Sunday, October 9, 2016

Movie: Piku

I catch up on movies very late. I have in general stopped going to the theatre to watch a movie. Not a conscious effort, but it just so happens that it has slipped way down in the list of things that I do. I do catch up on some movies, months or sometimes years after they have been released.

Recently I watched the Hindi movie Piku, on Netflix.

It turned out to be one of the best Hindi movie watching experience I have had in a long time. Deepika, as the daughter who is tired of her hypochondriac father, Amitabh, as the chronically constipated complaining father and Irfaan Khan, as the taxi stand owner, who drives the above mentioned duo from Calcutta to Delhi, integrate as the characters they play seamlessly.

It is a funny, amusing, poignant and aesthetic movie with excellent screenplay, performances, photography and music.

The songs Bezubaan, Teri Meri Baatein, Lamhe Guzar Gaye and Journey song are captivating with soulful lyrics and rhythm. They are absolutely my favorites right now, on my playlist.