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==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
[[Anupam Roy]] composed the soundtrack for the film.]]
[[Anupam Roy]] composed the soundtrack for the film.
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The soundtrack is composed entirely by [[Anupam Roy]], the lyrics are also written by Roy. The first song, "Journey Song", was released on 1 April 2015. The official music album was released online on April 21, 2015.
The soundtrack was composed entirely by Roy, who also wrote the lyrics. The first song, "Journey Song", was released on 1 April 2015. The official music album was released online on April 21, 2015.


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Revision as of 04:22, 9 May 2015

For the 1980 Bengali Language directed by Satyajit Ray, see Pikoo (film).
Piku
File:First Look Poster.jpg
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byShoojit Sircar
Written byJuhi Chaturvedi
Screenplay byJuhi Chaturvedi
Produced byN.P. Singh
Ronnie Lahiri
Sneha Rajani
StarringDeepika Padukone
Amitabh Bachchan
Irrfan Khan
CinematographyKamaljeet Negi
Edited byChandrashekhar Prajapati
Music byAnupam Roy
Production
companies
MSM Motion Pictures
Saraswati Entertainment Creations Limited
Rising Sun Films
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹2 crore (US$230,000)

Piku is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar. Deepika Padukone portrays the titular protagonist, a Bengali architect living in New Delhi, and Amitabh Bachchan plays her aging father. Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee and Jishu Sengupta portray supporting roles. Piku released on May 8, 2015.[1]

The film received positive reviews from critics upon release praising the story, screenplay and performance from its lead cast, especially Khan's.

Plot Summary

This is the story of Bengali widowed Father and cheeky Daughter who resides in Delhi. Amitabh dons the role of a 70-year-old father, Bhashkor and Deepika the role of a 30-year-old architect daughter Piku. They are both inter-dependant on each other as the dynamics of the family goes. Bhashkor is a person who doesn't have all the nuts and bolts up there and often childishly irritates his daughter, Piku with his obsession over his bowel movements for attention. Piku is the breadwinner of the family, she is a shallow, hotheaded young lady who hides her insecurity through rudeness, shows her courage through adamancy and seeks relief from exasperation through wayward sexual life, which is sugar-coated as sexually independent. Piku has occasional one-night stands with her business partner Syed Afroze (Jisshu Sengupta) which even defies her father's "Don't pooh, where you stew" policy. Her father in a bashing manner often introduces his daughter to her suitors as a "financially, emotionally and sexually active, non-virgin woman". Piku has a secret admirer Rana Chaudhary (Irrfan), a civil engineer turned self-made taxi service company owner and He ocassionaly does the bidding's of the Banerjee family; He is infatuated with Piku's amateurish and eccentric social behavior and also often acts as a mediator in the Banerjee Family's domestic drama's, and gets dejected if he offers any rational solutions. Piku picks up the pieces of Rana's romantic notions and reciprocates in subtly silent manner, and ends up as a lady's casual pull on a man's heartstrings. The senility finally hits Bhaskor hardly, this affects Piku and people surrounding the family. Deteriorating Bhaskor decides he needs to take a trip to Kolkata to visit his ancestral home by road and the family is willing to do anything to ensure to fall back to their childish-dysfunctional ways. Finally after motley events against everyone's wishes Bhaskor travels to Kolkota by cycle and dies peacefully after a "divine dump". Piku confides with Rana and is seen in engaging through badminton at Banerjee house.

Cast

Production

Casting

The main cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, and Irrfan Khan was finalised in mid-2014.[4] In preparation for the role of Piku, Padukone learned Bengali as her character is from Bengal.[5] Initially, there were early reports that Jisshu Sengupta was cast as the romantic lead opposite Deepika Padukone, but it has been confirmed that Sengupta will in fact be seen playing Padukone's character's best friend in the film.[2][6] Irrfan Khan will play the romantic lead opposite of Deepika Padukone.[7][8] Bachchan will essay the role of a Bangali bhadrolok, while Moushumi Chatterjee will essay the role of a family member.[9] Akshay Oberoi will play a cameo role going on a date with Padukone's character.[3]

Filming

Principal photography for Piku began in August 2014, when shooting of the film's first schedule took off in Kolkata.[10] The first schedule for Piku was also filmed in Delhi and Mumbai and included filming of indoor scenes.[11][12][13] The second schedule of filming started on 30 October 2014 in Kolkata and took place mostly in the north part of the city.[13][14][15] Specifically, shooting for the film took place at the iconic Howrah Bridge in the city's Shyambazar neighbourhood and at Bishop Lefroy Road, the residence of Satyajit Ray.[15][16][17] During the shooting at Howrah Bridge, Bachchan was seen cycling around the city dressed as his character.[18] The Kolkata schedule was completed on 18 November 2014 and shooting now shifted to Delhi and Patdi Near Surendranagar in Gujarat.[19][20] Shooting in Delhi took place at Gurgaon cyber hub and city club where Padukone and Khan were seen filming.[21] The film was wrapped up after its last schedule shot in Varanasi. Both Padukone and Khan shot on the ghats of Banaras under chilly conditions and also attracted a crowd on the ghats of Banaras.[22]

Promotion

The makers of the film released a video of day one on the sets of Piku which is called Piku Begins. The video has the cast speak about what viewers can expect from the film.[23] As a part of promotions, the makers have released onset pictures of the film's shooting where the main cast are all seen in character.[24] Bachchan's first look was revealed from the film that depicts his character of an old Bengali man with long hair and a big belly.[25] On 25 March 2015, as part of the promotion, Deepika revealed the poster of the film through her twitter handle.[26]

Soundtrack

Anupam Roy composed the soundtrack for the film.

Untitled

The soundtrack was composed entirely by Roy, who also wrote the lyrics. The first song, "Journey Song", was released on 1 April 2015. The official music album was released online on April 21, 2015.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Bezubaan"Anupam Roy05:37
2."Journey Song"Anupam Roy, Shreya Ghoshal04:12
3."Lamhe Guzar Gaye"Anupam Roy04:16
4."Piku"Sunidhi Chauhan03:26
5."Teri Meri Baatein"Anupam Roy05:39
6."Piku Remix (DJ AKS)[27]"Sunidhi Chauhan02:00
Total length:23:10

References

  1. ^ "'Piku' trailer to be released with 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'". No. Mid-Day.com. Mid Day. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Deepika Padukone is hero & heroine in Shoojit Sircar's 'Piku'?". BizAsia Showbiz. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Actor Akshay Oberoi to essay a cameo in Amitabh-Deepika starrer 'Piku'". Kolly Talk. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Shoojit Sircar's 'Piku' to release April 2015". Pinkvilla. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Deepika Padukone learns Bengali for 'Piku'". Deccan Chronicle. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Deepika Padukone's Piku Hero is Bengali Star Jisshu Sengupta". NDTV. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Deepika Padukone to romance Irrfan Khan in 'Piku'". Bollywood Mantra. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Irrfan Khan-Deepika Padukone: Fresh onscreen pair comes on the board". Desimartini. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  9. ^ "For Big B shoot, Shoojit wants Mamata Banerjee's cooperation". The Times of India. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Deepika Padukone shoots for 'Piku'". Mid Day. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Deepika Padukone to work with Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan in Shoojit Sircar's Piku". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Big B, Deepika and Irrfan starrer Piku slated for a April 2015 release". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Next Piku schedule in November". The Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Piku – The Casting Coup of the Year". The Free Press Journal. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Piku team to be at Kolkata International Film Festival". The Times of India. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Big B, PIKU Team Shoot at Iconic Howrah Bridge". The Free Press Journal. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  17. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan's City of Joy: Chowringhee to Howrah Bridge Via Shyambazar". NDTV Movies. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  18. ^ "IN PICS: Amitabh Bachchan rides bicycle through Kolkata for Piku shoot". Times of India. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Celebrity Spotting: Deepika Padukone In Delhi". Filmi Beat. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Deepika Padukone lands in Ahmedabad for Piku". Pinkvilla. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Spotted: Deepika Padukone shooting for 'Piku' in Gurgaon". Apun Ka Choice. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  22. ^ "Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan shoot for 'Piku' in Varanasi". Times of India. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  23. ^ "Day one with Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone on the sets of 'Piku'". Deccan Chronicle. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  24. ^ "First look: Amitabh Bachchan gets family-pack for Piku". Hindustan Times. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  25. ^ "First look: Amitabh Bachchan flaunts 'family-pack' in Piku". India Today.in. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  26. ^ "POSTER OUT! DEEPIKA AND AMITABH STARRER 'PIKU' POSTER RELEASED". Filmy Monkey. 25 March 2015.
  27. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVrnINi7jp4


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