PK

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani

Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Rajkumar Hirani[1]

Written by Abhijat Joshi

Rajkumar Hirani

Starring Aamir Khan

Anushka Sharma
Sanjay Dutt

Narrated by Anushka Sharma

Music by Songs:
Shantanu Moitra
 Ajay-Atul
Ankit Tiwari
Background Score:
Sanjay Wandrekar
Atul Raninga

Cinematography C. K. Muraleedharan

Edited by Rajkumar Hirani, Rifat Khandakar

Production Vinod Chopra Films

company
Rajkumar Hirani Films

Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures

Release date  19 December 2014

Running time 152 minutes[2]

Country India

Language Hindi
Bhojpuri[3]
Rajasthani[4][5]

Budget ₹850 million[a]

Box office est. ₹8.54 billion

(US$140 million)[b][11]

PK (transl. Tipsy; Hindi pronunciation: [piːkeː]) is a 2014 Indian satirical comedy-drama[c] film directed
by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It was jointly produced by Hirani
and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra
Films respectively. The film follows an alien who comes to Earth on a research mission, but loses his
remote to a thief, who later sells it to a godman. He befriends a television journalist and in his quest
to retrieve the remote, questions religious dogmas and superstitions. The film stars Aamir Khan in
the titular role with Anushka Sharma, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal
roles. Ranbir Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput appear in cameo roles.
After the success of 3 Idiots (2009), Hirani and Joshi's 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 first titled Talli and later Ek Tha Talli before
being changed to PK as the latter title was found too similar to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The film's
soundtrack was composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay-Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written
by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV Motion Pictures acquired the
distribution rights of the film.
PK was released on 19 December 2014. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with
praise directed towards the performances, particularly Khan, and its portrayal of superstitions.
Criticism was focused on the supposed Anti-Hindu sentiment. The film received eight nominations at
the 60th Filmfare Awards, winning two. Additionally, it won five Producers Guild Film Awards, and
two Screen Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at the Indian Film Festival of
Melbourne.
Produced on a budget of ₹85 crore, PK was the first Indian film to gross more than ₹7 billion
and US$100 million worldwide. At the time, it emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time,
and ranks as the 70th highest-grossing film of 2014 worldwide. The film's final worldwide gross
was ₹832 crore (US$120 million). It currently stands as the 5th highest grossing Indian film
worldwide and 5th highest-grossing film in India.