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Bhashkor refuses all modes of travel other than by car, citing his constipation as the reason. Piku, unwilling to let him travel alone after a recent health scare, is obliged to accompany him. Piku wants to sell their ancestral home in Kolkata, Champakunj, but Bhashkor objects vehemently and decides to visit Kolkata.

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Regularly stressed both by her job and by her father's finicky behavior, Piku often quarrels with Rana's taxi drivers during her morning commute, leading to several car crashes. Her colleague, Syed Afroz is a good friend, and she is a regular client of Syed's friend, Rana Chaudhary's taxi business. Piku loves her father and, as her mother is deceased, takes good care of him but is often extremely irritated by his eccentricities. His habits often lead to quarrels with Piku, the servants, and Chhobi Mashi, Piku's maternal aunt, who often visits them. Bhashkor is a hypochondriac with chronic constipation, who traces every problem to his bowel movements. Piku Banerjee is an architect residing in Delhi with her 70-year-old widowed father, Bhashkor. Bachchan won his record-setting fourth National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards and his record-setting third Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) for his performance in the film. Īt the 61st Filmfare Awards, Piku received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Sircar), and Best Actor (Bachchan) and won 5 awards, including Best Actress (Padukone). Made on a budget of ₹42 crore (equivalent to ₹54 crore or US$6.7 million in 2020), Piku earned ₹141 crore (equivalent to ₹181 crore or US$23 million in 2020) worldwide. It also emerged as a commercial success worldwide. Critics praised the screenplay, performances, humour and overall simplicity.

It garnered widespread critical acclaim upon release.

The film is loosely based on the 1980 Bengali-language short film, Pikoo by Satyajit Ray. Anupam Roy composed the soundtrack and score, and wrote the lyrics. Principal photography began in August 2014 and was wrapped up in December. The script was written by Juhi Chaturvedi. It stars Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, with Moushumi Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta portraying supporting roles. Piku is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N.

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