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PK Movie (2014) Cast & Crew, Release Date, Story, Review, Poster, Trailer, Budget, Collection

PK (Movie)

December 19, 2014 |
2hr 32min |
PG-13
PG-13
2hr 32min
December 19, 2014

Storyline

The plot follows an innocent alien (Aamir Khan) who lands on Earth but loses his communication device. He meets Jaggu (Anushka Sharma), a heartbroken reporter, and tries to find his device. With time, he raises many thought-provoking questions.

PK Movie Cast & Character

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Aamir Khan
PK (Humanoid alien)
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Anushka Sharma
Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni
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Sushant Singh Rajput
Sarfaraz Yousuf
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Boman Irani
Cherry Bajwa
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Saurabh Shukla
Tapasvi Maharaj
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Sanjay Dutt
Bhairon "Bhaia" Singh
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Parikshit Sahni
Jayprakash Sahni
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Amardeep Jha
Mrs. Sahni
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Ram Sethi
The Old Man in Belgium
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Sai Gundewar
Belgium Show Ticket Seller
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Rohitash Gaud
Mr. Pandey
Ranbir Kapoor Biography, Movies, Girlfriend, Age, Height, Education, Family, Net Worth, Facts, Awards
Ranbir Kapoor
Special appearance as a fellow alien from PK's home planet
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Reema Debnath
Phuljhadiya
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Sachin Parikh
Tapasvi's manager
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Michael Pekala
Bystander in train station
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Rukhsaar Rehman
The Receptionist at Pakistan Embassy, Belgium
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Plabita Borthakur
Jaggu's siste
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Anil Charanjeett
Character dressed as Shiva
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Brijendra Kala
Idol Seller at Delhi Temple
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Alok Pandey
Reporter
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Rajeev Gupta
Policeman
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Monali Thakur
Kashmiri Girl
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Maanvi Gagroo
Meetu Singh
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Shaji Choudhary
Tapasvi Maharaj's bodyguard
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Arun Bali
The Old Sikh man in restaurant who wants money from Pk
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Kamini Kaushal
The wife of Old Sikh man in restaurant

PK Movie Crew

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
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Cinematographer
Music Composer (Song)
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Music Composer (Song)
Music Composer (Score)
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PK Movie Trailer, Teaser & Videos

PK Movie Poster & Photos

Where to Watch PK Movie Online (Stream)

Storyline

The plot follows an innocent alien (Aamir Khan) who lands on Earth but loses his communication device. He meets Jaggu (Anushka Sharma), a heartbroken reporter, and tries to find his device. With time, he raises many thought-provoking questions.

PK Movie Details

Status:
Available on: streaming-platform
Budget: ₹122 crore
Worldwide Collection: ₹769.89 crore (US$118,919,000)
Domestic Collection: ₹448.74 (US$70,930,600)
Overseas Collection: ₹304.52 crore (US$47,988,400)

Production & Distribution Company

Production Companies

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About PK Movie

  • 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).
  • According to Hirani, PK is a “satire on Hindu gods and their godmen”. The co-director Khan began looking for shooting locations in July 2012. Second unit filming was set to begin in late 2012, which was stalled after the rumoured departure of three department heads for the film and bad weather stalling initial shoots. Hirani denied rumours that the film would be delayed, stating that principal filming had always been intended to begin in mid-January 2013 in Delhi and Rajasthan to “capture the winter of Delhi”.
  • Shooting officially began on 1 February 2013, with the filming scheduled to occur over a 45-day period. A one-week schedule of shooting of PK was in June 2013 in Bruges, Belgium. A 26-day schedule of shooting of PK started in Delhi from 27 September 2013.
  • PK was the first Bollywood film to be shot in Belgium.
  • In 2011, Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma signed on for the film. Khan’s nephew Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were considered for a role which eventually went to Sushant Singh Rajput before the release of his debut movie Kai Po Che (2013).
  • In PK, Amir Khan played nine avatars and, during the course of the film, the he had to chew over 10,000 betelnut preparations called paan. He would at times eat about 100 paans in a day. They had a paanwala [a paan maker] on the sets.
  • The film was marketed by a Mumbai Based company named Spice PR owned by Prabhat Choudhary.
  • The makers released a teaser trailer on 23 October 2014. It achieved 3.4 million views on YouTube within five days, subsequently receiving 12 million views. It was regarded as the most viewed movie trailers on YouTube.
  • PK was 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). It currently stands as the 8th highest grossing Indian film of all time. and 9th highest-grossing film in India.
  • Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan worked as an assistant director in this film.
  • Indiagames, a part of Disney India’s Interactive business, announced the launch of the official mobile game ‘PK’ based on the film. The game was developed for both feature phones and smartphones. It was launched on Google Play, iOS App Store and Windows platform.
  • Director Hirani has confirmed that a sequel will be made starring Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. He said, “We will make the sequel. We had shown Ranbir [Kapoor’s character landing on the planet] towards the end of the film, so there is a story to tell. But Abhijat (Joshi, writer) has not written it yet. The day he writes it, we will make it.”

PK Movie Tracklist:

The film’s soundtrack is composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay−Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir.

  1. Tharki Chokro – Swaroop Khan
  2. Love Is a Waste of Time – Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
  3. Nanga Punga Dost – Shreya Ghoshal
  4. Chaar Kadam – Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal
  5. Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu – Sonu Nigam
  6. Dil Darbadar – Ankit Tiwari
  7. PK Dance Theme – Instrumental

PK Movie Awards (Wins & Nominations):

20 wins & 15 nominations

  • Wins
    • Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards
      • Best Film (Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani)
    • International Indian Film Academy Awards
      • Best Director (Rajkumar Hirani)
      • Best Dialogue (Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi)

    • Bollywood Hungama Surfers’ Choice Movie Awards

      • Best Film (PK)
      • Best Marketed Film (PK)
      • Best Director (Rajkumar Hirani)
      • Best Actor (Aamir Khan)

    • ETC Bollywood Business Awards

      • Highest-Grossing Film (PK)

    • Filmfare Awards

      • Best Screenplay (Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani)
      • Best Dialogue (Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani)

    • GQ Awards

      • Director of the Year (Rajkumar Hirani)

    • Screen Awards

      • Best Dialogue (Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi)
      • Best Costume Design (Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma)

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