Did I ever had an idea of what the movie would be all about!!!
Obviously nope!!
The title says: Paa - "A very rare father-son, son-father story"
And they meant, Jr. AB as father to Sr.AB...
But, in the movie, its not just about father & son..
The movie revolves around Auro, a progeria patient (every channel says about this syndrome, these days,, so, I don't have to explain it) and all the relationships he shares with everyone in his life.
Big B rocks as a school student. Amazing, just not that new avatar, but also the acting (his body language is genius).
He has a very loving mom (Vidhya Balan has done brilliant job), who is a single parent, but who is very proud of her son. Though she feels the pain for her son, brings up her son with a great amount of self respect in him.
And there is Arundhati Nag as Auro's granny, whom he sweetly calls Bum, who supports her daughter to be a strong single parent, taking take care of Auro and struggling to explain to Auro that Vidhya is not married, and happy for her daughter when good things are on her way.
We should really appreciate both Jr.AB's acting & his role in the movie. Though the role looks very idealistic, that's the kind of politicians we want, to "Change the system". About a corrupted officer he says, lets help if he is clean, but, we surely have to help him if he is corrupted. His phil is killing the patient doesn't cure the disease. Hats off!!
AB looks very opt for the intelligent, idealist, visionary politician with a dignified and sensible approach towards problems/issues.
And Auro has a good bunch of friends, who do not ill treat him, neither treat him with special attention. But, they are always with him,for him, like any brilliant student in a class would have and the bonding is also great, likewise.
Auro knows about his health condition, the way his family is struggling for him, understands what his mom has undergone in her life for him and even though he wants to be with his dad, he stops himself not to be an hitchki...
Isn't that a mature kid ?? I love Auro.
But, the movie isn't that serious at all.. This movie really made me envious of school kids.. I really really want to go back to school (I go as a teacher,, will anyone take me as a student, pls?? )
There is whole load of fun, which Auro shares with his mom, granny and his class mates, esp Vishnu :)
Even a single piece, which is as simple as "Tameez se baath kar", maakes you laugh ur heart out... Yes, I mean it..
Few of my fav dialogues from the movie are:
"Tameez se baath kar, MP ko jaanta hoon mein"
"I painted the globe with white color, coz there was no other color"
"Bum, do you have a credit card??"
"I'm a creative person yaar..."
"Kuch nahi kiya,, maths mein kuch nahi kiya, history mein kuch nahi kiya...."
"He gets angry, even I get angry, he scolds me, but I can't scold him" (Vishnu about his dad ;) )
"do mard ek ghar mein nahi reh sakte hai, yaar!!" (again, Vishnu ;) )
"Google se bachkar kahan jaaoge?"
"Knock, or I'll knock your head off!!"
To wake up the kid in you, to entertain the kid in you, to go back to your school days and all the sweet memories,
last, not the least, for Great effort by the whole ensemble,, Watch Paa.
PS:
Just now read that, there is a law suit filed against Paa, saying Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has violated the disabilities act.. Do these people really have sense.. or have they watched the movie ???
