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Paa - Wogma Readers Reviews
Paa
quick review:
A film that invokes thoughts on varying subjects from single parenthood, rare diseases to politics. And it does so successfully. As if that weren't enough it is all put together in a relatively unusual plot and has one superb performance by Amitabh Bachchan which overshadows brilliant performances by the rest of the cast too.
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3 readers have given Paa
an average rating of 5/5.0
3 yays
0 nays
0 so-so
Paa - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Banner: Big Pictures, Mad Entertainment , A B Corp
- Producer: Sunil Manchandana
- Director: R Balakrishnan
- Lead Cast: Abhishek Bachchan
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, Vidya Balan, Amitabh Bachchan - Supporting Cast: Arundhati Naag, Paresh Rawal, Taruni Sachdeva, Pratik Katare, Nimit Dhaiya, Varun Shukla, Dhruvin Doshi, Karan Bhiwandker, Gaurav Bajaj
- Story: R Balakrishnan
- Cinematography: P C Sriram
- Editor: Anil Naidu
- Music Director: Illaiyaraja
- Lyrics: Swananda Kirkire
- Running time: 140 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Comedy, Politics, Relationships, Social
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Comments (21)
Hey ! You missed mentioning about Arundhati Nag & whoever was the set-designer. And yes ! I still feel you didn't used enough superlatives for Amitabh. Even tomes written will be tad insufficient about his this performance. And guess you are the only reviewer who didn't bashed the 'media bashing' in the movie. Thanks
Hi Rahul,
With performances like these, you just want people to go and watch instead of looking for the right words.
The media bashing was one of THE most enticing pieces of Amol Arte's character. I completely enjoyed it and found it perfectly justifiable.
A friend of mine said that IndiaTV recently had a show with 2 people suffering from pregaria. They were being asked "So, how do you feel about your disorder?"
Hi Meetu, I'd shared your apprehensions about this being an AB-family-fest. Your review makes me want to give the film a chance. I'm glad actors and film-makers are trying out new and challenging stuff.
The flaws you mention - unnaturally precocious kids and a melodramatic climax - seem to be Balki's trademark. I thought the same about his last outing Cheeni Kum.
Arundhati Nag is a terrific theatre artist; that she plays a role in the movie comes as a pleasant surprise.
paa is a great movie amitabh bachan is excellent briliant
Hi Meetu.
Read your review after I saw the movie. In fact saw your site after a long time. I am glad it has evolved a lot since those earlier days.
Agree with you in large parts about the movie. Have some opinions on the same though. They are here: http://sunitkhot.blogspot.com/2009/12/adman-makes-movie.html
Check it out if you have the time. Would love to know what you thought.
Great to be back. Cheers!
Sunit
HI. Completely agree with everything positive said above.
I would also like to credit Balki for the realism he tried to enthuse in the movie despite being an ad-film maker. For e.g. around 30-40% of the movie happens in Auro’s house which is just so real. It’s not one of those designer flats or ostentatious palace where everything is at its place and there is a place for everything. This one is cluttered, with lots of loose documents on table; toys, clothes, shoes scattered all over the place, even in drawing room. The verandah is not like miniature soccer field as shown in most Karan Johar movies but just big enough for a family to sit out relaxing in sun. The driver wears crisp white uniform but thankfully he is no Malik-ka-bachcha-mera-bachcha-type-ramu-kaka. They used gtalk to communicate not some customized chat room where font size is camera friendly . Auro uses desktop and not some branded laptop. So on so forth…
And thanks to reviewer for appreciating the media bashing episode. It was very well executed and seems completely part of story unlike what all other reviewers are describing it as.
Nice review!
Just a thought: when Balki shows the world at large accept this freak of nature, maybe at the back of his mind was the thought that Mani Ratnam has already gone down that path with Anjali, so he can't compete. :)
Also, implicitly films are fantasyworlds, Arnorld fans wish they were like that, romance fans wish they were wooed like that, hum aap ke hain kaun fans wish their family was like that! So think of it as a wish-fulfillment from Balki that we as people were as kind, compassionate and understanding as that!
@sunit khot will certainly take a lookt at your blog post. And welcome back!!
@Vishal i haven't a clue why the media is getting offended?
@kk thank you ji! True...which is what i felt while watching Tare Zameen Par too. The contradictory climax seemed very forgivable after the brilliant first half. Here the entire movie had the same tone and seemed a little too good to be true.
Anyway, as long as it generates sensitivity to the issue in real life, mission accomplished!
I so want to watch this movie. I tried getting ticket for last Saturday, but they were all sold out! Happy to discover your movie review blog.
Meetu, I check your review mainly for the Parental Guidance and your reviews are pretty good. But I must say that either you are too modern or have no family values at all!! Your parental Guidance says none in Language except the word Bastard. Did you go out when there was talk about Sperm donation, Condom Use etc. and sexual content, you say NONE when there is a real scene of love making in the song Muddi Muddi. What nonsense!!
Meetu, I check your review mainly for the Parental Guidance and your reviews are pretty good. But I must say that either you are too modern or have no family values at all!! Your parental Guidance says none in Language except the word Bastard. Did you go out when there was talk about Sperm donation, Condom Use etc. and sexual content, you say NONE when there is a real brief love making scene in the song Muddi Muddi. What nonsense!! I will never ever read your reviews and post this on all your reviews so that everyone is aware. I took my 10 and 7 yr old daughters to see Paa based on your Parental Guidance and I m still shocked and embarassed to show them a film about Sex education!!
Adam, I'm sorry. You are right, I missed out on pointing these things out.
Sincere apologies if your girls were terrorized. Hope they were sensitized to the issues that a child their age faces.
I took my 7 and 5 year olds for the film. Thankfully, they were alright.
Will take utmost care that this doesn't happen again.
movie maker is an ad film maker..however, movie making is a different business altogether
http://ooh-se-aaha-tak.blogspot.com/
Well, I liked the movie. The boy was gonna die at thirteen so senti scene toh inevitable the.. but they've been kept to minimum. Thank GOD!!
yeah, forgot to say this... that monkey dance (not giving away the movie, it's in posters) was bit annoying after a point.
One of those rare occasions where I heartily disagree with the review of the movie. It couldn't make me laugh, it couldn't make me cry - it did manage to keep me completely disinterested during its entire course. Littered with intelligent dialogues like "Thank God I didn't have a condom that day" this movie, for me, was sheer nonsense. Not to mention the idealistic politician who somehow has the authority to host his own impromptu talk show on Doordarshan, checks emails from disgruntled citizens personally, invites a young boy on a Delhi trip without consulting the family, the family allows the trip telling him that all he has to do is not tell his father that he is his son (so easy for a 12 year old as we all know) and of course the Mom thinks that the dad will remain in contact with his son and never figure out the truth. Give me a break!
I agree with te most part of it. But the story is thin. It looks like the director woven the story around a few simple lines such as 'child is the father of man'. The political part of the movie looks even more childish with some 'an eye for an eye' sort of absurd revenge of medieval times. If thats what you call dynamic leadership that this country needs, it results in never ending street fights all over India. Its simply not politics. Its some sort of attention seeking overactivity. Children in the movie are much smarter than adults!
Apart from such glitches, the film fares well in technical departments and Amitabh did a great job as an actor without being Amitabh.
The movie is a let down for the hype that it generated. It could have been a great movie, given the kind of people worked for it.
Nice review. Q: Are there any reviews on this site with enclosed trailers? Might be beneficial to include one, especially because these comments seem kinda of divided. Just a thought. Thanks, Fred
@F.W every once in a while i do preview posts which invariably have trailers. But, you are right, I actually can put up trailers at the end of the post.
If you want another good Amitabh movie to watch, you can watch Don. It's really entertaining, somewhat like Paa, but Amitabh looks so handsome in there! I was watching the Filmfare awards and Amitabh has a longgg beard and I was comparing that to his younger days. Lol.
Paa...an Excellent Movie...
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