Paa

Paa

Paa(Hindi: पा, English: Father) is a 2009 Indian comedy-drama film directed by R. Balakrishnan (credited onscreen as R. Balki) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vidya Balan. The film is based on a rare genetic condition known as progeria and places emphasis on a father-son relationship. Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, in real life, are father and son respectively, but in Paa, they played opposite roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 Dec 2009. Veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja scored the music. The film was critically acclaimed in India and fared well at the box office. Despite a warm reception from Indian film critics, the film received mixed reviews from overseas film critics, according to the websites Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Amitabh Bachchan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor at the 57th National Film Awards for his performance and his fifth Filmfare Best Actor Award and Vidya Balan got her first Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Directed by

R. Balki

Produced by

Amitabh Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Sunil Manchanda

Mahesh Ramanathan

Written by

R. Balki

Starring

Amitabh Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Vidya Balan

Paresh Rawal

Arundhati Nag

Music by

Ilaiyaraaja

Cinematography

P. C. Sriram

Edited by

Anil Naidu

Production company

MAD Entertainment Ltd

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation

Reliance Big Pictures

Distributed by

Reliance Big Pictures

Release date

4 December 2009

Running time

133 minutes

Country

India

Language

Hindi

Budget

₹15 crore (equivalent to ₹26 crore or US$4.1 million in 2016)

Box office

₹31 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$8.5 million in 2016)

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Auro

Abhishek Bachchan as Amol Arte

Vidya Balan as Dr. Vidya

Paresh Rawal as Mr. Arte/Amol's father (Auro's paternal grandfather)

Arundhati Nag as Bum/Vidya's mother (Auro's maternal grandmother)

Satyajit Sharma as Jaikirt

Prateek Katare as Vishnu

Taruni Sachdev as Auro's classmate

Soundtrack

Paa
Album by	Ilaiyaraaja
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series
Producer	Sunil Manchanda

The soundtrack (songs and the background score) was scored by veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja. "Halke Se Bole" is based on the Tamil song "Putham Pudhu Kaalai" from his 1980 film Alaigal Oivathillai. "Gumm Summ Gumm" is based on the Malayalam song "Thumbi Vaa" which Ilaiyaraaja had composed for the 1982 Malayalam film Olangal. The song "Mere Paa" is based on his Tamil song "Kaatru Vizhi", from Balu Mahendra's film Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam. The song has an eclectic mix of Irish and Tamil Folk music, both seamlessly fused to create a soothing melody that appears as a leitmotif, in the film's theme music.

Tracks

Title

Singer(s)

Length

Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se

Shilpa Rao