Piku (Deepika Padukone, Amitab Bachchan)

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Piku is a character played by Deepika Padukone. It's a woman centric film which explores the relationship between an old father and his daughter on whom he completely depends. It's about a Bengali family living in Delhi.
 
Deepika Padukone has proved that she IS the Queen Of Bollywood with this film. She is No 1 since 2012.
 
 

 
Motion Se Hi Emotion means "Emotion comes from motion"

 
Piku presents a very realistic view of a typical Indian family. The film has life as it is, minus any over-the-top idealistic relationships or preachy morals. The film harps on the simplicity of reality, gently tugging on your heartstrings.
 
The beauty of Piku lies not in the story but the way it is told. The film shows that mind-boggling stories are not essential to touch hearts on the silver screen. Piku's story is too simple - it does not offer shocks or surprises. Instead, it is one of those endearing narratives where the actors' performances and nuanced ways in which the director tells the tale overpower the predictable storyline.
 
The film was made with the budget of  US$5.6 million and till now it has earned US$17 million. This film is still running successfully even after the 3rd week of it's release.
 
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Synopsis:
Piku Banerjee (Deepika Padukone) is a Bengali architect who resides in Delhi, along with her 70 year old father, Bhashkor (Amitabh Bachchan). Bhashkor has constipation problem and traces each and every problem's root to his bowel movements. Piku loves her father and, as her mother is no more, takes good care of him, but gets extremely irritated with him at times because of his eccentricities. Her colleague, Syed Afroz (Jishu Sengupta) is a good friend, and she is a regular client of Syed's friend, Rana's (Irrfan Khan) taxi business. Rana has his own family problems with his mother and sister.
Piku wants to sell their house in Kolkata, but Bhashkor objects vehemently. He decides to go to Kolkata himself to cancel the deal. Piku has to accompany him, since she cannot let him travel alone. Bhashkor brings up his constipation problem and decides to travel by road. Due to Piku being very problematic with other drivers of Rana, they run away before Piku's trip. Piku, disappointed with the Taxi agency, decides to book a flight but at the right moment Rana arrives to take the pair to Kolkata by road. Later in the movie we come to know that he hasn't informed his family about this trip.
On the way, the group encounters many incidents, including Rana on the verge of losing patience due to Bhashkor's fussy behavior and his constipation. They finally reach Kolkata, where Piku's relatives still live in the old house and Bhashkor asks Rana to stay for some time. Piku and Rana go out and gradually grow close.
Rana leaves Kolkata the next day, telling her that she has got a "very interesting family", and also subtly hinting not to sell the house. He also tells, or rather requests, Bhaskor to stop his eccentricities which he eventually listens to.
Piku announces that she has changed her mind and the house will not be sold. Meanwhile Bhashkor's sudden desire to ride a bicycle increases as he cycles through the city alone, leaving everyone worried. He returns with a packet of "kochuri" leaving Piku furious at him. He simply steps out of the toilet, stating that his constipation is cleared and he needs to cycle everyday. He also remembers Rana who had told him to eat everything and not be picky about food. Piku is secretly happy but doesn't emote much. The next day, everyone discovers that Bhashkor had passed away in his sleep. After his funeral in Kolkata, Piku returns to Delhi, where she pays up whatever due she owes Rana. Piku observes that parents, however irritating they become in their old age, should not be judged. A funny revelation is also made in the end that Syed has constipation and Bhaskor knew that for a long time. The movie ends on a happy note as the maid who had left in the early part of the movie due to Bhaskor's eccentricities returns to work.
 
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Deepika wears minimal or no-makeup for this movie
 
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeiKUlUUNQ8
 

 
 
 
 
 
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She is the only actress from young generation who made it big on her own. She had nobody to support her cos she comes from athelete family (her father was a badminton champion) not from filmy background. She struggled alot after her debut film cos her first film was a major hit but people said she can just be an eye candy as she's beautiful. Next few films didnt do well but then she worked hard on her weakness. Now she is the QUEEN of bollywood since 4 years.
cecilia said:
I think Deepika is beautiful regardless of makeup or not :) I love her as a actress!
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Deepika's contemporaries (like Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Kangna Ranaut) take her name to be in news. She is one of the highest paid actress. Amitabh Bachchan (who is her on-screen dad in Piku) is not friends with her anymore. Cos Deepika was paid the same amount as him. That hurt his ego. In Bollywood heroes get paid more than heroines. I think it's the same everywhere. But with deepika, she gets paid well cos producers trust her. I'm proud of her.
 
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Well, not her fault that she's good. Lol
She's one of the actresses who's many films have entered RS 100 crore club lol.. The old man just jealous
 
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Piku won 3 awards at BIG Star Entertaining Awards
 
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in Drama Role – Male - Amitabh Bachchan for Piku 
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Role - Female - Deepika Padukone for Piku 
BIG Star Most Entertaining Drama Film - Piku 
 
Deepika won 2 awards.
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor of the Year - Female - Deepika Padukone.
Piku won Best actor, actress, film over TWMR. Kangna did not win cos it was a repeated role for her and Piku was critically acclaimed movie.
Amitabh did not attend the event. DP congratulated him on twitter
 
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Congrats to Piku. It won 5 awards in filmfare 2015 :yahoo: :yahoo:
 
Best film - Piku
Best Actor female (Popular) - Deepika Padukone (beating Bajirao Mastani)
Best Actor male (critic) - Amitabh Bachchan
Best Screenplay - Juhi Chaturvedi
Best Background Score - Anupam Roy
 
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