deepika padukone played the title role in the popular film piku.
deepika padukone played the title role in the popular film piku.
who played the title role in the popular film piku?
deepika padukone
shoojit sircar's original choices of the main cast were parineeti chopra in the title role, amitabh bachchan and irrfan khan. these three actors were given the script. however, chopra turned down the part. the cast of amitabh bachchan, deepika padukone and irrfan khan was finalised in mid-2014. in preparation for the role of piku, padukone learned bengali as her character is from bengal. there were early reports that jisshu sengupta was cast as the romantic lead opposite deepika padukone, but sengupta plays padukone's character's best friend. irrfan khan plays the romantic lead opposite deepika padukone. bachchan essays the role of piku's father, while moushumi chatterjee portrays piku's aunt. akshay oberoi was cast in a cameo.
piku
in 2013 he made his hollywood debut in "the great gatsby" making a special appearance opposite leonardo dicaprio and tobey maguire. in 2014, he played the role of the friendly ghost in the sequel "bhoothnath returns". the next year, he played the role of a grumpy father suffering from chronic constipation in the critically acclaimed "piku" which was also one of the biggest hits of 2015. a review in "daily news and analysis" (dna) summarized bachchan's performance as "the heart and soul of piku clearly belong to amitabh bachchan who is in his elements. his performance in piku, without doubt, finds a place among the top 10 in his illustrious career." rachel saltz wrote for the new york times, "“piku,” an offbeat hindi comedy, would have you contemplate the intestines and mortality of one bhashkor banerji and the actor who plays him, amitabh bachchan. bhashkor's life and conversation may revolve around his constipation and fussy hypochondria, but there's no mistaking the scene-stealing energy that mr. bachchan, india's erstwhile angry young man, musters for his new role of cranky old man." well known indian critic rajeev masand wrote on his website, "bachchan is pretty terrific as bhashkor, who reminds you of that oddball uncle that you nevertheless have a soft spot for. he bickers with the maids, harrows his hapless helper, and expects that piku stay unmarried so she can attend to him. at one point, to ward off a possible suitor, he casually mentions that his daughter isn’t a virgin; that she’s financially independent and sexually independent too. bachchan embraces the character’s many idiosyncrasies, never once slipping into caricature while all along delivering big laughs thanks to his spot-on comic timing. "the guardian" summed up, "bachchan seizes upon his cranky character part, making bashkor as garrulously funny in his theories on caste and marriage as his system is backed-up." the performance won bachchan his fourth national film award for best actor and his third filmfare critics award for best actor.
amitabh bachchan