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Piku (2015)

Piku poster
Original title
पीकू
Directed by
Shoojit Sircar
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 219 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman in Delhi lives with her elderly father who is obsessed with his bowel movements. They take a road trip together to Kolkata, dealing with their father-daughter relationship along the way.

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What happens

Piku is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar, written by Juhi Chaturvedi, and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan, with Moushumi Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Raghubir Yadav in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Anupam Roy. Principal photography began in August 2014 and was wrapped up in December. The film was released on 8 May 2015, and garnered critical acclaim, with praise for its screenplay, humour and overall simplicity, and particular praise directed towards the performances of Bachchan, Padukone and Khan. It also emerged as a commercial success worldwide. Made on a budget of ₹42 crore (equivalent to ₹63 crore or US$6.6 million in 2023), Piku earned ₹141 crore (equivalent to ₹213 crore or US$22 million in 2023) worldwide. At the 61st Filmfare Awards, Piku received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Sircar), and Best Actor (Bachchan) and won 5 awards, including Best Actress (Padukone). Bachchan won his record-setting fourth National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards and his record-setting third Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) for his performance in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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