P Se PM Tak
- Director
- Kundan Shah
- Studio
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- Release Date
- 28 May 2015
- Running Time
- 123 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹1.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹0.67 Cr
Review
There's an admirable ambition at the heart of "P Se PM Tak"—a scrappy political satire that attempts to skewer the machinery of Indian politics through the unlikely ascent of a woman with nothing to her name. The film's central conceit, where an ordinary person gets swept into local electoral chaos and somehow reaches the nation's highest office, has genuine comedic potential, and the screenplay deserves credit for attempting satire rather than straightforward drama. However, the execution falters considerably. The humor, while occasionally sharp in calling out the absurdities of the political system, often feels scattered and relies too heavily on broad strokes rather than clever writing. The satirical edge that could have made this film cutting and memorable instead becomes uneven, leaving audiences uncertain whether they're meant to laugh at the system or simply along with it.
The performances appear serviceable enough to carry the premise, though without stronger directorial guidance, the cast seems unable to elevate material that needed more wit and structure. The transformation of the protagonist from absolute zero to prime minister might have worked as dark comedy or biting political commentary, but the film struggles to find the right tone—it wants to be funny, critical, and entertaining simultaneously, and these impulses often work against each other rather than in harmony. What's left is a film with genuine effort and an interesting political observation at its cor
Storyline
So there's this woman who's basically got nothing to her name, and she ends up in this town where everyone's all worked up about some local election. Through a wild series of events, she gets totally swept up in all the political chaos that's happening around her, and things just spiral from there in the most unexpected ways.
What makes this movie pretty entertaining is how it pokes fun at the whole mess of Indian politics. It shows you how absurd things can get behind the scenes, and how the system sometimes rewards the most unlikely people. The film doesn't take itself too seriously and uses humor to call out all the ridiculous stuff that happens in the political world.
By the end of her journey through this political minefield, this woman somehow ends up in the highest seat of power. It's a crazy transformation that shows how unpredictable and absolutely bonkers the political game can be. The whole thing is basically a fun critique wrapped up as an entertaining story about climbing from the absolute bottom to the very top.




