Aamir Khan's PK released on December 19 to five star reviews, and also to criticism from certain sections who have accused the film of being anti-Hindu and hurting religious sentiments. On Twitter, however, there is substantial support for the film.
The hashtag #WeSupportPK is now trending on Twitter with voices of support like these:
You can only claim perfection of religion if all worshippers are humans. It is not about protecting religion but being "good". #WeSupportPK
- Miss Perfection1st (@Aamir_Kajol) December 22, 2014#WeSupportPK nothing Anti-Hindu in the movie,the movie itself is a Anti-Religious.Mocked all malpractices of any religion...
- HASHIR AHMAD (@PACIFICTECH1) December 22, 2014To boycott PK is to abandon the new forms of quality Bollywood films using some irrationale selective attentive logic. #WeSupportPK
- Miss Perfection1st (@Aamir_Kajol) December 22, 2014
The hashtag was created in response to one that was previously trending and called for cine-goers to #BoycottPK. Hindu groups have demanded the film be banned on the grounds that it promotes 'Love Jihad' and depicts Hinduism in an unflattering light. They base their accusations against the film on the Hindu-Muslim romance between actors Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput that forms a sub-plot of PK. Some months ago, a similar hashtag called for a ban on Haider, Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of Hamlet set in Kashmir. There had been an answering outpouring of support for Haider as well. PK has also been taken to court by a petitioner who has accused it of containing 'vulgar and obscene' content.
Critically, it has been received with open arms and Aamir Khan's performance has been singled out for praise. It's also raking it in at the box office.
