- By Aarushi Raina
- Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:33 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, whose last directorial venture was Dunki starring Shah Rukh Khan, has been making shocking revelations about his hit movies, including PK. The film, which released in 2014, starred Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in lead roles. Recently, Hirani remembered the challenges faced during the making of PK, stating that he was shocked when someone told him that the idea for his film had already been written by someone else.
Rajkumar Hirani appeared on film trade analyst Komal Nahta’s podcast, where he discussed his film journey and shared interesting stories about the making of PK. He recalled, "Yes, we remember writing PK and we were very happy that we had written a unique idea that was nowhere else." He then remembered how things turned upside down after someone pointed out a striking similarity to another film. He added, “Someone told us to go watch a film, Inception, which is similar to our storyline. And when we went to the theaters and saw it, we were shocked. If we made this, people would say it’s copied, so we were worried."
Hirani revealed that his team spent a month figuring out how to proceed with the new idea. He said, “One day, Abhijat came and said that we show it like this, that he is looking for God and not finding him, so he files a court case. I said, ‘This is interesting, let’s develop it.’" However, at that time, they discovered that another film, OMG – Oh My God, which later was headlined by Akshay Kumar, was making a film with a similar concept. The filmmaker continued, “Then we had to leave that idea."
"PK is about exposing fake godmen. uss mein se kuch portion uthake movie ko galat bataya gaya. We should believe in last monologue of #AamirKhan where he says 'jis bhagwan ne humko banaya sirf uss pe biswas karo aur jis bhagwan ko hum banaya usko hata do":- RajKumar Hirani pic.twitter.com/sltp7QDrcY
— RAJ (@AamirsDevotee) February 3, 2025
About PK movie
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by him with Abhijat Joshi as co-writer, the movie revolves around the story of an alien (played by Aamir Khan) who loses his device to connect with his spaceship on Earth. During his journey, he meets Anushka Sharma, who plays a role o journalist. The film questioned blind faith, superstitions, and the impact of religious views on people. The movie also starred the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla, Sanjay Dutt, Parikshit Sahni, and others in key roles.