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[krish44]

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A new film P K with Aamir khan playing an Alien transacting with Godmen of various religions has been released.

An interesting movie poking fun of Godmen taking bhakthas for a ride and an Alien taking him on

He is forced to take on the Godman as he takes away his remote for communication with his alien world and installs

it as a pendant for worship by his followers.

A very entertaining rib ticking comedy movie regarding the ways of godmen and gullibility of common folk who get

taken for a ride by them

A very enjoyable film -only alien talks in bhojpuri which our folks may not find very comfortable. The alien is able to

become proficient only in that tongue as a girl of ill repute he is dumped with knows only that language and by

holding her hands for whole night, he is able to transfer her knowledge of that language into his brain cells .

A very humourous movie holding attention of all and wholesome entertainment.

an off beat movie -likely to be lapped up by young and old .

Anushka sharma plays a TV journalist who smells a story for TV and keeps tracking the Alien and gets him on TV to

take on the Godman and expose the Godman.

A bit weird but makes one reflect about Godmen and religion

 

[krish44]

there is a good review by rohit vats of HT of dec21 ,2014.

likely to become a super hit with its timely content of conflict between religions, pitting of fundamentalists of different religions,relevance of gandhiji in modern india.

a must see for believers and non believers in godmen .

 

[vgane]

Aamir Khan & Raj Kumar Hirani have belittled our Gods and Hindus in this movie so says the complaint filed in a Delhi Police station..Any comments as I have not watched this movie?

 

[krish44]

it is not only hindu faith alone but others following other faiths might not also appreciate unless they have a sense of

humour.

we should know to laugh at ourselves.

it is only a spoof and no reason for anyone to take it seriously

 

[JR]

we should know to laugh at ourselves.

it is only a spoof and no reason for anyone to take it seriously

Funny?

'You must boycott PK movie, if you are a Hindu' - Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

 

[krish44]

the pictures are taken out of context and gives an erroneous picture.

in the film, the Alien meets the character playing the shiva part in the toilet before a stage performance and locks him in.

the character escapes from the alien and runs for his life with the alien chasing him

it is supposed to be humour and not to be taken seriously

 

[renuka]

I have never really been a fan of Amir Khan.....so I dont think I will watch this movie.

 

[krish44]

I have never really been a fan of Amir Khan.....so I dont think I will watch this movie.

I am not a great fan either . his last few films, three idiots, lagaan were good and well made.this film is worth a watch due to novelty of the theme

 

[renuka]

I am not a great fan either . his last few films, three idiots, lagaan were good and well made.this film is worth a watch due to novelty of the theme

Never saw 3 idiots or lagaan...


I somehow like movies where I can relax and just stare at the actor and actress and enjoy songs without thinking too hard.

I hardly watch award winning movies and totally avoid actors that win critics award too.

Even western movies I do not like Meryl Streep movies...no way man...she is too serious.

 

[vgane]

There is a crowd out to watch such movies which criticize Hindus and Hinduism..Why can't they make such movies targeting Christianity or Islam

 

[renuka]

There is a crowd out to watch such movies which criticize Hindus and Hinduism..Why can't they make such movies targeting Christianity or Islam

But many Tamil/Telugu movies have been made making fun of Yama Dharmaraj but no one protested back.

I guess no one cares for Yama!LOL

 

[krish44]

there are some scenes lampooning christian and muslim practices, robes, worship , in fact it is not religion specific as such.

there is over sensitivity only. it is clearly mentioned that it is only a comedy and not to criticize any religion and it is more a

commentary on godmen who consider themselves as sole representatives of God and take the gullible for a ride.

 

[CHANDRU1849]

There is a crowd out to watch such movies which criticize Hindus and Hinduism..Why can't they make such movies targeting Christianity or Islam

We used to criticize if it involves a Muslim.

In the Tamil film 'KASADHAN KADAVULADA' (released during mid 1970s), the late drunkard Vali wrote a third rated song making fun of Lord Shiva. All Smarthas had kept quite.

Pseudo atheist Kamal Hasan also made a fun of Lord Shiva in a Tamil Movie. Did you make any protest? Did you attempt any fast?

 

[V.Balasubramani]

There is a crowd out to watch such movies which criticize Hindus and Hinduism..Why can't they make such movies targeting Christianity or Islam

Sir,

They won’t, bcos the know the consequence of such venture viz. threat, protest, demonstration,agitations, etc etc

But we Hindus, don't even record our protest by holding placards in an ahimsa way.

 

[sarang]

All problems will be solved if 'reservation criteria' is applied in films too, and all religious icons get equal/proportional fair/unfair exposure!

there are some scenes lampooning christian and muslim practices, robes, worship , in fact it is not religion specific as such.

there is over sensitivity only. it is clearly mentioned that it is only a comedy and not to criticize any religion and it is more a

commentary on godmen who consider themselves as sole representatives of God and take the gullible for a ride.

 

[prasad1]

I am not a movie fan, but I am for healthy free speech.

I do not know about other religions or cultures so I write only about Hinduism.
If Mr. Hirani is writing about Hinduism I can understand it.

But how effective are these Twitter wars in India?
PK’s opening box office for the first three days may have missed the Rs100 crore mark, but it still grossed a very healthy and respectable amount of Rs95.21 crore. Haider, was never expected to be a huge hit, but reports indicate that the film closed its theatrical business at slightly under Rs90 crore worldwide.
So it might be safe to say that the thousands of tweets that asked people to boycott these films really did not have much of an impact. As a PeerReach report showed last year, India still has very low Twitter usage and penetration—relative to the total Internet users.
There was a time—in the pre-Internet era, when Hindutva forces were a lot more active in getting films boycotted. And sometimes Canadian-Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s films experienced the brunt of their anger.


I like what Krishji wrote:

commentary on godmen who consider themselves as sole representatives of God and take the gullible for a ride.

Criticizing a man dressed as Shiva is not criticizing Shiva, are we that naive that we do not understand the difference?

 

[கால பைரவன்]

Sir,

They won’t, bcos the know the consequence of such venture viz. threat, protest, demonstration,agitations, etc etc

But in Hinduism, we don't even record our protest by holding placards in an ahimsa way.

Vbji, what you have stated may be true before. Now there are plenty of Hindu outfits who too can indulge in protests, demonstrations, agitations etc. I think the proliferation of hindu outfits is directly related to the attitude of various secularist govts towards minority outfits who used to indulge in far more damaging acts than a simple request for boycotting.

My opinion is that the Hindu outfits are well within their rights to call for a boycott. we don't need to request a ban or anything.

 

[prasad1]

Godman is an Indian colloquial term used for a type of charismatic guru in India. They usually have a high-profile presence, and are capable of attracting attention and support from large sections of the society. Godmen also sometimes claim to possess paranormal powers, such as ability to heal, ability to see or influence future events, and ability to read minds.

The origin of godmen and their popularity today can be traced back to guru-shishya tradition of Hinduism. Godmen are revered as special human beings and often worshipped by their followers. Some godmen come from established schools of spirituality, but often they don't belong to any religious order. In Hinduism there is no centrally established religious authority, so people tend to follow such charismatic personalities. These gurus tend to live in their own ashrams. Many of these godmen acknowledge having had a guru themselves, and as per the guru-shishya tradition, speak of their great debt to their own guru whom they claim responsible for their own spiritual qualities through the process of shaktipat. In recent years, many godmen have gained followers outside of India, which has increased their fame and wealth.
The Indian Rationalist Association denounces the purportedly supernatural feats of godmen as “well-packaged gimmickry.” This group performs demonstrations of magic tricks which replicate the effects achieved by godmen, such as walking on coals, producing sacred ash from thin air, exploding stones with "mental power," levitating, or turning water into blood. However, the Indian Rationalist Association faces a difficult task to shake the faith of Hindu devotees in their godmen.

By exposing out these charlatans to our fellow humans one is doing social service. It is not against any religion, and if a religion permits it then there should be a change.

 

[krish44]

prasadji

where have you been ?

your rational voice has not been heard for sometime.


how many in india can continue their liking and worship of godmen and still follow them inspite of

their bad moral conduct and criminal activities amazes me. many of them belong to educated and

well off families. only the godman is english speaking but his actions are not worthy of respect.

in most cases women are causes of their downfall from exalted positions.some indulge in murder

,kidnapping and raping their disciples. yet many get away scot free

 

[V.Balasubramani]

I would like to share the news item appeared in 'The Hindu' Tamil.

இந்து மதக் கோட்பாடுகள் சாடப்படுகிறதா?- பி.கே.-வுக்குப் பெருகும் எதிர்ப்பும் ஆதரவும்

அமிர்தசரஸில் சிவ சேனா நடத்திய போராட்டத்தில், அந்தக் கட்சியை சேர்ந்த உறுப்பினர் 'பிகே' பட போஸ்டரை எட்டி உதைக்கிறார். | படம்: ஏ.எப்.பி.

ஆமீர்கான் நடித்து வெளிவந்துள்ள 'பிகே' திரைப்படம், இந்து மதத்தை அவமதிப்பதாகவும் இழிவுப்படுத்துவதாகவும் உள்ளது என அந்தப் படத்துக்கு எதிராக இந்து மத அமைப்புகள் சில போர்க்கொடி தூக்கியுள்ளன.

அதேநேரத்தில் இந்தப் படத்தில் நியாயமான கேள்விகள்தான் எழுப்பப்பட்டிருகிறது என்று இன்னோர் தரப்பினரின் கருத்துக்கள் தெளிவுப்படுத்த முயல்கிறது.

திரைப்படங்களுக்கு எதிராக பல தரப்பட்ட அமைப்புகளின் எதிர்ப்பு நடவடிக்கைகள் அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டே வருகிறது. அந்த வகையில் ஆமீர்கான் நடித்து வெளிவந்துள்ள 'பிகே' படத்துக்கு இந்து மத அமைப்புகள் தங்களது எதிர்ப்பைப் பதிவு செய்து, இந்த படத்துக்கு தடை விதிக்கக் கோரி புகார் அளித்துள்ளனர்.

'பிகே' படத்தில் மதத்தின் அடிப்படையில் பின்பற்றபடும் சில சம்பிரதாயங்கள், நம்பிக்கைகள் குறித்து பல கேள்விகள் நேரடியாக எழுப்பட்டிருப்பதே இவர்களின் தற்போதைய எதிர்ப்புக்கான காரணமாக இருக்கிறது.

ஆமீர்கான், அனுஷ்கா ஷர்மா நடிப்பில் வெளிவந்துள்ள இந்த படம் பாக்ஸ் ஆஃபிஸின் ஹிட்டாகி இருந்தாலும், இந்தப் படத்தில் லவ் ஜிகாத் திணிக்கப்படுவதாகவும், இந்து மதத்தின் நம்பிக்கைகள் அனைத்தும் எள்ளி நகையாடப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் வட மாநில இந்து மத அமைப்புகள் போர்க்கொடி உயர்த்தியுள்ளன.

படத்தின் இயக்குனர் ராஜ்குமார் ஹிரானி. இவரது படங்களுக்கு எதிர்ப்பு கிளம்புவது இது ஒன்றும் முதல்முறை அல்ல. முன்னதாக இவரது 'முன்னா பாய் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்.', 'த்ரீ இடியட்ஸ்' போன்ற படங்கள் எதிர்ப்புகளை சந்தித்திடாமல் இல்லை.

Read more at : http://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/bollywood/இந்து-மதக்-கோட்பாடுகள்-சாடப்படுகிறதா-பிகேவுக்குப்-பெருகும்-எதிர்ப்பும்-ஆதரவும்/article6719537.ece?homepage=true

 

[krish44]

as a nation , we lack a sense of humour.

there are many in india who go to court and file PIL on various issues wasting the time of court.

they have no work to do after retirement and they keep filing cases in court on some subject or other

I have a very senior relative in seventies who has a degree in law and company secretary

qualifications. he keeps sending legal notices to various agencies - suppliers of products, services, public agencies like electricity,water, land and housing societies, govt ministries[rti etc].

he keeps marking many letters to cabinet ministers, PM and chiefs of statutory bodies.

he is an extremely busy man.

he advises peope how to pull up anybody for any defifiency.very useful work .lol

 

[V.Balasubramani]

As a nation, we also lack discipline.

Can’t one produce a film with a sense of humour without affecting the sentiments of other religions.

The sad part is, there are few to defend such acts under the pretext of sense of humour, freedom of speech, radical thinking, etc

I have a senior friend who is also retired but will be always found busy passing negative comments on everything and anything to whoever contacts him over phone or call on him personally.

He is in the habit of seeing movies and serials and will compare the same with real life.

One can see him most of time with the TV remote which is nothing but his ‘Mandhirakol’.

Used to pass comments on others who are trying to set right matters which deserve serious attention of higher ups by sending Petitions, filing cases, issuing notices etc and term it as waste of time and finally realised the need for fighting spirit for good cause when he was cheated by a real estate firm and some one built a hut on his own vacant plot.

Some change their attitude only after personal bitter experience. lol.

 

[prasad1]

Irrespective of whether you have or haven't yet watched Aamir Khan's PK, chances are that you may have already got a taste of the raucous emotions the film has generated since its release on December 19. We don't know which side of the #BoycottPK divide you've chosen, but a closer look at the issue will make you realise it is a non-starter right from the word go.


First things first: Why all this intolerance? A few months ago, it was Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider at the receiving end, braving a similar onslaught for being anti-Indian, and anti-Hindu. Banning a movie or running boycott campaigns amounts to suppressing freedom of expression.


So why exactly is there an online campaign to boycott PK? What are the #BoycottPK campaigners saying to justify themselves?


Their claim is that the movie attacks Hinduism and its practices. But Rajkumar Hirani's main point is that all entities that claim to be mediators between God and humans are scandalous. PK doesn't just attack the practices of Hinduism. Aamir Khan's character in the movie hasn't spared fatwas against girls' education, or conversions by Christian missionaries, either.


Think about it. PK is not the first time the existence of middle-men in religion is questioned. In fact, Umesh Shukla's Akshay Kumar-Paresh Rawal-starrer OMG! raised the same questions in a far more serious manner.


Some #BoycottPK supporters on Twitter even claim that the film promotes 'Love Jihad'! How? Because Anushka's character falls in love with Sushant who plays a Pakistani boy. Now, this is as ridiculous a claim as it can get.


PK may not be a great movie, but it is a good, entertaining one. It talks about an issue that has been holding us to ransom for ages now, and is only turning worse with all the so-called godmen trying to cash in on our misplaced priorities. It questions practices that we would be better off without. And it is not just Hindu practices that it questions.


You might not want to watch the movie because it is a tad too long, because it has too many Bollywood clichés, or even because it is just not smart enough by Hirani-standards. But it is definitely insane to say that it is against religion, or Hinduism. Go watch it and choose your camp wisely.
Why #BoycottPK makes no sense at all - Hindustan Times

 

[auh]

Disclaimer : I have not seen the movie but heard reviews, and about it, from friends. In detail.

Story is probably adapted from k-pax. And the take on hindu superstitions is a food for thought. Only one grouse. The actor being a non-hindu, attempts should have been made to ridicule the superstitions (starts right from the book), herd mentality and extremely provocative and violent tendencies of his own. But the elements who made the movie - actor, producer, writer and director - are sensible beings who probably made a practical decision that their head would serve a better purpose when attached to their trunk and hence refrained from making fun of the non-hindu desert religion.

The feedback from friends, who saw the move, is that only once is the non hindu desert religion evoked. En passant. Now, this seems to be hypocrisy and the movie seems to be loaded the moment one does a comparative reflection. But, of course, those who are not inclined to think so are free to hold their opinion.

 

[கால பைரவன்]

Some people need a primer on what constitutes "freedom of speech". People have as much right to run a twitter campaign "boycottpk" against the movie as the movie producers who attempted this movie. It is a very peaceful means of registering one's opinion in protest. How come we did not see such editorials when the davinci code was banned?