Paa (2009) [N/A]

Featuring:
Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan

Written by:
R. Balki

Directed by:
R. Balki


Release Date:
December 4, 2009

Original Title:
पा

Genres:
Drama | Family

Production Companies:
A B Corp

Production Countries:
India

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 133

Auro suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a 'rare' story about a father-son, son-father relationship.

Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) 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 (Vidya Balan) who is a gynecologist. Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) 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.

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Rankings and Honors

Paa (2009) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes 44%
Metacritic 30/100
Awards Won: 18 wins & 29 nominations

Concept Artist:
Jerad Marantz

Costume Designer:
Sabyasachi Mukherji

Director:
R. Balki

Director of Photography:
P. C. Sreeram

Editor:
Anil Naidu

Original Music Composer:
Ilaiyaraaja

Playback Singer:
Shilpa Rao

Producer:
Amitabh Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Sunil Manchanda

Writer:
R. Balki

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