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The all-time highest grosser of
Bollywood, appreciated for performance of its star cast and acclaimed for its storytelling,
PK swept all critics and box office with great margins. Little did we know the
actual draft that transformed on celluloid was actually the 4th or 5th
draft of the film considering the changes it had to go through because of other
films released during that very period. Convinced with their own idea of using Alien as a device for the narrative of the film, Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat
Joshi started building the structure of the script.
As per the draft been
written, Aamir Khan’s character possessed one more supreme power apart from the
one already part of the film, was aimed to build a base for the second
half of the film. This power was to enter a person’s memory and be able to
change a situation/incident that played a major role in shaping the personality
of the individual. For eg. If a person has gone through the traumatic times of
Indo-Pak partition and developed ill feelings towards certain religion/country,
then PK would have the power to get into the memory of the person and change
the incident which in turn would transform the outlook of the individual towards
life and people around. Unfortunately for the film maker, ‘Inception’ released during
this period which talked about the same concept. Disappointed with the thought
that the writer duo won’t have a new offering for the audience, they decided to
drop the idea of using this power as an important element of the film. But the
effort continued with another draft, wherein post Aamir Khan’s encounter with police
in the film, he gets offended by the treatment he receives at the police
station, Aamir’s character decides to sue god for his suffering. The second
half of the film was largely set out to be a court room drama. During this
phase of writing, they became aware of a Gujarati play – ‘ Kanji Virudh Kanji’
by Paresh Rawal on similar lines and an Australian film – ‘The Man who sued God’.
But due to its niche owing to the language and country respectively, they
decided to go ahead with their concept as it was meant for a wider reach. In
the meanwhile, Paresh Rawal brought the play on Hindi platform and announced
about the film ‘OH MY GOD’ based on the concept of the play. Rajkumar Hirani
decided to quickly finish their writing and get into production as he wished to
be the first one to bring out the film on the much in demand topic. But Paresh
Rawal shot the film in lightning speed and was ready with its theatrical release.
With not much option left, the writer duo set out to pen down another draft of
the story. The final draft was eventually the one made after numerous
modifications but box office clearly appreciated the efforts of the film makers and gave a
thunderous applaud to the power packed film
Source: ETC Bollywood Business:
Interview of Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi by Komal Nahta
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