About the Movie

The movie is about an Alien who is stranded on this planet; as it happens, his remote
to contact his ship to come collect him is stolen on his landing. The rest of the movie is
about his hunt for the remote and his adventures as he goes about it. It is a hard-hitting
expose on human nature and modern life, or what we call civilization. And, as we shall
see, the movie ends with a punch to the gut, which leaves you almost feeling ashamed
of being a human being on Earth. The movie gives you pride in being a Hindu, or to be
accurate, a Sanaatan Dharmi; but it makes you feel ashamed to be Hindu Being living
on this planet, all in just one shocking dialogue, that takes your breath away and leaves
you retching in sheer disgust at humanity.
The Alien, who has been given no name, is from an advanced race that does not speak,
but communicates with telepathy. Thus, they are unable to lie, or practice chicanery in
any form. This poor fellow is loose in a land full of lies and uncaring people. When
people, unable to understand, tell him ask God he begins to question, who is this
God? He gets directed to a Temple, as this is the most populous in India. He asks God
to return his remote to him and sits in the temple, waiting for God to give it back to him
since that is what he sees people do: ask God, do this and do that for me!
He then sees people doing all sorts of penance Flowers, Milk, Chaader on a Muslim
Peer Tomb, Churches and he does all of this. He sees people donate money to the
Temple, and blindly follows this. And then, when obviously no result is obtained, doesnt
get angry unlike us. He just assumes that God is missing from these places of
Worship, and distributes placards and posters with images of all Gods of all religions,
asking Missing, if anyone finds God, please contact me!

Towards the end, the antagonist or Godman Tapaswi Baba, followed by thousands of
people including Jaggus father, who claims being able to speak to God, is exposed as
having lied about PKs remote control device as his own. He had also predicted that
Jaggu will be jilted by her Muslim lover from Pakistan, Sarfaraz, which also proves to be
a misunderstanding. It happens during a live show, where the truth of Baba and others
like him surfaces as an eye opener for people like Jaggus father.
The most remarkable thing he learned from us in this planet is how to lie.

Reaction/Reflection

Religion is only one of the two or three themes of the movie; to be sure, it is
predominant theme but it is one theme among two or three but it is one theme
among two or three nonetheless. And the picture is not about Hinduism, it is about
Religion, blind faith, loot, lies and chicanery. It just so happens that first, Hindu people
are the majority in their nation. Other religions have also been covered.
Second, can anyone imagine the reaction if such hard questions were asked of Islam?
Or, to an admittedly much lesser extent, Christianity? Is it feasible to ask such hard
questions of Islam? Thus, isnt it a matter of tremendous pride for them Sanaatan
Dharmis that they are followers of an open faith, where such questions can be asked?
The movie then acquires a compelling and rapid narrative, as PK gets mixed up in
politicized religion, and gets pitted against a powerful so-called God-man. Also mixed in
is a lovely India-Pakistan love story that will tug the strings of your heart. And the best
part of this is that all these 3 narratives combine into one story effortless and naturally.

The movie does not question the need for religion; neither does it question the
existence of God. It does not mock any religion; rather it mocks the practices and blind
faith that goes into the same. It does not question the core tenets of any faith, let alone
Sanaatan Dharm. It actually preaches that Man does need to pray to God, and that God
does help. The movie is not an attack on any religion; it is an attack on Mankind as it
exists today. It teaches us to believe, to have faith in God and that God helps those who
help themselves. Isnt that what Sanaatan Dharm says precisely? It teaches us the
value of true love, of self-confidence, and of true faith; it teaches us to have faith in God.

Analysis
PK gets first introduced to the concept of God through a common proverb use in India,
uttered by a policeman who refuses to help him find his remote control by saying that
policemen are humans not gods. This strikes PK, who feels only God can lead him to
his lockettype remote control device so he could return to his planet. This is when PK
says that people on earth might have actually found out who had created them and he
sees followers of multiple faiths and their corresponding places of worship.
In a scene where PK is shown in a temple (Mudrika temple), he tries to steal money
from a Charity-box (which is kept in almost every religious place in India). In order to get
away from being beaten up, he quickly pastes stickers of Hindu Gods on his face, so
people would not slap him and tells Jaggu, it is similar to why people draw pictures of
gods on their walls from outside so people would not urinate there. This identifies a
socio-religious practice of India, where civic sense is low and religious sentiments flow
high, and this social reality gets established in the next scene. After Jaggu inquires, he

says that he is trying to get a refund for the money that has been offering to various
Gods so far for returning his remote control. He calls this a deposit for processing his
request. As earlier he was told God will help him, he started believing in God and doing
everything to please him from buying idols, to visiting temples, to offering charity.
Another is the way people dress is one of the representation of a religion. This is true
even here in the Philippines. Mormon men wear white polo shirt with neck tie for the
upper and slacks for the lower and modest dresses for women. This became the mark
for Mormons.

Reflection/Analysis Paper
on the movie PK

Submitted by:

METH V. TANQUIS

Submitted to:

MRS. NAOMIE B. DAGUINOTAS