I am glad that i could celebrate Mothers day in a Movie theatre watching on screen an enjoyable movie called Piku which is about the relationship between a father and a daughter, the father Bhaskor Banerjee superbly portrayed on screen by Amitabh Bachan and his daughter Piku enacted by Deepika Padukone.
The movie was definitely a departure from the normal run of the mill stuff sans all the gory action, mindless romance and running around the tree types. there is romance, but very subtle and pleasant between Piku and the owner of the Taxi company owner Chowdhury-Irfan has wonderfully played this part. No hand holding or passionate smooching scenes.
The storyline is pretty much simple and almost feels like a day in the life of a senior citizen, his worries and fears concerning his health, really about non existent problems. Bhaskor Banerjee and his daughter Piku live in a upper middle class suburb in Delhi, Bhaskor is a retired pensioner while Piku is a young ambitious working professional. Bhaskor is constantly worried about his age related niggles, primarily being constipation related. One might think that the movie is all about natures call, but there is no vulgarity or slapstick comedy but evokes peels of laughter only through the actors ability to emote.
Bhaskor wants to dispose off his ancestral home in Kolkata, unwilling to go to the city in a train, as the toilet shakes while the train is in motion, while in the plane the space in the toilet makes Bhaskor feel claustrophobic in his own words. So it is a car from Delhi to Kolkata and driven by a person called Chowdhury, a travels company owner. By the way Chowdhury is a person Piku initially loves to hate because of the poor services of his cab company. The five of them embark on the long journey,Bhaskor,Piku,Chowdhury, Bhaskors long serving servant and Bhaskors mobile potty, a ramshackle wooden chair with a hole in between.
Along the way there are several such funny scenes that once again traverse the laughter way primarily on account of Bhaskors antics, but scenes that perhaps remind you from your own ageing fathers life. They do take a break in between in Banaras and the camera does a wonderful job of shooting a few serene scenes at the ghats.
Kolkata lovers will love the movie as there are quite a few scenes shot across major landmarks in the city. Mr Bachans secret adventure on a bicycle without informing his dear ones, enjoying street food, buying kachoris from a street side stall and coming back home does once again remind you about what a loving grandfather would do.I am not going into specific details of scenes because they are only to be seen to be enjoyed.
yet another departure from the normal routine movie stuff is that there are songs but interspersed in between dialogues and does not in anyway take you away from the storyline. Moushumi Chatterjee does a sweet encore as Pikus four times married maashi. There is laughter to be had at every moment including one by looking at dear departed Bhaskor Banerjees framed photograph.
A Movie that is a must watch for people of all ages especially for the senior citizen fraternity. A Movie that has worked out the finer details to the microscopic details, like the settings of a rustic Bengali ancestral home, the props that have been used, the dining table settings, food/breakfast that is so bengali-paav roti with chai, the typical windows which can be found only in ancient heritage buildings in Kolkata. Overall a lovely movie that moves like a breeze and one that you look forward to the next scene, ends without really dragging. Piku- A sweet with sugar in the right proportions. Kudos to the Piku team
The movie was definitely a departure from the normal run of the mill stuff sans all the gory action, mindless romance and running around the tree types. there is romance, but very subtle and pleasant between Piku and the owner of the Taxi company owner Chowdhury-Irfan has wonderfully played this part. No hand holding or passionate smooching scenes.
The storyline is pretty much simple and almost feels like a day in the life of a senior citizen, his worries and fears concerning his health, really about non existent problems. Bhaskor Banerjee and his daughter Piku live in a upper middle class suburb in Delhi, Bhaskor is a retired pensioner while Piku is a young ambitious working professional. Bhaskor is constantly worried about his age related niggles, primarily being constipation related. One might think that the movie is all about natures call, but there is no vulgarity or slapstick comedy but evokes peels of laughter only through the actors ability to emote.
Bhaskor wants to dispose off his ancestral home in Kolkata, unwilling to go to the city in a train, as the toilet shakes while the train is in motion, while in the plane the space in the toilet makes Bhaskor feel claustrophobic in his own words. So it is a car from Delhi to Kolkata and driven by a person called Chowdhury, a travels company owner. By the way Chowdhury is a person Piku initially loves to hate because of the poor services of his cab company. The five of them embark on the long journey,Bhaskor,Piku,Chowdhury, Bhaskors long serving servant and Bhaskors mobile potty, a ramshackle wooden chair with a hole in between.
Along the way there are several such funny scenes that once again traverse the laughter way primarily on account of Bhaskors antics, but scenes that perhaps remind you from your own ageing fathers life. They do take a break in between in Banaras and the camera does a wonderful job of shooting a few serene scenes at the ghats.
Kolkata lovers will love the movie as there are quite a few scenes shot across major landmarks in the city. Mr Bachans secret adventure on a bicycle without informing his dear ones, enjoying street food, buying kachoris from a street side stall and coming back home does once again remind you about what a loving grandfather would do.I am not going into specific details of scenes because they are only to be seen to be enjoyed.
yet another departure from the normal routine movie stuff is that there are songs but interspersed in between dialogues and does not in anyway take you away from the storyline. Moushumi Chatterjee does a sweet encore as Pikus four times married maashi. There is laughter to be had at every moment including one by looking at dear departed Bhaskor Banerjees framed photograph.
A Movie that is a must watch for people of all ages especially for the senior citizen fraternity. A Movie that has worked out the finer details to the microscopic details, like the settings of a rustic Bengali ancestral home, the props that have been used, the dining table settings, food/breakfast that is so bengali-paav roti with chai, the typical windows which can be found only in ancient heritage buildings in Kolkata. Overall a lovely movie that moves like a breeze and one that you look forward to the next scene, ends without really dragging. Piku- A sweet with sugar in the right proportions. Kudos to the Piku team
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