Few things we learn from the movie PK about movie making
1:53:00 PM
In a world where plagiarism is so rampant inspite of being
taboo, Rajkumar Hirani and Co. take it to another level by mimicking their own
formula using their own movies to copy from and make another movie. Hats off to
Rajkumar Hirani and VVC for just making the same movie for the 4th
time.
·
Choose a topic which is contemporary, and which
can and may create a bit of controversy to generate the right amount of hype.
§ MunnaBhai
MBBS – Commercialization in Hospital care. Laughter and love are the best
medicine.
§ Lagey
raho MunnaBhai – Non-violent methods to fight crime.
§ 3
Idiots – Genius isn’t all about good education and where you take it from. To
apply knowledge is more important than bookish wisdom.
§ PK
– God and the superstition behind it.
·
Choose a pick up line
§ Jadoo
Ki Jhappi
§ Get
well soon
§ All
is Well
§ Wrong
number
·
Choose a cast which you know works for you
§ Sanjay
Dutt/ Aamir Khan
§ Boman
Irani
§ Saurabh
Shukla
§ A
new lead actress everytime – Gracy Singh, Vidya Balan, Kareena Kapoor, Anoushka
Sharma
§ Arshad
Warsi/ Arshad Warsi/ Madhavan/ Sanjay Dutt
·
Choose a narrator to carry your story
§ Anand
Bhai
§ Gandhiji
§ Madhavan
§ Anoushka?
·
Choose a romantic song sung by Shreya Ghoshal
and/or Sonu Nigam
§ Chann
Chann
§ Pal
Pal Pal Pal Har Pal
§ Zooby
Dooby
§ Love
is waste of time
·
Open your movie with a song sung by Shaan
§ Subah
ho gayi mamu
§ Again,
something went wrong here. We still have Lage Raho MunnaBhai sung by Shaan, but
it shouldn’t count
§ Behti
hawa sat ha wo
§ Chaar
Kadam
·
Choose your lyricists and music directors wisely
§ Swanand
Kirkire – Shantanu Moitra
§ Sadly
Annu Malik for Munnaibhai MBBS. I guess it was just his first movie, he didn’t know
the formula till then
·
A strong antagonist who has love-hate relations
with the protagonist, and a more stronger and deeper relation with the lead actress
§ Boman
Irani – His daughter Gracy
§ Boman
Irani – Diya Mirza to start off with, and then it intertwines with the 2nd
inning house and Vidya Balan
§ Boman
Irani – His daughter Kareena
§ Saurabh
Shukla – His main devotees daughter Anoushka
·
A death
§ Jimmy
Shergill aka Zaheer
§ The
2nd inning house is broken down maybe, no person is killed as such I
guess
§ The
robot creating kid, and Sharman Joshi almost dies
§ Sanjay
Dutt
·
Last scene climax in which hero is totally under
stress
§ Zaheer’s
death causes Sanjay Dutt to say that he is wrong, and that he is not a doctor
and that he is a cheat
§ Chemical
locha which causes Sanjay Dutt to plead Kkhurana instead of using Gandhigiri
§ Kareena’s
sisters pregnancy, which actually was an anti-climax
§ Sanjay
Dutt’s death which caused Aamir to confess that God is real and he does build
faith.
There are so many more, in terms
of editing, screenplay and sets, and I hope to keep editing this list as and when
I think of more (or you could suggest too). One which hits me instantly is
campaigning scene for the live show for the face-off between Saurabh Shukla and
PK, which is so similar to the Radio one in Lagey Raho. Another is innocence in
doing random gross nonsensical things, like the scene in 3 Idiots with Sharman’s
mom scratches his dad’s eczema, and in PK, you have Aamir putting his hand up
another person’s butt crack. Once you watch the first 3 movies, you will be
able to predict every sequence (apart from the bomb blast which was new) in PK.
It is about time these guys learn to conjure up a new formula, or else we will
be expecting another movie in 2018 based on the same lines. Oh and yes, he makes
one movie every three years (PK was supposed to be released in 2012, but got
delayed to 2015)
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