Piku....the potty tales
Piku. The name is typically Bengali. Bringing back memories of a well known movie by the late Satyajit Ray. However, the current movie is entirely different in flavour from the other one. Piku circa2015 is funny, touching and entirely postmodern. An emotional rollercoaster by Shoojit Sircar, and a" hatke" theme that makes you ask for more. A cranky septaugenarian widower Bhaskar Banerjee (Amitabh Bachchan), and his daughter Piku ( Deepika Padikone) share a bittersweet relationship. The father is immersed all day in his potty troubles ( constipation) , to the extent that this becomes the centre point of his existence, much to the frustration of his busy architect daughter , who receives the potty updates in the middle of her office meetings through the amused office secretary! Naturally, their house is a battlefield, with Bhaskar targetting everyone from the maid to the house help boy, with his antics. His daughter is no shade lighter, targetting