Fringe Hindutva groups boycott Aamir Khan’s 'PK'

Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer PK is doing well at the Box office. But a controversy surrounding the plot of the film has erupted and it might cost the movie some viewers. Some staunch Hindu groups have come out in protest, asking the Hindu audience to ban PK because it promotes Love Jihad and mocks religious sentiments of Hindus.

The controversy took Twitter by a storm as Twitteratis jumped on the social networking site to tweet about the same. While Aamir Khan fans started tweeting with the hashtag #WeSupportPK, a certain section of the audience tweeted against the film with the hashtag #BoycottPK.

Some of the tweets read as follows:

#BoycottPK Not only because it is anti-cultural but also a non-sense movie. @AmirKingKhan

— हिन्दू राष्ट्रवादी ॐ (@jdchanda) December 22, 2014

Why bashing only Amir Khan for #PK? Why not Raju Hirani for script and dialogue? As an actor Amir Khan did wht he said to do. #BoycottPK

— VAISHALI (@vaishalidbhatt) December 22, 2014

Beheadings, kidnaping girls, Mass shotings, Genital mutilations ..etc doesn't matter but pouring Milk over Shiv linga does #BoycottPK

— siya♔ (@siyatara) December 22, 2014

#PK HUGE 37cr on Sunday!! Biggest single day record!! @aamir_khan rules!! #WeSupportPK

— pk (@samidsiddiqi91) December 22, 2014

He will make you laugh. He will make you cry. He will make you think. He is @aamir_khan. #WeSupportPK

— Pawan Fanatic (@ravichandramvl) December 22, 2014

Ek toh Alien upar se SECULAR... tht is y luved jadoo more thn PK.. #WeSupportPK

— Insanity Restored (@Witty_Brain) December 22, 2014

The film has a love track between Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput. Sushant plays a Pakistani boy while Anushka plays a Hindu girl. At the start, the lovers separate due to misunderstanding and family pressure, but towards they end they get back together. The Hindutva organisations are calling this romantic angle a concealed endorsement of Love Jihad.

Another bone of contention these religious groups have with the film is its portrayal of God men and the Hindu religion as a God-fearing and not a God-loving one. These organisations passed derogatory remarks about how Aamir despite having married a Hindu, never dared to target Islam in the way he has attacked Hinduism.

#BoycottPK has been trending on Twitter for a while. Some fanatics have also tweeted derogatory remarks about Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan.

We think that these accusations made on Aamir’s film are rather ridiculous. The criticism of blind faith and hypocritical God-men spanned across religions and it wasn’t just targeted at Hindus. To be honest, it is quite stupid to say that a Rajkumar Hirani film, could propagate negativity. We mean look at Munnabhai MBBS and 3 Idiots.

We leave it for you guys to decide, tell us if you think boycotting PK is justified.