Piku (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Shoojit Sircar |
| Produced by | N.P. Singh Ronnie Lahiri Sneha Rajani |
| Written by | Juhi Chaturvedi |
| Screenplay by | Juhi Chaturvedi |
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Amitabh Bachchan Deepika Padukone Irrfan Khan |
| Music by | Anupam Roy |
| Cinematography | Kamaljeet Negi |
| Edited by | Chandrashekhar Prajapati |
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| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi Bengali English |
| Budget | ₹38 crore |
| Box office | ₹141 crore |
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| Soundtrack album by Anupam Roy | |
| Released | 21 April 2015 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 24:30 |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
Piku is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N.P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. It stars Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, with Moushumi Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta portraying supporting roles. It tells the story of the short-tempered Piku Banerjee (Padukone), her grumpy, ageing father Bhashkor (Bachchan) and Rana Chaudhary (Khan), who is stuck between the father-daughter duo, as they embark on a journey from Delhi to Kolkata.
The story and screenplay was written by Juhi Chaturvedi. Principal photography began in August 2014 and was wrapped up in December. Anupam Roy composed the soundtrack and score, and wrote the lyrics.
Piku was released on 8 May 2015. It garnered wide critical acclaim upon release. Critics praised the screenplay, performances, humour and overall simplicity. It also emerged as a commercial success worldwide. Made on a budget of ₹420 million (US$6.2 million), Piku earned ₹1.41 billion (US$21 million) worldwide.
On January 11, 2016, the film was nominated for Best Film in the 61st Filmfare Awards, as well as other categories. Padukone won her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and Bachchan received his fourth National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards and his third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Piku Banerjee (Deepika Padukone) is a Bengali architect residing in Delhi, with her 70-year-old father, Bhashkor (Amitabh Bachchan). Bhashkor has problems with chronic constipation and traces every problem to his bowel movements. His habits often lead to quarrels with the servants and irritates Chhobi Mashi (Moushumi Chatterjee), who often visits them. Piku loves her father and, as her mother has died, takes good care of him but gets extremely irritated with him at times because of his eccentricities. Her colleague, Syed Afroz (Jisshu Sengupta) is a good friend, and she is a regular client of Syed's friend, Rana Chaudhary's (Irrfan Khan) taxi business. Rana has his own family problems with his mother and sister.
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