Piku

Piku

Piku is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. It stars Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, with Moushumi Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta portraying supporting roles. The script was written by Juhi Chaturvedi. Principal photography began in August 2014 and was wrapped up in December. Anupam Roy composed the soundtrack and score, and wrote the lyrics. Piku was released on 8 May 2015. The film is loosely based on the 1980 Bengali-language short film, Pikoo by Satyajit Ray. It garnered widespread critical acclaim upon release. Critics praised the screenplay, performances, humour and overall simplicity. It also emerged as a commercial success worldwide. Made on a budget of ₹42 crore (equivalent to ₹54 crore or US$7.1 million in 2020), Piku earned ₹141 crore (equivalent to ₹181 crore or US$24 million in 2020) worldwide.On January 11, 2016, the film was nominated for Best Film in the 61st Filmfare Awards, as well as other categories. Deepika Padukone won her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and Amitabh Bachchan received his record setting fourth National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards and his record setting third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance.

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