PK (film)

PK
Khan, as the title character PK, stands nude on railroad tracks, looking into the camera while obscuring his genitals with a cassette tape player.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajkumar Hirani
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byAnushka Sharma
CinematographyC. K. Muraleedharan
Edited byRajkumar Hirani
Music bySongs:
Guest Composers:
Background Score:
  • Sanjay Wandrekar
  • Atul Raninga
Production
companies
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
Running time
152 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹122 crore[3]
Box office₹769.89 crore[4]

PK (translation: Drunk[5]) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language science fiction comedy-drama film edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the production banners of Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films, respectively. A religious satire, the film stars an ensemble cast of Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt.

After the success of 3 Idiots (2009), Hirani and Joshi began scripting their next project; finding similarities with the plot of Inception (2010), they scrapped the film. It was later rewritten with a different angle and tone. During production, the film was initially titled Talli and later Ek Tha Talli before being changed to PK as the latter title was found to be too similar to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The film's soundtrack was composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay–Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV Motion Pictures acquired the distribution rights of the film. PK was the first Bollywood film to be shot in Belgium.[6]

PK was released on 19 December 2014. Upon release, it received positive reviews, with praise directed towards Khan's performance and the film's humour. The film received 8 nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor for Khan, Best Film, and Best Director for Hirani, winning two. Additionally, it won five Producers Guild Film Awards, and two Screen Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Produced on a budget of ₹1.22 billion, PK was the first Indian film to gross more than ₹7 billion and US$100 million worldwide. At the time of its release, it emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. The film's final worldwide gross was ₹769.89 crore (US$118.92 million).[4] It currently stands as the tenth highest grossing Indian film worldwide and seventh highest-grossing Hindi film of all-time.

  1. ^ "Rajkumar Hirani turns producer for Aamir Khan's 'Peekay'". Hindustan Times. 11 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Aamir Khan's PK cleared with UA certificate; makers won't host any special screenings". Bollywood Hungama. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "PK - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
  4. ^ a b "PK Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 19 December 2014.
  5. ^ "PK's Plot Summary". The Times of India. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  6. ^ "'Peekay (PK)', the first Hindi film to be shot in Bruges, Belgium". Indian Television Dot Com. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2021.