Aamir Khan's PK sparks controversy on SM, divides Indian tweeps
Rajkumar Hirani kicks the bomb by questioning cinegoers' religious beliefs "from an alien's eye"
LAHORE: (Web Desk) – Aamir Khan starrer PK has sparked controversy in India as the movie discusses the beliefs of cinegoers. While the society stands divided on the movie, same trend was seen being followed by the social media in India.
While a section of the society strongly condemned the movie and the director of the movie, Aamir’s fans and the liberal Indian cinegoers liked the concept and went against the narrow-mindedness.
On twitter, a war of trends was on display as the anti-PK tweeps called for boycotting the movie by trending #BoycottPK while the pro-PK side tweeted #WeSupportPK
Tweets from both sides definitely show both sides of the picture.
The main argument against the movie was that raised by Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja fan in this tweet..
PK was chasing Lord Shiva like a criminal on road, I dare any director to film the same sequence with GOD of any other community! #BoycottPK
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) December 22, 2014Aamir Khan is seen chasing Hindu god Shiva in a scene and chases him down even to toilets. This infuriated a certain section of the Hindu community. As a tweep said..
This is a serious act of hurting Hindu sentiments. Movie PK dragged our God Shiva into it. #BoycottPK @Rajput_Ramesh pic.twitter.com/aAz4oPgNdF
— Vaibhav Tulaskar (@V_Tulaskar) December 23, 2014Some believed that the entire movie was made only to hurt Hindu sentiment..
One of the most stupid n worst movie I bhasted my money on...I think the ONLY motive of movie is to insult Hindu Gods...Period.. #BoycottPK
— CS (@Circlesnsquares) December 23, 2014There were yet others who went on to declare Aamir Khan as Jihadi and Anti-Hindu in their twitter conversations. They even said Aamir did it only because he had meetings with Pakistani cleric Maulana Tariq Jamil the past year when he went for Hajj..
If dey do it, it s spiritual, but wen we do it it s blind belief and will b made fun?? #BoycottPK pic.twitter.com/4aeTwVzVHb
— Venky (@ThatsVenki) December 21, 2014
Some of them quoted certain dialogues from the movie and questioned Aamir Khan s own actions in real life..
Jo darta hai woh mandir jaata hai @aamir_khan went 2 Haj in 2012. Would he dare use same language for Haj #BoycottPK pic.twitter.com/z6p4bgxDqP
— #GauravPradhan (@DrGPradhan) December 21, 2014
All this anti-PK sentiment led certain Indians to boycott the movie. Certain others went as far as boycotting the products that were associated with the marketing of the film..
Some products are promoting #PK boycott those products too! #BoycottPK
— Amit Srivastava (@AmiSri) December 23, 2014Even an FIR was lodged against Aamir Khan and director of the movie Rajkumar Hirani..
#BoycottPK FIR against @aamir_khan and @RajkumarHirani for disrespecting Lord Shiva in PK. pic.twitter.com/F7nVxxmaHO
— Vivek Bansal (@ivivekbansal) December 23, 2014However, it was Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal who first came up with a supportive tweet for the movie.
Just watched PK. Excellent movie. Congrats @aamir_khan for handling such a delicate subject so beautifully.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 22, 2014 There were others who supported the movie by trending #WeSupportPK and displayed a big heart to accept the problems with the dogmas that are there in all religons..
I am a Hindu and really happy that PK deal with nice concepts and the blind following of all religions.nice concept #WeSupportPK
— Sumit Sharma (@SumitBlogger) December 23, 2014Certain others opined that the movie was thought-provoking and raised genuine issues..
After a long while, a movie that made me laugh, think and leave teary-eyed !! #Lovedeveryminuteofit #WeSupportPK pic.twitter.com/iIcK3RvxHa
— Anusha (@KmAnush) December 23, 2014Others thought that it wasn t the first time Aamir had come up with a movie that would spark controversy and all his movies had had an element of newness in them..
Sarfarosh, Lagaan, DCH, TZP, RDB, 3 idiots or PK, his movies all always brought Revolution in Cinema. #WeSupportPK
— - P K - (@mehdi_nisar1) December 23, 2014There were yet others who agreed with the concept of the movie that the world is filled with hypocrisies and any alien would feel the same if he came to Earth..
PK has shown how Hippocratic the society is through the eyes of an alien ..I don t think there is anything offensive in that #WeSupportPK
— hydgal (@hydgal) December 23, 2014Some said that it was the best movie ever done by Aamir Khan and his role was a dream role..
jst came back from theatre dad said it is bttr thn 3idiots and finally he praised aamirs acting and said its a dream role #pk #WeSupportPK
— anuparno acharya (@anuparno3) December 23, 2014Some said that the movie proved an eye-opener for them. They believed that the movie did not offend them at all..
#WeSupportPK bc @PKTheFilm taught me what s real & what s not in terms of God, values, praying, & religion. I m a Hindu & I wasn t offended.
— Akeira N (@TheAkeira) December 23, 2014
.@Aamir_Khan - PK was a story that moved me, made me cry, made me laugh and made me ask questions to myself. #WeSupportPK
— Anushka Sharma FC (@Anushka_S_FC) December 23, 2014
But Aroon Rathore summed up the debate. Who cared when the movie was making big gains on the box office. The movie has literally shattered all past records of Indian cinema..
Highest Single Day Collection of All Time -----> @PKTheFilm #WeSupportPK #TaxFreeStatusForPK pic.twitter.com/grurZTSqFf
— AamirKhan Devotee (@AroonRathore) December 23, 2014The movie has collected 114.83 crore Indian rupees in first 4 days of its release. 