Deepika Padukone’s ‘Piku’ is a Delightful Ride Ushering in a new era of Bollywood

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Excerpt:

When a film’s opening frame reveals one of the most exalted actors in the history of Indian cinema—ungainly belly protruding from under a pair of stodgy pajamas—describing in vivid and unsparing detail his morning bowel movements, it is natural to be caught off guard.

But watching Amitabh Bachchan, fully in character as Bhaskor Banerji, delivering dialogue on his chronic constipation in total deadpan, is only the first of “Piku’s” oddly refreshing surprises. Read More