Fresh
Bhashkor is not your typical Bollywood papa, and "Piku," directed by Shoojit Sircar from a script by Juhi Chaturvedi, isn't a typical Hindi movie.
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
Overview
A taxi driver is caught between a dysfunctional relationship between a woman and her father as he drives them to Kolkata.
Director and cast
- Shoojit Sircar Director
- Deepika Padukone as Piku Banerjee
- Amitabh Bachchan as Bashkor Banerjee
- Irrfan Khan as Rana Chaudhary
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Chhobi Mashi
- Jisshu Sengupta as Syed Afroz
- Raghubir Yadav as Dr. Srivastava
- Swaroopa Ghosh as Moni Kaki
- Avijit Dutt Cast
- Akshay Oberoi Cast
- Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While the movie has far more toilet humor than you might expect, the locations and overall sweetness of the performances make "Piku" a good winding-road pick.
Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News
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