The movie is ushering with positives..A few that moved me..
- There are plenty of instances which make you emote and understand the mental setup of a 12-year old victim of Progeria. Apart from the sullen feel you get, there is lot more to learn from "The gynecologist" of the movie - Vidya Balan. She essayed a wonderful role as mother of Auro...A bundle of boldness with indigenous subtle feelings. Her bold portrayal made me wonder if such strong-willed women still exist?? Vidya has done a neat job and is definitely an inspiration for mothers with differently-abled children..She has invariably taught us to fight against the odds with a soothing smile..Although she gained this level of confidence only because of her onscreen doting mom, who inspired the gynec to fight all odds.. Nobody can forget the marvelous performance of Arundathi Nag as "Bum"..
- Secondly, the "young politician" played by Abhishek Bachan,committed to make the nation corruption-free...The intention of the politician remains undeterred unlike real-life politicians who would have done everything possible to keep the media and people ignorant about his 'progenic' child...Good performance Amol..But this character needs to have shown some more emotion towards his brilliant wife..After all, the single mother must've handled so much of societal and emotional pressure to bring up her child
- Am surely not doing justice to this blog if I do not appreciate the child prodigy of the year Auro alias Amitabh Bachan...A significant performance by the Shenshah of bollywood...The movie gets life maily from this character..An intelligent, adamant, childish boy of 12 with a physical appearance of 80..Bravado!!! Auro also scores 100 on maturity by keeping up the word he gives his mother..(पिछ्ली से पिछ्ली से पिछ्ली mistake).. He portrays a deep sense of understanding in forgiving his classmate who once made him feel low and relates the same by asking his mother to forgive his dad..Auro portrays multiple characteristics without giving us a hint that a 60-year old is actually playing a 12-year old boy..
- The classmates of Auro have also put in great efforts and they are very apt ...Especially Vishnu has shown the frustration of a typical school going kid uninterested towards studies...(दो मर्द एक ही घर में नहीं रह सकथे)...And the resemblances of Vishnu and his dad which Auro uses to compare himself with his paa is really inspiring..Kudos to the director..
But the feminist inside me strongly says that the title of the movie should have been "Maa", after all its the mother who has taken pains to give life to her child, fighting all odds..:)
Paa is definitely an entertaining and watchable movie and it leaves you with sweet memoirs of the naughty young boy..
