Of all films this year, PK is the one that bears the greatest weight of anticipation. On this front, PK does not disappoint. It’s a very entertaining film with something important to say.
I skim through the plot here, without revealing much, for that might dilute the film’s experience. PK lands on earth from another planet, and loses an object of great importance on arrival. His confusion, attempts to cope with life here and search for this object creates many natural moments of hilarity. Concomitantly, a broadcast media student, Jaggu (Anushka Sharma) suffers heartbreak when her Pakistani boyfriend, a gorgeous Sushant Singh Rajput as Sarfraz, ditches her at the altar in picturesque Bruges, Belgium. Jaggu’s fate is predicted by the family god man, played by Saurabh Shukla; reinforcing her father’s (already) overwhelming levels of superstition. Meanwhile, PK’s paths cross with a generous Rajasthani folk singer (Sanjay Dutt). The singer inadvertently ends up leading him to learn Bhojpuri and suggests he go to New Delhi to find his object. Here, he meets Jaggu, a reporter in a news channel who smells a curious story in this funnily dressed man. PK has been advised to seek his solutions with God, and it is his constant quest to find God and communicate with the Supreme Being that drives the crux of the story.
The film’s flaws first- it’s second half can be preachy and at certain points, there are missing threads of logic (For instance, Jaggu never tries to once find out what went wrong with Sarfraz. Not one phone call or email is ever exchanged). Some incidents in the plot also occur too quickly, giving the narrative an artificial touch.
