Title: PK (film)
Content:  PK is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language science fiction satirical comedy-drama  film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It was jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively. The film follows an alien who comes to Earth on a research mission, only for the remote control for his spaceship to be stolen and sold to a godman. He befriends a television journalist and in his quest to retrieve the remote, questions religious dogmas and superstitions. The film stars Aamir Khan in the titular role with Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani and Saurabh Shukla in pivotal roles. After the success of 3 Idiots 
Title: PK (film)
Content:  Hirani and Joshi's began scripting their next project; finding similarities with the plot of Inception (2010), they scrapped the film. It was later rewritten with a different angle and tone. During production, the film was first titled Talli and later Ek Tha Talli before being changed to PK as the latter title was found too similar to Ek Tha Tiger (2012). The film's soundtrack was composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ajay−Atul and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Varma and Manoj Muntashir. UTV Motion Pictures acquired the distribution rights of the film. PK was the first Bollywood film to be shot in Belgium. PK was released on 19 December 2014. It received positive reviews, with praise for the 
Title: PK (film)
Content:  PK was earlier scheduled to release on 6 June 2014. The director (who is also editor of the film), Rajkumar Hirani, wanted to spend more time editing. Besides, some portions with Sanjay Dutt were yet to be shot. Also, the second season of Satyamev Jayate was to kick off from March. So Aamir Khan was not sure if he would be able to promote PK in June. Hence the makers settled for a December release. PK was released on 19 December 2014, as the 200th Bollywood release in 2014. The release was later expanded to 6000 screens worldwide, which included 5200 
Title: PK (film)
Content:  • Aamir Khan as PK, a humanoid alien • Anushka Sharma as Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahani, a news reporter & Sarfaraz's love interest • Sushant Singh Rajput as Sarfaraz Yousuf, a Pakistani Muslim & Jaggu's love interest • Sanjay Dutt as Bhairon 'Bhaia' Singh, PK's beloved friend • Boman Irani as Cherry Bajwa, Jaggu's boss • Saurabh Shukla as Tapasvi Maharaj, the godman • Parikshit Sahni as Jayprakash Sahni, Jaggu's father • Amardeep Jha as Mrs. Sahni, Jaggu's mother • Ram Sethi as the old man in Belgium who betrayed Sarfaraz & Jaggu • Sai Gundewar as the Belgium show Ticket Seller • Rohitash Gaud as 
Title: PK (film)
Content:  Pandey, a police inspector • Ranbir Kapoor as a fellow alien from PK's home planet (special appearance) • Reema Debnath as Phuljhadiya, the prostitute • Sachin Parikh as Tapasvi's manager • Michael Pekala as bystander in train station • Rukhsaar Rehman as Pakistan embassy receptionist • Plabita Borthakur as Jaggu's sister • Anil Mange as character dressed as Shiva • Brijendra Kala as idol seller at a temple • Alok Pandey as a Reporter • Rajeev Gupta as Inspector of the New Delhi railway station • Monali Thakur as a Kashmiri girl • Maanvi Gagroo as Mitu, Jaggu's colleague • Shaji Chaudhary as Tapasvi Maharaj's bodyguard
Title: PK (film)
Content:  In 2011, Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma signed on for the film. Khan's nephew Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were considered for a role which eventually went to Sushant Singh Rajput before the release of his debut movie Kai Po Che (2013). Earlier reports said that Rajkumar Hirani had signed Arshad Warsi for the film when it was reported that Arshad will be playing an important role. In 2013, Warsi said in an interview "I couldn't have worked out on dates. I wouldn't refuse Raju for anything. In fact, when he offered me the film, I did not even ask for the script, I was like I am ready to come on whenever you want. So that is the connection I share with Raju." Before Rajput and Warsi were signed on, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi were said to be cast in the film. Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan worked as an assistant director in this film.
Title: PK (film)
Content:  After the success of 3 Idiots, director Rajkumar Hirani and writer Abhijat Joshi started work for the next project. They had written a story about a character who had the ability to get into another person's mind to make that person a better human being. They spent one year to write a story, but it turned out to be similar to Inception (2010). After watching Inception, Hirani and Joshi were shocked by the similarities. Eventually, they decided to scrap the film, then Hirani and Joshi reworked on the script, changing the entire tone and angle. It took five years to make the film and three years to write it. In PK, Khan played nine avatars and, during the course of the film, the actor had to chew over 10,000 betelnut preparations 
Title: PK (film)
Content:  According to Hirani, PK is a "satire on Hindu gods and their godmen". The co-director Khan began looking for shooting locations in July 2012. Second unit filming was set to begin in late 2012, which was stalled after the rumoured departure of three department heads for the film and bad weather stalling initial shoots. Hirani denied rumours that the film would be delayed, stating that principal filming had always been intended to begin in mid-January 2013 in Delhi and Rajasthan to "capture the winter of Delhi". Shooting officially began on 1 February 2013, with the filming scheduled to occur over a 45-day period. A one-week schedule of shooting of PK was in June 2013 in Bruges, Belgium. A 26-day schedule of shooting of PK started in Delhi from 27 September 2013.
Title: PK (film)
Content:  in India and 844 screens overseas. PK was initially released in 4844 screens worldwide. PK has been made tax-free in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. PK is the widest Indian movie released in the U.K. (198 screens), Pakistan (over 70 screens), Australia (35 screens) and outside of India (844 screens in over 40 overseas markets). PK was released theatrically in China on 22 May 2015 across 4,600 screens. It had a dubbed Mandarin Chinese version, with Wang Baoqiang voicing Khan's role. The film was released in South Korea and Hong Kong on 3 September 2015, and in Japan on 29 October 2016.
Title: PK (film)
Content:  particularly of Khan, and its portrayal of superstitions. The film received 8 nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards, winning two. Additionally, it won five Producers Guild Film Awards, and two Screen Awards. PK garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Produced on a budget of ₹850 million (approx. $12 million), PK was the first Indian film to gross more than ₹7 billion and US$100 million worldwide. At the time, it emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time and ranks as the 70th highest-grossing film of 2014 worldwide. The film's final worldwide gross was ₹854crore (US$140million). It currently stands as the 5th highest grossing Indian film worldwide and 5th highest-grossing film in India.

Question: Who was the director of PK?
Answer: Rajkumar Hirani.