Paa (film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Paa
| image = Paaposter.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[R. Balki]]
| producer = {{ubl|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]|[[Sunil Manchanda]]}}
| writer = R. Balki
| starring = {{ubl|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]|[[Vidya Balan]]|[[Paresh Rawal]]|[[Arundhati Nag]]}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[P. C. Sriram]]
| editing = Anil Naidu
| studio = {{ubl|[[Sunil Manchanda|MAD Entertainment Ltd]]|[[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation]]|[[Reliance Big Pictures]]}}
| distributor = Reliance Big Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2009|12|4|df=y}}
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}} 13 crore
| gross = {{INR}} 102 crore
}}

'''''Paa ''''' (English: ''Father'') is a 2009 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy-drama film]] directed by [[R. Balki]], starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]], and [[Vidya Balan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmicafe.com/movie_page.php?movie_id=1146|title=''Paa'': Complete cast and crew play|publisher=Filmicafe Media Inc|access-date=2 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101030818/http://www.filmicafe.com/movie_page.php?movie_id=1146|archive-date=1 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film is inspired by the 1996 Hollywood film [[Jack (1996 film)|Jack]] as per some reports and is based on the relationship of a boy with a rare genetic condition known as [[progeria]] and his parents. [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]], in real life, are father and son respectively, but in ''Paa'', they played opposite roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 Dec 2009. Veteran composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]] scored the music. The film was critically acclaimed in India and fared well at the box office.<ref name=boi>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=288&catName=MjAwOQ== |title=Boxofficeindia.com |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=1 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131907/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=288&catName=MjAwOQ%3D%3D |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> Despite a warm reception from Indian film critics, the film received mixed reviews from overseas film critics, according to the websites [[Metacritic]] and [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
[[Amitabh Bachchan]] received his third [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] at the [[57th National Film Awards]] for his performance and his fifth [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] and [[Vidya Balan]] got her first [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]].

==Plot==
Auro ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is an intelligent and witty 12-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic disorder called [[progeria]]. Mentally he is twelve and very normal, but physically he looks five times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya ([[Vidya Balan]]), who is a [[Gynaecology|Gynaecologist]]. Amol Arte ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]) is a young, flamboyant politician. He is out to prove to the world that "politics" is not a bad word. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son; however, Vidya conceals this from him. Amol meets Auro when he visits Auro's school as a chief guest. He comes on the occasion of a competition on the "visionary of India". Amol decides Auro as the winner, impressed by the white globe he made. But being seen with such a prominent politician Auro is found by the media. The next day the media tries to enter his school. Auro, annoyed at this, sends him an e-mail, which says "I hate you". Amol reads it and obtains a restraining order from the High Court stating that nobody can disturb him without permission. Auro, relieved, tells him of his desire to visit the president's house. But due to Amol's political issues he fails to show up on the appointed day. Auro, however, loses confidence in him but later agrees to go to Delhi with him although he now knows that Amol is his father. Though Amol does not know that Auro is his son, he takes him to Delhi to see the president's house. Auro says that he still needs to forgive Amol for his first mistake (not accepting him), but he doesn't tell him what it is. When on his 13th birthday he is in hospital he tells his father that he, Auro, is his father's mistake. Auro tries to get his mother and father back together, but Vidya resists, still hurt by the fact that Amol wanted her to have an abortion when they first found out she was pregnant. Amol realises his mistake though, and proposes to Vidya, as he is still in love with her. He stays by Auro's side when he finds out that Auro is his son. Auro's health begins to deteriorate as he reaches his 13th birthday, his physical defects catching up. However, he is finally able to reunite his mother and father once again as Vidya gives in to her feelings for Amol and her motherly love for Auro. They perform the first wedding rites in the hospital in front of their dying son, implying that they will do the rest later. Auro, succumbing to his disease, says his last words "Maa" to Vidya and "Paa" to Amol before dying with a satisfied smile. The movie ends in the rain with Vidya mourning Auro's death as Amol comforts her as she remembers Auro dancing.

==Cast==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Auro Arte (Amol and Vidya's son)
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Amol Arte (Auro's father)
* [[Vidya Balan]] as Dr. Vidya Arte (Auro's mother)
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Mr. Kaushal Arte (Amol's father)
* [[Arundhati Nag]] as Pallavi (Vidya's mother)
* [[Satyajit Sharma]] as Jaikirt
* [[Sachin Parikh]] Dr. Vidya's patient
* Prateek Katare as Vishnu
* [[Taruni Sachdev]] as Somi (Auro's classmate)
* Olivier Lafont as Sagar

==Production==

===Casting===
The film had [[Amitabh Bachchan]] playing the role of a child who is suffering from [[Progeria]], a genetic disorder which leads to quick acceleration of ageing process in children. [[Abhishek Bachchan]], Amitabh's real-life son, played the role of his father.

[[Vidya Balan]] was the only choice for the mother's role. [[Arundathi Nag]], the wife of late [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] actor-director [[Shankar Nag]] was asked to play the role of Vidya's mother (Bachchan's maternal grandmother).<ref>{{cite web|last=H Hooli|first=Shekhar|title=Arundhati Nag's role in ''Paa'' gets rave reviews|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2010/arundhati-national-film-award-160910.html|work=Oneindia Entertainment|publisher=Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd|access-date=6 April 2012}}</ref>

===Filming===
Most of the parts were shot in [[Lucknow]] and some parts of the film were shot in UK and [[Malaysia]]. A small portion of the filming was done at Cambridge. The clock of Corpus Christi College and courtyard of St. John's College have been shown in a song sequence. The film was also shot in [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]], Malaysia. The [[King Edward VII School (Taiping)|King Edward VII school]] was actually one of the typical Malaysian schools.

One of the notable things in the movie was Amitabh's prosthetic make up. It was done by Hollywood's [[Christien Tinsley]] (famous for his work in ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', ''Catwoman'' and other films) and Dominie Till of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] fame.

There was a plan to make a sequel named ''Maa'', but Balki stopped it. In the words of Balki, "My main aim was not to make a film on [[progeria]]. My main motive behind making ''Paa'' was to reverse the roles of Amitabh and Abhishek. I decided to do something like this because once I was with both of them and I saw Abhishek behaving in a very matured manner and Amitabh, behaving as a kid. It was then that this idea struck me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Big_BAbhishek_role_reversal_main_motive_behind_Paa-nid-62872.html |title=Big B-Abhishek role reversal main motive behind ''Paa'' |publisher=Siliconindia.com |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

''Paa'' was [[Abhishek Bachchan]]'s first venture into producing films for his family company AB Corp. Ltd. Abhishek not only was one of the lead actors in ''Paa'', but was the main hands-on producer in charge of the film's budget, marketing, and the entire production of the film. It took hours for [[Amitabh Bachchan]] to put on his makeup and to take it off.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/11/24/5704/index.html Bollywoodhungama], 24 November 2009</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/73179/Cinema/Playing+Auro%27s+dad+was+challenging:+Abhishek.html India Today], 1 December 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/12/10/5761/index.html Bollywoodhungama], 10 December 2009</ref>

==Soundtrack==

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The soundtrack (songs and the background score) was scored by veteran composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]].The lyrics were penned by [[Swanand Kirkire]]. "Halke Se Bole" is based on the Tamil song "Putham Pudhu Kaalai" from his 1980 film ''[[Alaigal Oivathillai]]''. "Gumm Summ Gumm" is based on the Malayalam song "Thumbi Vaa" which Ilaiyaraaja had composed for the 1982 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Olangal]]''. The song "Mere Paa" is based on his Tamil song "Kaatru Vizhi", from [[Balu Mahendra]]'s film ''[[Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam]]''. The song has an eclectic mix of Irish and Tamil Folk music, both seamlessly fused to create a soothing melody that appears as a leitmotif, in the film's theme music.
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_music =
| all_lyrics =
|title1= Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se
|extra1=[[Shilpa Rao]]
|length1 = 2:53
|title2 = Gumm Summ Gumm
|extra2=[[Bhavatharini]], [[Shravan]]
|length2 = 4:40
|title3 =Udhi Udhi Ittefaq Se
|extra3=[[Shilpa Rao]]
|length3 = 2:36
|title4 = Hichki Hichki
|extra4=[[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|length4 = 4:22
|title5 = Gali Mudhi Ittefaq Se
|extra5=[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
|length5 = 2:40
|title6 = Halke Se Bole
|extra6=[[choir|Chorus]]
|length6 = 1:22
|title7 = Mere Paa
|extra7=[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|length7 = 4:16
|title8 =Paa Theme (Remix)
|extra8=[[Instrumental]]
|length8 = 3:21
}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ceremony
! Category
! Nominee
! Outcome
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[57th National Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|title=Big B wins National Award for ''Paa''|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-15/news-interviews/28223556_1_bengali-film-nargis-dutt-award-feature-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103120245/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-15/news-interviews/28223556_1_bengali-film-nargis-dutt-award-feature-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=6 April 2012}}</ref>
|[[National Film Award for Best Actor]]
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Arundathi Nag]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|[[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation|AB Corporation Ltd]], [[Sunil Manchanda]], [[R. Balakrishnan]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist]]
|[[Christien Tinsley]], Dominie Till
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Screen Awards|16th Star Screen Awards]]
|[[Star Screen Award Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Star Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Vidya Balan]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Star Screen Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|Pratik Katare
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Arundathi Nag
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1|Jodi No. 1]]
|Amitabh Bacchan, [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Film
|AB Corporation Ltd, [[Sunil Manchanda]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Director
|[[R. Balki]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Story
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Screenplay
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Dialogue
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Background Score
|[[Ilaiyaraja]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Playback Singer (Female)
|Shilpa Rao for "Mudi Mudi"
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Editing
|Anil Naidu
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Cinematography
|[[P. C. Sreeram]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Audiography
|Tapas
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Stardust Awards|8th Stardust Awards]]
|[[Stardust Star of the Year Award - Male|Star of the Year – Male]]
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award|Best Supporting Actor]]
|Abhishek Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female|Star of the Year – Female]]
|Vidya Balan
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[55th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Vidya Balan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Arundathi Nag
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
|AB Corp Ltd.
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[International Indian Film Academy Awards|11th IIFA Awards]]
|[[IIFA Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|Vidya Balan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Makeup Award|Best Makeup]]
|Christien Tinsley, Domini Till
|{{won}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Movie Award|Best Movie]]
|AB Corporation Ltd, [[Sunil Manchanda]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Director Award|Best Director]]
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award]]
|Abhishek Bachchan
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award]]
|Arundathi Nag
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Story Award]]
|R. Balki
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Best Female Playback Award]]
|Shilpa Rao for "Mudhi Mudhi"
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards|7th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards]]
|Best Actor
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Actress
|Vidya Balan
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Lines Gold Award
|Best Actor
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
||Best Actress
|Vidya Balan
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|FICCI Frames Excellence Awards
|Best Actor
|Amitabh Bachchan
|{{won}}
|-
||Best Actress
|Vidya Balan
|{{won}}
|}
* Won – '''[[Matri Shree Media Award]]''' for Best Film: 2010 – [[R. Balki]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029193902/http://www.paathefilm.com/ Official website]
* {{IMDb title|id=1532957|title=Paa}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}

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