Paa
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release date
December 04, 2009 (India)
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language
Hindi
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genre
Drama
Auro is an intelligent and witty 13-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated aging. He suffers from a progeria-like syndrome. Mentally he is 13, 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 who is a gynecologist. Amol Arte is young, progressive and a full-of-ideals 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.
film cast
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Amitabh Bachchan
as Auro
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Abhishek Bachchan
as Amol Arte
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Vidya Balan
as Vidya
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Paresh Rawal
as Mr. Arte
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Arundathi Nag
as Vidya's mother
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Jaya Bhaduri
as Herself
film crew
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Bhavatharani
playback singer
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Ricky Sandhu
Director
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Mahesh Ramanathan
co-executive producer
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Rajesh Sawhney
executive producer
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Marathe Swanand
line producer
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R Balki
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critic reviews
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Taran Adarsh
for Bollywood Hungama
Trust me, 10 minutes into the film and you forget you're watching Amitabh Bachchan. For, Auro takes over the moment he is introduc…
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Anand Vaishnav
for Buzz 18
As a plot, Paa is inherently Bollywood with subtle influences of Shekhar Kapoor's Masoom, Mahesh Bhatt's Kaash and
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Martin D Souza
for Glam Sham
Let's give a standing ovation to the man who dominated the 80s and 90s and continues to surprise with his talent and willingness t…
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Rajeev Masand
for Ibn Live
Much in the same vein as the director's previous film Cheeni Kum, the first half of Paa unfolds breezily, with witty dialogue and …
user reviews
trivia
This film was inspired by Jack (1996), making it the second film to star the Sr.-Jr. Bachchans that has been based on a Francis Ford Coppola film. The first was Sarkar (2005), which was based on The Godfather (1972).
This is the second time Amitabh Bachchan draws inspiration from a Robin Williams film. The first was Aladdin (1992), which inspired Bachchan's performance as Genius in Aladin (2009). This film was inspired by Jack (1996), which stared Williams in the eponymous title.
Amitabh Bachchan's makeup/prosthetics as Aurol Arte took six hours to apply.
Jaya Bhaduri called out the credits at the beginning of the movie. Ironically, this was done by her husband Amitabh Bachchan for her film 'Bawarchi (1972)',
related lists
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Top Bollywood Grossers Of The Year 2009
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