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Starring:
Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh
Rawal, Arundhati Naag, Taruni Sachdeva, Pratik Katare,
Divya Bhatia
Writer and Director -
R. Balki
Paa is made by R. Balki who has penned the offbeat hit
Cheeni Kum. He takes to direction with Auro which is as
impressive as his first film.
Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent, witty 13 year
old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that
causes accelerated ageing.
He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Progeria is a
debilitating disease where the child ages rapidly beyond
his age. Kids affected by this problem lose all their
hair, become bald and their veins begin to show
prominently on their heads, which enlarge to a size
beyond normal. Their teeth and eyes suffer also.
Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks
5 times older. Inspite of his condition, Auro is a very
happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya (Vidya Balan)
who is a gynaecologist.
Paa has its moments that touch you, move you, moments
that try to make you cry, and then that make you laugh,
that make you feel warm Amitabh Bachchan in the lead
role delivers a sweet performance, Abhishek and Vidya
Balan are honest to their characters. The music is
simple.
Abhishek
Bachchan as a gen-next politician and he connects well.
And more impressive performance is by Vidya Balan who
portrays a strong, independent, modern Indian woman, and
most importantly – a mother.
As for Auro’s character, this writer would honestly give
maximum credit to the Prosthetic Make up artists rather
than to the actor. No doubt, Amitabh has pitched in a
yet another memorable performance, yet this is shadowed
by the impressive and extraordinary efforts by Christien
Tinsley and Dominie Till who wonderfully created the
character of Auro - a complement which sportingly comes
from Amitabh himself.
Abhishek Bachan and Amitabh Bachan (right) as Auro
Cast:
Amitabh Bachchan - Auro
Abhishek Bachchan - Auro's father
Vidya Balan - Vidya Auro's mother
Paresh Rawal - Vidya's father
Arundhati Naag - Vidya's mother
Kids:
Taruni Sachdeva
Pratik Katare
Nimit Dhaiya
Varun Shukla
Dhurvin Doshi
Karan Bhiwandker
Gaurav Bajaj
Satyajit Sharma
Jagdish Purohit
Divya Bhatia
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Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is a young progressive and a
full of ideals politician. He is out to prove to the world
that 'politics' is not a bad word. He is a man with a
mission.
Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a rare story about a
father-son, son-father relationship.
Vidya Balan as Auro's mother
The first half is about Auro’s Maa and the second half is
about Auro’s Paa. There are times when the viewer feels
that a 12 year old boy thinks and speaks like a guy double
his age. The film could have been made shorter by about
half an hour.
- PAW
Credits &
Crew:
Producers - AB Corp, Reliance Big Pictures, Sunil
Manchanda
Writer and Director - R. Balki
Associate Director - Vishal Gehani
Executive Producer - Jitendra Bagga, Anita
Editor - Anil Naidu
Lyricst - Swanand Kirkire
Music Director - Ilaiya Raja
Cinematographer - PC Sreeram
Assistant Writer - Rishi Virmani
Prosthetic Make up - Christien Tinsley, Dominie Till
Sound Designer - Tapas
Art Director - Sunil Babu
Casting Director - Richa Kapur
Assistant Editor - Nayan Haresh Badra
Assistant Directors - Jagan Shakti, Ranjit Govind,
Abhishek Dogra, Sugandha Mehrotra
Assistant Cameramen - Sathyanarayanan, M.S. Vivekanand,
Arvind P Gandhi, Sreerama Santosh, Sivakumar Vijayan,
Yuvraj Vivek, Kartik Venkatraman
Prosthetic Make up - Christien Tinsley, Dominie Till
Costume Designers - Sabyasachi Mukherjee, AkkiNarula,
Falguni Thakore, Vijeyata Manchanda, Rahul Agasti
Production Manager - Gangadhar Thosar
Assistant Stylist - Nikita Shah (Aki Narula), Chetna
Shah (Falguni Thakore)
Post Production Assistant - Nikki Anand
Production Assistant - Sachin Bagul
Art Assistants - Ashwini Kale, Apurwa Sondhi, Jinal
Mehta, Madhura Gokam, S. Ramakrishna, Srreeroop Sundar.
Associate Art Director - Vaishnavi Reddy
Line Producer - Swanand Marathe
Stills - Gene Gualdi
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