity, including religions, customs,
languages, attire, practices and beliefs.

After the success of 3 Idiots (2009), Hirani and Joshi's began

scripting their next project; finding similarities with the plot of
Inception (2010), they scrapped the film. It was later rewritten Theatrical release poster
with a different angle and tone. During production, the film was
first titled Talli and later Ek Tha Talli before being changed to PK Directed by Rajkumar Hirani
as the latter title was found too similar to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The Produced by Vidhu Vinod
film's soundtrack was composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay−Atul Chopra
and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire,
Rajkumar Hirani[1]
Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV Motion Pictures
acquired the distribution rights of the film. Written by Rajkumar Hirani

PK was released on 19 December 2014. It received generally Abhijat Joshi

positive reviews, with praise for the performances, particularly by Starring Aamir Khan
Khan, and its portrayal of superstitions. The film received eight
Anushka Sharma
nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards, winning two.
Additionally, it won five Producers Guild Film Awards, and two Sushant Singh
Screen Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at Rajput
the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Boman Irani

Produced on a budget of ₹850 million (approx. $12 million), PK Saurabh Shukla

was the first Indian film to gross more than ₹7 billion and Sanjay Dutt
US$100 million worldwide. At the time, it emerged as the highest-
Narrated by Anushka Sharma
grossing Indian film of all time, and ranks as the 70th highest-
grossing film of 2014 worldwide. The film's final worldwide gross Music by Songs:
was ₹854 crore (US$140 million). It currently stands as the 5th Shantanu Moitra
highest grossing Indian film worldwide and 5th highest-grossing
Ajay−Atul
film in India.
Ankit Tiwari
 Background
Contents
Score:
Plot Sanjay Wandrekar
Cast Atul Raninga
Production Cinematography C. K.
Development Muraleedharan
Casting
Edited by Rajkumar Hirani
Characters
Production Vinod Chopra
Title
company Films
Themes
Filming Rajkumar Hirani
Films
Marketing
PK: The Game Distributed by UTV Motion
Pictures
Release
Distribution Release date 19 December 2014

Music Running time 152 minutes[2]

Track listing Country India
Reception Language Hindi
Box office Bhojpuri[3]
Domestic Rajasthani[4][5]
International
East Asia Budget ₹85 crore[a]

Records Box office est.

₹854 crore[b][11]
Awards and nominations
Controversies
See also
Explanatory notes
Citations
External links

Plot
A humanoid alien lands on Earth naked on a research mission in Rajasthan but is stranded when the remote
control for his spaceship is stolen. He manages to get the thief's cassette recorder. On the same day in Belgium,
an Indian Hindu woman, Jaggu, meets a Pakistani Muslim, Sarfaraz, and falls in love with him. Jaggu's father
objects to their relationship, citing religious differences. He consults godman Tapasvi Maharaj who predicts
that Sarfaraz will betray Jaggu. Determined to prove them wrong, Jaggu asks Sarfaraz to marry her. At the
wedding chapel, she is heartbroken when she receives an unsigned letter, believing it is from Sarfaraz, calling
off the marriage due to cultural differences.

Jaggu returns to India and becomes a news reporter. She meets the alien and is intrigued to see him distribute
leaflets about the "missing" God. She earns his trust by rescuing him when he attempts to take money from a
temple's collection box as a refund on God's broken promises. The alien tells her that he is a 'astronaut' from
another planet. His people know nothing about dressing, religion, or verbal communication. They transfer
ideas by holding hands. The alien learned to fit in with humans by wearing clothes and using money stolen
from "dancing cars".

In a flashback, after being accidentally hit by a truck, the alien is befriended by bandmaster Bhairon Singh,
who takes him along with his troop. Bhairon takes him to a brothel, where the alien holds a prostitute's hand
for six hours and thus learns the Bhojpuri language. Bhairon suggests him that his thief may be in Delhi. The
alien leaves for Delhi. Due to his strange behavior, people assume he is drunk and call him "peekay" or "PK"
(Hindi for drunk); the alien adopts PK as a name (his people have no language and thus no names).

People tell PK that only "God" can help him find his remote. He sincerely practices Indian religions, including
Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam, attempting to find "God", to no avail. He later discovers that
Tapasvi has his remote, who claims it was a gift from God and refuses to return it. Jaggu promises PK that she
will recover his remote and he can go back home.

PK conjectures that Tapasvi and other godmen must be dialing a "wrong number" to communicate with God
and are advising the public to engage in meaningless rituals. Jaggu encourages the public to expose fraudulent
godmen, by sending their videos to her news channel. This "wrong number" campaign turns into a popular
mass movement, to the dismay of Tapasvi. Meanwhile, Bhairon finds the thief and contacts PK, telling him
that he sold his remote to Tapasvi. PK realizes that Tapasvi was a fraud all along and that it was not a "wrong
number". Bhairon brings the thief to Delhi, but both die in a terrorist attack.

Tapasvi decides to confront PK on-air. Tapasvi asks PK what the "right number" is. PK says that "God that
created us all" is the only concept people should believe in and that the other "duplicate Gods" are artificial.
Tapasvi argues, saying that PK is trying to take people away from their Gods and that they will not stand for
their Gods being taken away. He claims he has a direct connection to God and refers to his prediction of
Sarfaraz's betrayal to try to prove that Muslims are liars. PK, having absorbed Jaggu's memories earlier,
realizes that Sarfaraz did not write the letter to Jaggu.

Jaggu contacts the Pakistani Embassy in Belgium where Sarfaraz worked part-time. The embassy tells her that
Sarfaraz has been annoying them by repeatedly asking if they received a call from Delhi, implying that he still
loves Jaggu. That day, Sarfaraz found the same letter and thought it was from Jaggu, and didn't call her as he
understood she was under family tension. Jaggu and Sarfaraz reconnect, and Tapasvi is forced by Jaggu's
father to return PK's remote.

Meanwhile, PK has fallen in love with Jaggu but refrains from telling her because she loves Sarfaraz. Having
filled multiple audio tapes with her voice alone, he takes two suitcases full of tapes and extra batteries when
leaving for home. He lies to Jaggu that the tapes contain a variety of Earthly noises which he will miss, such as
crows and car horns. Jaggu realizes his love for her by seeing the note he wrote for her earlier but does not
directly confront him about it. PK does not even look back while going as he didn't want her to see his teary
face which will giveaway that he loves her. After his departure, Jaggu publishes a book about him, with
Sarfaraz and her family assisting. Her father whistles at her reading, implying that after many years he is very
proud of Jaggu.

One year later, PK returns to Earth on a new research mission on human nature with another member of his
species.

Cast
Aamir Khan as the alien a.k.a "PK"
Anushka Sharma as Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni, a news
reporter & Sarfaraz's love interest
 Sushant Singh Rajput as Sarfaraz Yousuf, a Pakistani
Muslim & Jaggu's love interest
Boman Irani as Cherry Bajwa, Jaggu's boss
Saurabh Shukla as Tapasvi Maharaj, Jaggu's family's
godman
Sanjay Dutt as Bhairon 'Bhaia' Singh, PK's beloved friend
when he lost his memory
Parikshit Sahni as Jayprakash Sahni, Jaggu's father
Amardeep Jha as Jaggu's mother Aamir Khan, lead actor in PK

Ram Sethi as the old man in Belgium who betrayed

Sarfaraz & Jaggu (cameo)
Sai Gundewar as the Belgium show Ticket Seller
Rohitash Gaud as a Police Inspector Pandeyji (cameo)
Ranbir Kapoor as a fellow alien scientist from PK's home
planet (cameo)
Reema Debnath as Phuljhadiya, the prostitute
Sachin Parikh as the Tapasvi's manager
Michael Pekala as bystander in train station[16]
Rukhsaar Rehman as Pakistan embassy receptionist
Plabita Borthakur as Jaggu's sister (cameo)[17][18]
Anil Mange as character dressed as Shiva[19]
Brijendra Kala as idol seller at a temple
Alok Pandey as Reporter
Rajiv Gupta as Inspector of the New Delhi railway station
Monali Thakur as a Kashmiri girl
Udesh Limma (Cameo)
Maanvi Gagroo as Mitu, Jaggu's colleague
Shaji Chaudhary as Tapasvi Maharaj's bodyguard

Production

Development

After the success of 3 Idiots, director Rajkumar Hirani and writer "PK" was the only film which began
Abhijat Joshi started work for the next project.[21] They had written a with a desire to say something. I
story about a character who had the ability to get into another person's can't say what that thing is. The
mind to make that person a better human being. They spent one year to battle was the other way round—
how do you say such a serious thing
write a story, but it turned out to be similar to Inception. After in an entertaining way? For many
watching Inception, Hirani and Joshi were shocked by the similarities. years, we were struggling, until we
Eventually, they decided to scrap the film, then Hirani and Joshi finally found a way, where it will be
reworked on the script, changing the entire tone and angle. It took five entertaining, won't be offensive—
years to make the film and three years to write it.[22] will hit the right notes, basically.

In PK, Khan played nine avatars[23] and, during the course of the film, —Rajkumar Hirani, director of
the actor had to chew over 10,000 betelnut preparations called paan. pk, in an interview to India
Betelnut is a psychoactive stimulant used throughout Asia and Insight.[20]
characterized by its ability to stain users' mouths red.[24] "In real life
paan is not a habit, I have it once in a while but for this film I chew
paan for every scene. I would at times eat about 100 paans in a day. We had a paanwala [a paan maker] on
the sets," said Khan in the report. For every take, Khan had to eat a fresh paan to fill his mouth. Before
beginning the shoot, he would eat at least 10–15 paans to get the right color inside his mouth and on his
lips.[25]

Viral Thakkar was the visual effects supervisor. The visual effects company was Riva Digital at a point
employing 100 artists working on the film.[26]

Casting

In 2011, Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma signed on for the film.[27] Khan's nephew Imran Khan and Ranbir
Kapoor were considered for a role which eventually went to Sushant Singh Rajput before the release of his
debut movie Kai Po Che.[28] Earlier reports said that Rajkumar Hirani had signed Arshad Warsi for the film
when it was reported[29] that Arshad will be playing an important role. In 2013 Arshad said in an interview "I
couldn`t have worked out on dates. I wouldn't refuse Raju for anything. In fact when he offered me the film, I
did not even ask for the script, I was like I am ready to come on whenever you want. So that is the connection
I share with Raju."[30] Before Sushant and Arshad were signed on, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi were
said to be cast in the film.[31][32] Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan worked as an assistant director in this
film.[33]

Characters
PK: The titular character was written to be a Chaplinesque, bumbling alien and meant to
provide an outside view to the quirks and hypocrisies of the Indian society. To further
accentuate the alien look, Khan developed a distinct appearance and mannerisms including
wearing green contact lenses and not blinking while talking. Khan learned Bhojpuri for the
role[34] with the help of the language expert Shanti Bhushan. Rajkumar Hirani said in an
interview, "When we write a script we usually visualize the characters in the film. How they
look, talk and walk. But PK is one such character which was very difficult to visualize. We didn't
have a reference point. PK was one such character, who didn't have a reference point. A
character like him wasn't there in any book, nor did we meet someone like him in real life. We
only knew that we wanted the character to be innocent and child-like. Now the question was,
who is that actor who could look like a child. Someone who is perfect for the role of PK. The
answer was obvious – Aamir Khan."[35]
Jagat "Jaggu" Janini: PK's friend and confidante, 'Jaggu' is a television news reporter and is
instrumental in spreading PK's message. She was envisioned as a fun-loving yet mature and
independent woman. The producers wanted a distinct look for Jaggu and ended up trying
several options over a few days before settling on one. Anushka said in an interview "Raju Sir
wanted me to look happy, chirpy and peppy in ‘PK’. Keeping his brief in mind, the team came
up with this look." She revealed that she was not required to cut her hair by remarking, "I have
long hair, so hair stylists just wrapped my hair and tucked inside the wig".[36]
Bhairon Singh: Makers wanted somebody tall and sturdy for the role of Bhairon Singh and
that's why Sanjay came in the picture. Vidhu Vinod Chopra shared, "The character Bhairon
Singh is shown to be PK's good friend. The idea was that since PK is a tiny person, we wanted
someone who in contrast is very huge. Such that, when Bhairon hugs PK, it looks funny as the
tiny man would go completely unnoticed in Bhairon's arms."[37]

Title
In 2011, in its initial scripting stage, Rajkumar Hirani named the film 'Talli', then changed it to 'Ek Tha Talli'
which he loved but later on came to know that 'Ek Tha Tiger' was already in production (released in 2012). He
dropped the idea and, after many titles, he came up with a title that only had initials, 'PK'. After starting the
film, Hirani felt PK was not a good enough title. He decided to change the title to 'Talli'. But after a few weeks
of shooting, Hirani decided to go back to the original title.[38]

Themes

Firstpost compared PK to Hirani and Khan's previous collaboration 3 Idiots (2009), as they both involve "A
socially awkward and 'different' young man—who walks and talks in a strange, enthusiastic childlike manner
—observes the system, questions it, asks you to look at the many ludicrous things that inform it, and eventually
brings about a minor revolution."[39]

Filming

According to Rajkumar Hirani, PK is a "satire on Hindu god and their godmen".[40] The co-director Khan
began looking for shooting locations in July 2012.[41] Second unit filming was set to begin in late 2012,[42]
which was stalled after the rumoured departure of three department heads for the film and bad weather stalling
initial shoots.[43][44] Hirani denied rumours that the film would be delayed, stating that principal filming had
always been intended to begin in mid-January 2013 in Delhi and Rajasthan to "capture the winter of
Delhi".[45][46]

Shooting officially began on 1 February 2013,[47] with the filming scheduled to occur over a 45-day
period.[48] A 26-day schedule of shooting of PK started in Delhi from 27 September 2013.[49][50][51]

Marketing
The Movie was marketed by a Mumbai Based company named Spice PR owned by Prabhat Choudhary.[52]

The makers unlocked a teaser trailer on 23 October 2014.[53] It achieved 3.4 million views on YouTube within
five days,[54] subsequently receiving 12 million views. It was regarded as the most viewed movie trailers on
YouTube.[55] The teaser was attached with the film Happy New Year.[56]

In August the makers found a new promotional strategy to interact with the audiences by introducing talking
standees. This was the first time a Bollywood film used a talking standee at varied locations as a part of its
promotions. The standee had Aamir Khan talking to people in a prominent places in popular theatres and
multiplexes.[57]

On 7 December 2014, Aamir Khan began the city tour for promotions with Patna. The character he plays
speaks in Bhojpuri which is the main language used for communication in Bihar. Aamir said at the event "I
have decided to launch the promotional campaign of my film ‘PK’ from Bihar to connect with the language.
My character speaks Bhojpuri in the film." Hence, the actor decided to start his promotional schedule from
Bihar. Although he wanted to visit Bhojpur, which is 60 kilometers from Bihar, he could not because of
security issues. In Bihar he visited a litti chokha stall. The visit resulted in a surge of customers to the shop, and
the shop owner put up pictures of Khan eating the local delicacy.[58] Then the crew proceeded to Varanasi
where they had a screening of their film 3 Idiots and interacted with the people. Khan made an impromptu visit
to Krishana Paan shop to savor a Banarasi pan. The actor specially removed time from his schedule to visit this
place. He enjoyed a "mitha banarasi paan" there. After the crew visited Delhi, Ahemdabad, Raipur, Jaipur,
Hyderabad, Indore, Bangalore and other locations in India.[59] Aamir and makers also promoted the film in
Dubai.[60]
PK: The Game

Indiagames, a part of Disney India’s Interactive business, announced the launch of the official mobile game
‘PK’ based on the film. On 14 December 2014, Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu
Vinod Chopra, Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Disney India and Sameer Ganapathy, VP and
head, Interactive of Disney India launched the game at the Reliance Digital Store in Juhu amidst much fanfare.
[61] The game was developed for both feature phones and smartphones. It was launched on Google Play, iOS
App Store and Windows platform. In the game, the player gets to don many avatars of Aamir Khan as seen in
the movie, along with a special avatar of Anushka Sharma, as he embarks upon an exciting endless running
adventure. Set against an Indian background, the gamer runs amidst the by-lanes of Delhi, railway tracks in a
desert (as seen in the movie), and collect a maximum number of paans (as PK is seen enjoying eating paan in
the movie). The gamer has to avoid a number of obstacles on the way, which include cows, buses, Delhi
trains, rickshaws, traffic jams, and more. The backdrops in the game give the player the feel of the movie.[62]

Release
PK was earlier scheduled to release on 6 June 2014.[63] The director (who is also editor of the film), Rajkumar
Hirani, wanted to spend more time editing. Besides, some portions with Sanjay Dutt were yet to be shot. Also,
the second season of Satyamev Jayate was to kick off from 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.[64][65]

PK was released on 19 December 2014, as the 200th Bollywood release in 2014.[66][67] The release was later
expanded to 6000 screens worldwide, which included 5200 screens in India[68] and 844 screens overseas.[69]

PK was initially released in 4844 screens worldwide.[70][71][72][73] PK has been made tax-free in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar.[74][75][76] PK is the widest Indian movie released in the U.K. (198 screens), Pakistan (over
70 screens), Australia (35 screens) and outside of India (844 screens in over 40 overseas markets).[77] PK was
released theatrically in China on 22 May 2015 across 4,600 screens.[78] It had a dubbed Mandarin Chinese
version, with Wang Baoqiang voicing Khan's role.[79] The film was released in South Korea and Hong Kong
on 3 September 2015,[80][81] and in Japan on 29 October 2016.[82]

Distribution

Koimoi reported rumors of a deal in which the satellite rights were sold for ₹850 million (US$12 million) to
Sony Entertainment Television if the domestic business reached ₹3 billion net.[83][84] The music rights were
sold for ₹150 million (US$2.1 million).[85] DNA reported, "Being the first film to use Rentrak, Aamir Khan
has taken the first initiative to bring in a paradigm shift from the usual norms followed in Bollywood. He had
clearly enforced the idea of Rentrak to be brought in to bring more accuracy when it comes to box office
figures."[86]

Music
The soundtrack is composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay−Atul and PK
Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma Soundtrack album by Shantanu
and Manoj Muntashir. The song "Tharki Chokro" is the first single,
Moitra, Ajay−Atul and Ankit
released on 24 October 2014. The video focuses on Aamir Khan and
Tiwari
Sanjay Dutt,[89] with the song sung by Swaroop Khan and composed
by Ajay−Atul with lyrics penned by Swanand Kirkire.[90] The Released 5 November 2014
second single, "Love Is a Waste of Time", which pictured Aamir Recorded 2014
Khan and Anushka Sharma, was released on 31 October 2014 on Genre Feature film
YouTube.[91] The song is sung by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal, soundtrack
composed by Shantanu Moitra with the lyrics of Amitabh Varma.[92] Length 30:17
"Chaar Kadam" was released on 2 November 2014 on the T-Series
YouTube.[93] The song is sung by Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal, Language Hindi
composed by Shantanu Moitra with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. The Label T-Series
full soundtrack was released on 5 November 2014.
Shantanu Moitra chronology
Mardaani PK Wazir
Track listing (2014) (2014) (2016)
PK (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[94]
Ajay−Atul chronology
No. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length
1. "Tharki Swanand Ajay−Atul Swaroop 4:55 Lai Bhaari PK Brothers
Chokro" Kirkire Khan (2014) (2014) (2015)
2. "Love Is a Amitabh Shantanu Sonu 4:30 Ankit Tiwari chronology
Waste of Varma Moitra Nigam,
Time" Shreya Singham PK Alone
Ghoshal Returns (2014) (2015)
3. "Nanga Swanand Shantanu Shreya 4:46 (2014)
Punga Dost" Kirkire Moitra Ghoshal Singles from PK
4. "Chaar Swanand Shantanu Shaan, 4:20
Kadam" Kirkire Moitra Shreya 1. "Tharki Chokro"
Ghoshal
Released: 24 October 2014[87]
5. "Bhagwan Swanand Shantanu Sonu 5:12
Hai Kahan Kirkire Moitra Nigam 2. "Love Is a Waste of Time"
Re Tu" Released: 31 October 2014[88]
6. "Dil Manoj Ankit Ankit Tiwari 5:31 3. "Nanga Punga Dost"
Darbadar" Muntashir Tiwari Released: 1 November 2014
7. "PK Dance Shantanu Instrumental 2:23
Theme" Moitra 4. "Chaar Kadam"
Total length: 30:17 Released: 2 November 2014

Reception
Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India gave the movie 4 stars out of 5.[95] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave
3.5 stars quoting "It's a courageous film that sticks to Hirani's well-oiled formula".[96] NDTV gave 5 stars
calling it "PK is a winner all the way, a film that Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy and Guru Dutt would have been
proud of had they been alive. Rajkumar Hirani is without a doubt their most worthy standard-bearer."[97]
Bollywood Hungama described it as "a solid entertainer that will surely entertain the masses and classes alike"
and gave 4.5 out of 5 stars.[98] Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave PK 4 out of 5 stars and called it "a triumph" and
argued that Aamir "soars high".[99] However, Sukanya Verma of the same publication called the film "a mixed
bag of spunk and sentimentality", while still giving it 3.5 out of 5 stars.[100] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times
gave 4 out of 5 stars and said "Aamir Khan steals the show with his performance".[101] Rohit Khilnani of
India Today gave 4.5 stars, and said "Go watch the film & watch it ASAP!"[102] Edmund Lee of South China
Morning Post gave PK 3.5 stars.[81] In Japan, Yuri Wakabayashi of Eiga gave the film a positive review in
2016.[103]

Box office
PK oppression to have its box office figures tracked by Rentrak[104] a United States-based company that
specializes in audience measurements. PK has become the first Bollywood film to earn ₹1 billion
(US$14 million) net from online bookings.[105] PK grossed ₹175 crore (US$28 million) worldwide in its first
week.[106][8] It became the highest-grossing Indian film, in both domestic as well as international
markets.[107][108] The film's final worldwide gross was ₹832 crore[7] (US$136.33 million). It was the 71st
highest-grossing film of 2014.[109] PK was the first Indian film to gross more than ₹7 billion[110][111][112] and
US$100 million worldwide.[113][107][114][115]

Domestic PK worldwide collections breakdown

Territories Collections breakdown
PK earned ₹260 million (US$3.6 million) net on its opening
₹4.89 billion
day.[133] It showed growth on its second day, earning India
(US$80.2 million)
around ₹290 million (US$4.1 million) net. [134] On its third
day, the film brought in ₹370 million (US$5.2 million) net, Domestic gross ₹4.89 billion[116][7]
(US$80.2 million)[8]
bringing its weekend take to ₹925 million (US$13 million)
net.[135] Domestic net ₹3.377 billion[117]

PK had the highest collections for a Hindi film on its first Distributor share ₹1.65 billion[118]
Monday, earning around ₹210 million (US$2.9 million) Entertainment
₹1.13 billion[119][120][121]
net.[136] Over the next two days it grossed ₹190 million tax
(US$2.7 million) and ₹200 million (US$2.8 million) net US$53.4 million[9]
Overseas
respectively, taking its total to ₹1.53 billion (₹3.65 billion)[10]
(US$21 million).[137] On Christmas Day the film earned
¥119 million[122] —
approximately ₹275 million (US$3.9 million) net, taking its
China US$20 million[123]
first week total to ₹1.80 billion (US$25 million) (₹1.3 billion)[124]
net.[138][139]
United States US$11 million[125]
On its second Friday, PK brought in around ₹140 million and Canada (₹706 million)[124]
(US$2.0 million) net.[140] The film kept growing in its US$5.88 million[126]
second weekend, earning ₹170 million (US$2.4 million) on South Korea (₹377 million)[124]
Saturday and ₹220 million (US$3.1 million) on Sunday,
US$5 million[125]
taking the weekend total to ₹533 million (US$7.5 million) Arab states of
the Persian Gulf (₹321 million)[124]
net.[141] It earned ₹92.5 million (US$1.3 million) on its
second Monday, ₹90 million (US$1.3 million) on Tuesday United Kingdom £2.4 million[125]
and ₹97.5 million (US$1.4 million) on Wednesday. With (US$4 million)[127]
this, the film took its total to around ₹2.63 billion A$2.11 million[125]
(US$37 million) net and became the highest-grossing film in Australia
(US$1.713 million)[128]
India in just 13 days.[142][143] The film set a record second
HK$6.7325 million[129]
week figure of ₹945 million (US$13 million), taking its total Hong Kong
[121] (US$870,000)[130][126]
to ₹2.76 billion (US$39 million) net. PK made an all-
time record in the Mumbai circuit by grossing there more New Zealand NZ$568,336[131]
than ₹1 billion (US$14 million) net.[144] (US$443,482)[128]

US$289,000[126]
The film netted around ₹275 million (US$3.9 million) in its Taiwan
(₹19 million)[124]
third weekend, reaching ₹3.05 billion (US$43 million) net in
seventeen days.[145] PK went on to net ₹3.19 billion ₹8.54 billion[11]
Worldwide
(US$140 million)[132]
(US$45 million) in India and grossed ₹1.53 billion
(US$21 million) overseas for a worldwide gross of
₹5.77 billion (US$81 million) in three weeks.[146][120] The film earned a final domestic gross of ₹4.89 billion
(US$69 million),[116] including a domestic net of ₹3.408 billion (US$48 million).[147]
International

The film opened in 22 international markets during its opening weekend (19–21 December) and grossed
$28.7 million, placing it at No. 3 at the worldwide box office behind The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five
Armies and Gone with the Bullets.[148] In North America, it set an opening weekend record for an Indian film
collecting $3.75 million and placing at No. 10 at the box office.[148] PK is the first Indian film to gross
US$10 million in North America (US and Canada). The international gross was US$46.52 million
(₹2.94 billion)[119][107][149][149]—at the time, the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in international
markets.[150][151][152][153] In Pakistan, PK grossed ₨18 crore (US$1.1 million) as of 10 January
2015.[154][155]

East Asia

PK had a second phase of overseas release in East Asia, most prominently in China.[156][157] It became an
instant hit, grossing US$5.14–5.3 million in first three days of release due to good word-of-mouth—a record
for an Indian film (previously held by Dhoom 3), debuting at second place at the Chinese box office behind
Avengers: Age of Ultron.[158][159] PK became the highest-grossing Indian film in China in just 72
hours[159][160] and grossed US$19.5 million(Rs 1.22 billion) in China.[156][161][162][163][164] It became the
first Indian film to pass the 100 million yuan ($16.11 million) threshold, which is considered rare for a non-
Hollywood foreign film.[165]

The film grossed ¥119 million[122] (US$20 million)[123] in China. In addition, it grossed US$5.88 million in
South Korea, US$870,000 in Hong Kong, and US$289,000 in Taiwan.[126] PK was also a hit in Japan when
it was released there in 2016, particularly in Tokyo; in Shinjuku, for example, it was the year's second highest-
earning film at Cinema Qualite.[166]

Records
Box office records set by PK
Box office record Record details Previous record holder Ref.
Dhoom 3 (2013, 4,500 [167]
Number of screens (Domestic) 5,200 screens
screens)

Lifetime gross (India) ₹4.89 billion Dhoom 3 (2013, ₹3.72 billion) [7][116]

Lifetime net (India) ₹3.408 billion Dhoom 3 (2013, ₹2.61 billion) [147][168][169][170][171]

Dhoom 3 (2013, [7][119][107][172]

Overseas gross ₹3.43 billion
US$31 million)

Worldwide gross ₹8.32 billion Dhoom 3 (2013, ₹5.4 billion) [7][162][119][173][171]

Highest gross (North America) US$11 million Dhoom 3 (2013, $8,031,955) [125][173][174]

Highest gross (Australia) A$2.11 million Dhoom 3 (2013, A$1,752,845) [125][175]

Highest gross (New Zealand) NZ$568,336 Dhoom 3 (2013, NZ$530,911 ) [131]

¥119 million Dhoom 3 (2013, [122][123][159][163][164][176]

Highest gross (China)
(US$20 million) US$3.17 million)
US$20 million
Highest gross in a single (China) Dhoom 3 (2013, $8,031,955, [123][164][176][125]
territory outside India US$11 million (North North America)
America)
Awards and nominations
Awards Category Recipients and Nominees Results
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar
Best Film Won
Hirani
Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards
Best Actress Anushka Sharma
Nominated
Best Actor Aamir Khan
Best Director Rajkumar Hirani
Won
Best Dialogue Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Best Actor Aamir Khan
Nominated
Best Actress Anushka Sharma
Best Actor Aamir Khan
Best Movie PK
Best Marketed Won
PK
Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Movie Movie
Awards Best Director Rajkumar Hirani
Best Comedian Boman Irani
Best Supporting Nominated
Sanjay Dutt
Actor
Highest Grossing
ETC Bollywood Business Awards PK Won
Film
Best Screenplay
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani Won
Best Dialogue
Best Director Rajkumar Hirani
Best Actor Aamir Khan

Filmfare Awards Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod

Best Film
Chopra
Nominated
Best Story Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
Best Editing Rajkumar Hirani
Best Costume
Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma
Design
GQ Awards Director of the Year Rajkumar Hirani Won
Best Actor Aamir Khan
Best Director Rajkumar Hirani Nominated
Best Film PK
Screen Awards
Best Dialogue Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
Best Costume Won[177]
Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma
Design

Controversies
When the shoot was going on in Chandni Chowk area of Delhi, an FIR was lodged against the makers of the
film for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in October 2013.[178] The objection was regarding a scene
where a man dressed as the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva, pulls the rickshaw with two burqa clad women as
passengers.[179]

In July 2014, the film's poster sparked a controversy as it featured Aamir Khan posing almost nude with only a
radio cassette recorder covering his genitals.[40][180] Although the Central Board of Film Certification had
cleared the film, a PIL was filed in the court by the All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front to ban its
release saying it promoted nudity and vulgarity. The Supreme Court of India dismissed the plea and gave the
film a green signal.[181] A case was lodged against Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani in Rajasthan.[182]

Activists of pro-Hindu organizations Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal protested against certain scenes
in the film, which they considered to be hurtful to the religious sentiments of the Hindu community.
Subsequently, some theatres were vandalised by those activists,[183][184][185] who demanded a ban on the
movie[186] and a Public Interest Litigation was filed against PK for the same.[187][188] Amish Tripathi of
Hindustan Times and Madhu Kishwar of Firstpost took issue with the film for mocking idolatry, which they
believed in part was intended as criticism of Hinduism, along with other faiths.[189][190] Government officials,
such as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the then chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi
exempted the film from entertainment tax to encourage wider viewership.[191]

See also
List of highest-grossing Indian films—other high-grossing films
List of films featuring extraterrestrials

Explanatory notes
a. PK budget: ₹85 crore[6] (US$12 million)
b. PK worldwide gross: ₹2.5 crore
Domestic: ₹489 crore[7] (US$80.2 million)[8]
Overseas: US$53.4 million[9] (₹365 crore)[10]
c. Genre: Satirical comedy-drama[12][13][14][15]

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External links
PK (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2338151/) on IMDb
PK (https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/558557) at Bollywood Hungama
PK (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pk.htm) at Box Office Mojo
PK (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pk) at Rotten Tomatoes
Official trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ZEDGPCkT8) on YouTube

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