A movie buff’s take on Aamir Khan’s PK

Raju Verghese 26 Dec, 2014 Entertainment ,
Aamir Khan’s starrer PK has beautifully used humor to convey the message without being preachy about it. It made the audience think and introspect. The protesters (those who are not protesting merely for the sake of publicity) are unable to realize that the movie is not debunking religion itself, but how religion today has been reduced to rituals, symbolism, god-men and blindly following mindless traditions just for the sake of it.

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The true essence of religion like spirituality, righteousness, self-discovery, transcendence has been lost due to commercialization of faith. The movie is trying to demystify these practices and bring to light the true meaning of religion that can be understood only by questioning the illogical acts done in name of faith.

I can correlate it with the medical field. Today, it is facing several issues like unethical practices, unnecessary tests, unreasonable costs, unqualified doctors, etc. Most of us blindly follow doctor’s advice because of lack of medical knowledge and fear of health and life of self or a loved one. Questioning these irregularities doesn’t mean we are disregarding the history or achievements of medical science.
No wonder the movie has become so popular, since most of us have suffered because of this game of blind faith at some point of time in our lives.

This article is written by Raju Verghese. Follow him on Facebook here.


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Raju Verghese is a Finance and HR executive who is currently pursuing MBA at IIM Kozhikode. He is creative by nature, humorous and has a flair for writing. His hobbies include drawing, painting and animation. He is open-minded, adventurous and loves to try out new things, be it food, place, people or experience. He believes that nothing is for real, everything is merely a perception. The most important thing in life for him is to be a good human and being a reason for bringing smiles and happiness in lives of others through his words and deeds.

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