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by : Harish.V |
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Starring:
: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan,
Vidya Balan.
Direction:
Balki
Music:
Ilayaraja
Production:
A B Corp |
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Paa
has been making the news ever
since the first look of Amitabh
Bachchan was released. With
Cheeni Kum's director Balki
directing the movie, Ilayaraja
scoring the music and for the
first time in the history of
world cinema a real life dad-son
in a role reversal just multi-folded
the magnitude of the movie.
Will this movie produced by
Amitabh's own production company
AB Corp please the audience?
Let’s make this clear,
Paa is clearly the cutest crowd
pleaser Bollywood has churned
out in quite a while. It has
its share of flaws but somehow
it never seems big enough to
notice.
The story is about a 13-year-old
kid Auro who is suffering from
a rare genetic disease Progeria,
due to which the diseased would
age 4-5 times faster than normal.
Auro is a very intelligent kid
who befriends an MP, Amol Atre,
only to know later that Amol
is his father. Vidya, Auro's
mother is not ready to accept
Amol in her life. Will Auro
change Vidya's mind? Will Auro
get his Paa? Find out in a theatre
near you and don’t forget
to take your entire family along.
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Balki's story lacks the punch but his screenplay
more than makes up for it. The biggest flaw
in the movie is that it tried to be a kid’s
movie but unnecessary political drama, media
clashes and romance between Vidya and Amol
and the drama after that just takes the
focus off the main idea of being a movie
about father-son relationship. But at the
same time it never stops making you feel
for Auro, his mother, his father and at
the same time has a comical undertone all
through. Balki has pulled of another feel-good
movie but again misses in the climax as
the required drama was unnecessarily extended
thereby making it melodramatic. Please don’t
miss the innovative title credits introduction,
Vidya Balan's performance when she sees
Amitabh suffers when he gets admitted the
second time, Abhishek confessing in front
of the media and several such gems are scattered
all over the movie for us to relish on.
Technically, the movie is brilliant, with
flawless cinematography from the master
cinematographer P.C. Sreeram and exceptional
lighting effects to complement the excellence
behind the ARRI. Anil Naidu's dedicated
editing enriches the movie even further.
And a special work by the music maestro
Ilayaraja, who with the songs impresses
us all and with the background score which
can easily be described as wordless poetry,
lifts the movie to new levels.
Abhishek Bachchan as Amol Matre is in full
form, he gives a heartening performance
after Guru. Vidya Balan is a revelation;
her performance can very well be described
as the life of the movie. She makes even
the simple scenes extremely special with
just her eyes. Arundati Naag and Paresh
Rawal are brilliant in the role they are
bestowed with. And now comes the time to
talk about Auro. When you think all the
heights have been already achieved by the
Shehenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan
comes up with a blinder of a performance
which will be talked upon and be taken as
a benchmark for any performance to come
henceforth from Bollywood or otherwise.
Christien Tinsley and Domini Til's make
up of Amitabh is sensational. Not even once
do we think it is Amitabh who is inside
all the layers of make-up but a real child
is playing the role.
Overall, it’s a movie for everyone
who wants to smile, who wants to cry and
who wants to get entertained. An honest
movie straight from the heart with a heart.
Enjoy the Auro magic in the theaters and
seeing it in a pirated version will be a
sin committed to one of the greatest performer
world has ever seen.
Verdict:
Get submerged in Auro Magic
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