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many movie makers would like nothing more than a controversy about the movie. it increases the box office collection if it is not banned

these days money on movies is recovered in four or five days of release.

for it to run further , nothing like a controversy and consequent publicity.

I do not know if this film also belongs to that category.

films like hyder and OMG also generated heat.

but both were honest films

very likeable and entertaining and different

there is over sensitivity if religion comes in . banning of davinci was equally stupid

it is foolish to ban a film if one does not agree with its content

if no publicity is given and controversy generated, these films would have folded up after couple of weeks of run

now more people would see it

hyder and omg were flops though a discerning few liked it

they had no box office attractions

even this movie PK is running due to its star value and director and it is a comedy

the same director had made 'munnabhai MBBS' lampooning doctors and it was a super hit



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[V.Balasubramani]

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?

Sir,

Probably they would have gone on vacation.lol

 

[Naina_Marbus]

Sir,
Probably they would have gone on vacation.lol

There is another description - selective amnesia.

 

[Naina_Marbus]

This is what Taslima Nasreen had to say:

 

[sarang]

Boycott is a sane and sensible demand as compared to ban. Secular friends in the forum and elsewhere insist that ban demand from abrahmics is fine, but boycott demand from hindus is abominable, intolerable and condemnable.

Like rahul telling american ambassador, hindu terror is more dangerous than LeT, and now congress wants its cadres to find out whether the party is anti-hindu.

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?

 

[indianassault]

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

Why doesn't X or PBUH don't appear in movies? Why always Shiva is seen running around.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

In an earlier case, while granting interim injunction prohibiting the release of a film, the Madras High Court has rightly observed that it is unable to understand how the censor board can violate guidelines by giving certificates for exhibition of films with contents mocking other community.

The Judge also observed that with passage of time social values will become a casualty in films.


The Court also suggested that the authorities to amend the Cinematograph Act and Rules to tighten the regulation, considering the effect of modern films on society. Besides, it was also suggested that responsible persons with commitment and vision should be appointed as Members with their political background taken into consideration.


Source: Court bars release of Madisaar Maami - The Hindu

For commercial purpose social values are now thrown to the wind by the film community which is known to exploit a particular religion/community and it is sane to raise objection, unminding the arguments of torch bearers of so called radical thinking group.

 

[prasad1]

 

[prasad1]

 

[prasad1]

If the Hindu right-wing or the All India Muslim Personal Law Board wish to truly uphold their faith, they should rather focus on how PK's message is restricted to liturgy instead of examining the concept of religion. It could easily be argued that what PK stands against is only the misinterpretation of religion, not religion itself. And surely that cannot be the basis for calling for the ban of a movie. Sadly, not many seem to be considering this line of thought.


But here's the catch - by protesting against the film without due knowledge or appreciation of its nuances, the right-wing has in fact validated the message of the movie. The protestors have unwittingly ascribed to the very premise that PK seeks to put forth - that ritualistic faith can lead otherwise sensible human beings to senseless acts of violence.

 

[prasad1]

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav wants Aamir Khan’s PK exempted from entertainment tax in his state while his Maharashtra counterpart, Devendra Fadnavis, ruled out any inquiry into the movie amid the controversy it has triggered for allegedly portraying religious prejudices.


“Those who have not seen the movie should watch it now. I watched it … and felt the movie should be exempted from entertainment tax because of its social message. We have decided to waive the tax,” Yadav said, rebutting the demand by Hindu radical organisations to ban the movie which has grossed more than Rs. 200 crore since hitting screens on December 19. Fuming over the tax waiver, hardliners dubbed the UP chief minister “anti-Hindu”.


In Mumbai, Fadnavis ruled out a probe after his junior home minister told reporters he had ordered an inquiry into the film’s content. “There will be no inquiry. Shows of PK will continue all over Maharashtra and we will provide necessary protection,” the CM said.


Activists of Bajrang Dal, VHP and fringe outfits continued protests outside theatres screening PK while Shiv Sena supporters in Ranchi requested Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das to ban the film in his state.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Wishing a very Happy New Year to all ‘Pk’ Fans

Source: Why PK presses all the wrong buttons

 

[prasad1]

It is a serious philosophical movie with silly scene and unnecessary violence. Amir Khnan's over acting and cheap scene.
The underlying them of all organized religion being phony, is blunted and dumbed down for average movie goer. There was criticism was Hinduism, Islam. Christianity and even sikhism. The criticisms were well founded and presented well. It also exposed the so called Godmen (they are exclusijve) to Hinduism.
I did see a Muslim(Amir) criticizing Hinduism. I saw a rational person questioning our religious practices.

Every one should see it for the message, and not try to see it as an attack on our "irrational" behavior.
Some of the questions posed in this site is lot more critical.

I can understand why Baba Ramdev is so upset, it hits too close to comfort.

Speaking out against "Pandits", "Godmen" etc who commercialize religion and take advantage of poor, illiterate masses does not mean one is speaking out against Hindu religion or insulting it. Even Pope has often spoken out against catholic priests who misuse Christianity for their own selfish purposes.

 

[prasad1]

[video=youtube;JpNhm3_pfnE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpNhm3_pfnE[/video]

 

[L. Ramakrishnan]

It is not the content of the film that concerns me; but the reported financing of the film by ARY and Pakistan based financiers. If you see in the context of this financing background, something stinks.

 

[prasad1]

It is not the content of the film that concerns me; but the reported financing of the film by ARY and Pakistan based financiers. If you see in the context of this financing background, something stinks.

So you know for sure the source of financing on this film.
Was't Don a big financier? Don't you think black money is financing most of the films.

 

[L. Ramakrishnan]

So you know for sure the source of financing on this film.
Was't Don a big financier? Don't you think black money is financing most of the films.

One who keeps his eyes and ears open on the issue will be compelled to come to this conclusion. I have seen photos and read articles on this issue with respect to pK before bringing that to the notice of this forum. It is not just black money .....it appears that drug money, terror money etc., that cater to many films including the one like pK. My concern is the motive for financing is not the same for all the movies, in spite of the origin of the money. We as a country should take actions to safeguard our interests...the problem lies in identifying the motive and origin of financing...that is where lies my concern.

 

[prasad1]

Centuries ago, a Hindu named Vatsyayana wrote a treatise which, if filmed, would never get past the Censor Board today. The erotic imagination of another Hindu named Jayadeva, whose Gita Govinda depicts an intensely physical aspect of Lord Krishna, is something you want to introduce to Alok Sanjar, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bhopal who recently remarked that frequent sex can drastically reduce a person’s lifespan. And yet, here we are again, having to defend Hinduism from those who seem to think that the slightest hint of humour or heresy can bring crashing down a religion that has stood strong for millennia. I refer, of course, to the controversy around the Hindu director Rajkumar Hirani’s movie “PK.” The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) wants it banned, and its members, along with those charming chaps from the Bajrang Dal, have taken to tearing up the film’s posters and halting screenings. The reason? According to VHP spokesman Vinod Bansal, “PK” “keeps making fun of Hinduism.” Members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board have also demanded that the Censor Board remove some scenes in the interest of maintaining “communal harmony.”


For a moment, let’s forget “PK” and turn to a stretch in “3 Idiots,” Mr. Hirani’s earlier blockbuster with Aamir Khan. Anxious about an examination, students of an engineering college resort to prayers. The narrator tells us sarcastically, “Today was Results day… time to make a deal with God.” And indeed, “deals” are made. One student performs an aarti, to the accompaniment of a tinkling bell, in front of a wall filled with pictures of Hindu deities, and mutters, “God, take care of my Electronics paper. I’ll break a coconut.” Another student bows before a cobra, promising a litre of milk a day if ‘Nag Devta’ will help him clear his Physics paper. A third is seen stuffing a handful of grass into a cow’s mouth — he wants ‘Gau Mata’ to help him pass his exams. Another student halts in front of an idol and pledges Rs.100 per month. The narrator stifles a laugh and remarks, “Rs.100 won’t even bribe a traffic cop, let alone the Almighty.”

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Case lodged against PK's director, producer and actor in Rajasthan

Bajaj Nagar: A case has been registered against the director, producer, and actor of the film 'PK' at the Bajaj Nagar police station here, police said today.

A case under section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) of the IPC was lodged last evening against director, producer and actor of the film, SHO Bajaj Nagar Chiranji Lal said today.


The three were not named in the FIR, he said.


The complaint in this connection was lodged by one Basant Gehlot, Lal said, adding that the matter is under investigation.


The Aamir Khan-starrer film has invited sharp reactions and protest from right-wing Hindu outfits who have demanded ban on the screening of the film, alleging that it hurts the religious sentiments


The film, which was released on December 19, takes a swipe at organised religion and godmen.



Source: Case lodged against PK`s director, producer and actor in Rajasthan

 

[sarang]

.pk is web address identifier for Pakistan, as .in is for India.

 

[Janaki Jambunathan]

Case lodged against PK's director, producer and actor in Rajasthan

Bajaj Nagar: A case has been registered against the director, producer, and actor of the film 'PK' at the Bajaj Nagar police station here, police said today.

A case under section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) of the IPC was lodged last evening against director, producer and actor of the film, SHO Bajaj Nagar Chiranji Lal said today.


The three were not named in the FIR, he said.


The complaint in this connection was lodged by one Basant Gehlot, Lal said, adding that the matter is under investigation.


The Aamir Khan-starrer film has invited sharp reactions and protest from right-wing Hindu outfits who have demanded ban on the screening of the film, alleging that it hurts the religious sentiments


The film, which was released on December 19, takes a swipe at organised religion and godmen.



Source: Case lodged against PK`s director, producer and actor in Rajasthan

Remember a movie By NSK which has some some things common with this movie

That Movie was Paithiyakaaran This is PK!!
NSK had again legal problem - just released from Lakshmi Kantham case He was the producer and director and actor in this movie Correct me if this iswrong

Fnially both had social reformist themes!

Paithiyakaran was based on V. Shantaram's Duniya Na Mane, which in turn was based on the Marathi novel, Na Patnari Goshta by written by Narayan Hari Apte. It was a socially themed movie which advocated for widow remarriage and against older men marrying women much younger than them.[SUP][1][/SUP]


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[prasad1]

[h=1]Dont slam ‘PK’ without even seeing it: Agnivesh[/h]

Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh on Friday said Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’ should not be opposed on “flimsy” grounds by people who haven’t even seen the film.


“I think it is high time that a film like ‘PK’ must be welcomed by one and all. It should not be opposed on flimsy grounds by people who haven’t even seen the film,” he told reporters.


Swami Agnivesh also suggested that the film should be made tax-free throughout the country.


“The film is not against anyone’s sentiments, therefore it is high time that this film should be made tax-free throughout the country, in all the States,” he added. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have made it tax-free.


The 75-year-old believes that the film will be the “harbinger of a new socio-cultural renaissance in this country”.

 

[prasad1]

Aamir's PK under attack, 'Achhe din' in danger - amita Bhandare, Hindustan Times

PK traverses already explored territory (OMG! Oh My God has been there, done that): The exploitation of religion. While its chief target is a Hindu 'godman', it is careful to include offenders from other faiths. The fact that it denounces blind faith in a country where religion, regardless of the colour of faith, feeds off poverty and illiteracy is to be applauded.




To say that PK isn't sufficiently critical of Islam or Christianity is to miss the point. The director could have focused on Christian missionaries, but how many of us would have identified with the film then? You could even accuse the director of cowardice and a fear of a fatwa by taking on Islam. Yet these arguments don't take away from the fact that PK is about charlatans who act in the name of religion (with a few well-deserved digs at the media too).


The subject of Right-wing ire is Aamir Khan who plays the lead. This is strange because actors enact roles. But social media is awash with images of Khan at Haj (real life) and question his sincerity as PK (reel life).


It's not a coincidence that the orchestrated attack on PK comes at a time when Right-wing muscle flexing continues. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most ardent supporters have finally had to frown at what they persist in calling the loony 'fringe'. But with Modi - a man not known for silence - refusing to utter a single word of disapproval, we are left to draw our own conclusions: He is either powerless (the kinder view), or else an accomplice in the narrative.


Modi's silence is worrying for three reasons. The first is because it has set off a sense of fear and unease amongst minorities and what the Right-wing rabble dismisses as the 'seculars'. A mock drill by the police in Rajkot stereotypes Muslims as terrorists. Reports of ghar wapsi programmes trickle in every day. And there is no reassurance from our prime minister.


Second, the silence coincides with a cascading noise. What began as love jihad now embraces a view that Nathuram Godse deserves both statues and a temple. What was once fringe is now mainstream with ministers appropriating Christmas as a day of governance rather than the birth of Christ. At one point does the head of the state deem intervention necessary?


Third and most worrying is that Modi's silence places a question over his stand on our Constitutional guarantees. The head of this country is sworn to uphold the Constitution. If our character as a secular republic is to be called into question by his party's affiliates who declare that India will be a 100% Hindu nation in the very near future, then surely the prime minister must make his position clear.


So, the new year begins on a sorry note of fear and loathing. What we have is McCarthy-style labelling, with both sides looking at the other with suspicion. (When I write in praise of Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a colleague asks me which side I am on.)


At colleges, where even unpalatable ideas must be debated, students at IIT Bombay question the choice of Subramanian Swamy as speaker. The liberals cheer when a news anchor chucks out a guest who sings the praises of Godse. Surely, freedom of expression, as long as it doesn't break the law, must equally apply to those we disagree with. But there is no longer room for nuance.


A historic mandate on the promise of 'achhe din' is in danger of being frittered away. The year has not begun on a promising note. I can only hope that there will not be a further downhill slide.
Aamir's PK under attack, 'Achhe din' in danger - Hindustan Times

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Remember a movie By NSK which has some some things common with this movie

That Movie was Paithiyakaaran This is PK!!
NSK had again legal problem - just released from Lakshmi Kantham case He was the producer and director and actor in this movie Correct me if this iswrong

Fnially both had social reformist themes!

Paithiyakaran was based on V. Shantaram's Duniya Na Mane, which in turn was based on the Marathi novel, Na Patnari Goshta by written by Narayan Hari Apte. It was a socially themed movie which advocated for widow remarriage and against older men marrying women much younger than them.[SUP][1][/SUP]
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Mam,

None is against reform. Mocking fake godmen is okay. But hurting the sentiments Hindus by mocking their religion is something very serious.

Way back in August when a poster of the ‘PK’ film was released, a local court has directed the police to register a case against superstar Aamir Khan, filmmakers Raju Hirani, Vidhu Vinod and others for publication of a controversial poster. The complainant termed the poster as ‘obscene and attracts action under IPC sec.292 and 294.

Now, after the release of the Movie, since there are complaints, it is reported that a case under sec.295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) of IPC was lodged against the Director, Producer and Actor of the film.

These radical thinking torch bearers may argue lot, but conveniently forget that why ‘fatwa’ was issued by Ayatullah Khomeini to Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic verses’.

How an innocent caricature by a Danish cartoonist created such a furore and invited ‘fatwa’.

Why there was ban on ‘Da Vinci Code’?

Since Hinduism to a soft target, these people cannot take advantage and produce movies with scenes which are totally uncalled for and thus hurt the sentiments of millions of Hindus.

Now the reel cop has to face the real cop. Let us wait and watch.

 

[sarang]

Like ghar vapasi right move is to shoot a low budget movie with the same dialogue, but characters from minority religions. And then watch the fun!