When you live in a country when you have grown up watching uncountable movies where being clichéd in every department of film making is considered as a normal thing, people like Balki are like saviors. They come up with fresh ideas, fresh scripts, fresh screenplay, fresh dialogues and more importantly they understand today’s taste. Be it “Cheeni Kam” or now for that matter “Paa”.
To start with “Paa” does not have a full fledged script in place; it just has a theme upon which Balki has made this 130 min flick. What makes this movie watchable is the acting the characters have put up. To be precise it’s Amitabh Bachchan and to some extent Vidya Balan who has done some fabulous acting. Abhishek looked crisp, but he did not have anything in his script to portray. Paresh is wasted for nothing. The movie revolves around Auro played by Big B and his relationship with his parents played by AB & VB (nice acronyms huh!). But for some unknown reasons Balki has dragged the issue of the role of media in today’s time and politics. These issues have literally nothing to do with the movie. They could easily cut down 30 minutes on the length had they not added this useless stuffs. The dialogues are sharp, sleek & witty, the typical Balki style. There is no melodrama and nobody behaves insane. Humor has been presented in many ways and it strikes to today’s audience. The movie is quite sound in almost all technical departments. Illayaraja’s music is hummable, though it’s not going to stay with them for long. Few emotional sequences could have been handled better as Balki has garnished humor pre and post all the emotional scenes.
If you want to see a good cinema, go to watch “Paa” with your entire family. It’s worth having a watch for all. It has pushed the envelope of Indian cinema further with its contemporary presentation. In anticipation for some more quality products from Mr. Balki.
Verdict: 3 out of 5
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