Aamir Khan has managed to ruffle some feathers yet again. With Rajkumar Hirani's
PK reigning over social networks and saffron-office discussions, there
is one thing for sure. PK, banned or not, will rule the public memory
for a while before passing away like every other controversy-storm that
the country faces once in a while. And as the film sees itself as the
rallying point of the raging controversy now - there's but one thing
that is robbing the sleep off many eyes: to ban or not to ban PK. We
give you five reasons why PK must be banned.
PK the alien. This is no country for aliens. PK is an alien. Aliens don't existPK
the film presents a story from the point of view of PK the alien. And
aliens, as we have by now realised more or less, don't exist. Or maybe
they do, but they don't get in touch with us. Like well-honed brains
have time and again reminded us, the biggest proof that there is
extraterrestrial intelligence out there is that they have never bothered
contacting us earthlings. And why would they. Consider, just for a
fraction of a second, that PK really exists. He lands on the Blue
Planet, and realises the amount of chaos that prevails here. Even after a
film has been watched and criticised and has enjoyed an amazing profit
at the Box Office. PK the alien, ergo, it is safe to assume, a la the
Hindutva groups who are demanding a ban on the film, doesn't exist.
After all, aliens have never bothered to let us know about their
existence, or extended a hand of friendship towards us. And the
quintessential hurt-at-the-drop-of-a-hat egos that we Indians boast of,
there is no reason to let a film that talks about aliens run in
theatres. But then, the gods that these pro-ban guys are thumping their
chests about and trying to 'protect' from this assault by PK, do not
exist either. Even if they do, none of them has ever bothered getting in
touch with a sane person on earth. But maybe we should leave it to them
Saffronites to prove or disprove that. For now, since we have been
snubbed by PK's compatriots and have been made to feel like jilted
could-be friends, we should be happy with banning the film. Isn't that
what jilted friends do?
PK has made money. We have notAt
the time of filing this, PK is already swimming in a sea of the
orangish Mahatma Gandhi-ed paper amounting to some 236 crores - just in
India. And India, as we know, is a country where most people are poor.
Yes, even the ones who got themselves a
Rs.1600
PVR Director's Cut Vasant Kunj Sunday night show ticket to PK. And
since there is no way to assuage the amount of pain that PK has caused
its audience by being blatant about its earnings, and reminding the ones
asking for the film to be banned that those PK guys are way stronger,
financially, than them, the film should be banned. Your strength lies in
the Box Office; ours lies in our biceps and clout. And biceps are
respected a lot more than what money is. India, after all, is a land of
the poor, you see. Hence, PK should be banned to just show them that
they can have all the money that they want; but we will not let them win
this ego battle.
Aamir
Khan gave us the concept of candlelight marches to protest against
something. Should we say more, as to why PK should be banned?
PK has Aamir. Aamir made candlelight marches fashionableAamir
Khan, the lead actor of PK, has never really cared about bans. The last
time someone tried to ban a film, in which Aamir had played a key role -
Rang De Basanti - it turned out to be a blockbuster. Heck, it even
redefined the meaning of freedom in the 21st century, for the youth of
the country. It also turned India Gate into a symbol of protest of
sorts. And since candlelight marches are something that Hindutva groups
don't really have much respect for (when have you
ever seen a
staunch Saffronite holding a candle and demanding something in peace?),
Aamir's film needs to be banned. PK should not be allowed to go the Rang
De Basanti way, or for all you know, we will see the sword and
lathi-wielding saffron brigade turning docile and holding innocuous
candlelight vigils tomorrow. Honestly, will you be able to digest it?
Jaggu, the Indian, kisses and hugs Sarfaraz, the Pakistani. PK should be banned, no?
PK has an Indian-Pakistani lip-to-lip kiss. Hai Ram!In PK, Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput share a passionate kiss on a bridge in
Belgium. Anushka Sharma, Jaggu, an Indian, kissing Sushant Singh Rajput,
Sarfaraz, a Pakistani. That one sentence is the worst nightmare of the
ones who want a ban on PK. Now, if Indians kiss Pakistanis that openly
on the streets - let's just for a moment forget
where the kiss is
taking place - is it not giving out wrong ideas to the youth of the
country? Do the ban-seekers really want to see the innocous, asexual
teens and tweens of the country go the kissing-and-face-blackening
Jaggu-Sarfaraz way? Don't you remember their ferocious protests against
the Kiss of Protest that happened just a few days back? How can PK be
allowed a free run when it features a kiss so openly; on a bridge above a
canal in Bruges, Belgium? Can you imagine seeing a young couple kissing
on the Worli Sea Link? Or on the old Loha Pul above the Yamuna? Don't
you too think PK should be banned?
Aamir
Khan bares his perfectly-toned body in PK. The film needs to be banned
since the ban-seekers aren't able to match up to him.
PK shows a six-pack-abs-baring Aamir. What's a six-pack, again?PK,
without the almost-nude Aamir Khan posters, is pretty much unimaginable
now. There have been protests regarding that poster, too, but for now,
let's just concentrate on banning the film, shall we? So, PK has an
Aamir Khan who is happily flaunting his six-pack-ed, gym-toned body. And
for most of the ban-seekers; the men who probably have never spent any
time on chiselling their bodies at the gym, Aamir's perfectly-worked-out
body is nothing but their worst nightmare in flesh and blood. Imagine
them, slogging their rears off trying to stop people from doing this and
doing that all day, saving the country from going to the dogs, and all
they get for appreciation is zilch. And here comes a man, who has done
nothing; just spent time working on perfecting his art and being fit for
the same, and he will be allowed to walk off with all the glances of
admiration? Nope. PK is to be banned.
If, by now, you still aren't
convinced enough that PK should be banned, go watch the film. Unlike
most of the people who are demanding a ban on the film. At least you
will be better informed, and will realise why anything that makes the
remotest sense, needs to be banned. 'Cos the banned-width that the
ban-seekers are adorned with, is a lot higher than their intellectual
bandwidth.
