Piku [2015]

Language - Hindi
Director - Shoojit Sircar
Run Time - 2 hours, 3 minutes
Genre - Drama
Starring - Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan

Don't get me wrong, Piku is a pretty well made movie which touches the heart and has excellent performances from its three main actors. But to me, it seemed a tad bit boring. Not to be insensitive, but a movie circulating around 'Constipation' can become bothersome. And too much potty talk is always bad.

Shoojit Sircar manages to make good films, but they remain just good. Vicky Donor, Madras Cafe and recently, Piku, were all quite good. But that's it. Sircar hasn't yet been able to make exceptional films. His films always manage to touch the heart, but somewhere they fall quite short, and that is where he must improve upon, I believe.

Piku is a family drama, which circulates around Amitabh Bachchan as Bhaskor, a 70 year old, constipated man, and his daughter Piku, who sacrifices everything to take care of him. Bhaskor is demanding, attention craving, vile and selfish as people in the movie call him too.
But that does not hinder Piku [Padukone] from taking total care of him, including missing dates and meetings to talk about Bhaskors's yes you guessed it, poop!

Enter a situation which leads to a road trip and there comes in Irrfan Khan a.k.a Rana Chaudhary. Rana is clearly infatuated with Piku and cannot seem to fathom why she would sacrifice so much for Bhaskor. Over the trip, the three bond, Rana even helping out with the constipation. Watch to see how the rest unfolds.

In all, a decent movie, which could have been made better if it hadn't been fixated on one topic. The acting is top notch by the veteran actors. There could have been more of comedy to lighten up the mood.

My Rating - 6.8/10