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PK (2014)

★ 7.7 · 1,145 ratings on TMDB

Peeke hai kya?

PK poster★ 7.7

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

DirectorRajkumar Hirani
CastAamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Boman Irani, Parikshat Sahni, Reema Debnath, Rukhsar Rehman
GenresComedy, Drama, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

In PK, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “alien‑in‑human‑society”. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing religion, faith, exploitation, authority, media.

↷ aliensINreligionfaithexploitationauthoritymedia
Also inFilms about faithConsciousness hiding in aliensFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)E9/E10 · authority, faithBruce Almighty (2003)E9 · authority, faithDoctor Strange (2016)E9/E10 · authorityAvatar (2009)E9/E10 · exploitationBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)E9/E10 · authorityStar Trek (2009)E9/E10 · authority

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, exploitation[REC]² (2009)E4/E8 · rare rung · authority, faithDon't Look Up (2021)E14 · rare rung · authority, mediaWar, Inc. (2008)E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, exploitationThe Dictator (2012)E8/E12 · rare rung · authority, exploitationCreation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)E8/E12 · rare rung · authority, religion

Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

District 9 (2009)consciousness in aliens · alien-refugee ghettoThey Live (1988)consciousness in aliens · alien‑masked societyMars Needs Moms (2011)consciousness in aliens · martian extractionNope (2022)consciousness in aliens · spectacle horrorThor: Love and Thunder (2022)consciousness in aliens · mythic pantheonJustice League: Warworld (2023)consciousness in aliens · mythic oppression

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

Repossessed (1990)consciousness in monsters · authority, exploitationPrey for the Devil (2022)consciousness in monsters · authority, faithMeet the Feebles (1989)consciousness in animals · authority, exploitationRalph Breaks the Internet (2018)consciousness in machines · exploitation, mediaThe Golden Compass (2007)consciousness in animals · authority, religionSausage Party (2016)consciousness carried elsewhere · exploitation, religion

Same people

Shared director or cast.

3 Idiots (2009)dir. Rajkumar HiraniMunna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)dir. Rajkumar HiraniDunki (2023)dir. Rajkumar HiraniSultan (2016)Anushka SharmaThe Rajasaab (2026)Boman IraniSlumdog Millionaire (2008)Saurabh Shukla