Piku

Loosely based on the 1980 Satyajit Ray Bengali short film, Pikoo, Piku is a Hindi comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar. The film follows Piku Banerji, an architect residing in Chittaranjan Park, Delhi with her 70-year-old widowed father, Bhashkor — who is a hypochondriac suffering from chronic constipation, who traces every single problem he faces right back to his bowel movements. Piku finds herself in constant arguments with her father, with him especially objecting Piku's urge to sell their ancestral home; which compels him to visit the home in Kolkata. Due to his health condition, Piku is compelled to go along with her father on a road trip to Kolkata, a trip which brings them closer together. The film has been produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani, with Anupam Roy composing the film's music. The film features performances from Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, and Avijit Dutt among others. The film garnered universal critical and commercial acclaim upon release, with the performances from Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan being lauded. The film received 8 nominations at the 61st Filmfare Awards and won 5 awards with Padukone winning the award for Best Actress. Amitabh Bachchan won a record-setting 4th National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards for his performance in the film.