RE-READING RELIGIOSITY THROUGH RAJKUMAR HIRANI’S PK

The release of film PK in 2014 threw up several crucial religious social and political myths in question. Though superficially a comedy film, it turned around the most controversial film of the decade. The attacks on the wrong numbers in Indian society not only created laughter but also stimulated common man's conscience. The various rituals, beliefs, norms in society were looked at in different perspectives. The present paper peeks into the film as a text and rereads the notion of religiosity in current sociopolitical scenario through Rajkumar Hirani's film PK.