For The first time when I saw the poster of Paa I just thought that it was the story of a silly boy. But after seeing it I realized how wrong I was. But people still did not receive the theme of the film. What is it that the film is speaking about? Read on to unveil the things that the director wants to convey to his audience.
At the beginning I thought that Paa was the story of a boy who was an illegitimate son born to Vidya and Abhishek. But, then I realized that there was something more that the director wanted to tell to his audience. But, as the approach of the director was indirect, many a people did not get the gist of the theme. Let me make myself a bit more clear.
First of all, the director chooses his characters very carefully. The mother (Vidya Balan) is a doctor. The reason why he assigned this role to the mother is very important. He just wanted to show, how stubborn a warm hearted lady could become if she is thrown into tongue-tied situations as in the case of Vidya in the film. A lady doctor especially a Gynaec is supposed to be very warm-hearted and emotional. But this same warm-hearted mother becomes a tough hearted lover and shows a stubborn behavior towards Amol Aarte the guy who left her pregnant without taking the responsibility of his mistake. As the mother was soft hearted she could not abort the child. As also, she wanted her lover to be happy and hence she discontinued her relationship with Amol Aarte. Overall, Vidya is a character which visualizes a mother who makes sacrifices at every point of her life for the happiness of others.
Next he assigns the role of a politician to the father. In order to run away from your mistakes you need a stubborn heart. You need to listen to your brain and act in a very diplomatic manner. A politician is always afraid of his mistakes, because, one mistake revealed will affect his votes on a very large scale. The director tries to give this message to the audience. The dirty plays involved in the field of politics are also highlighted in an excellent manner in the film. The irresponsible media people are also criticized in a very diplomatic manner in the film. The fifteen minutes show given by Amol Aarte in which he accepts to confess for his corrupt deeds brings up a surprise to the audience as the end approaches. The media men are exposed in a very unique manner to the audience. The media people are also reminded the unique role they play in the society as they have the greatest exposure to the citizens of the country.
Next comes, the studious child-Auro who is growing almost five to eight times the speed at which a normal person grows. This is just to keep up the pace of the film. The film runs on a faster pace and makes sure that unwanted things should not bore the audience. The film is more about the last days that Auro spends on this earth.
One more thing that the film has got to show is the way the ego of a child boosts up, when he becomes acquainted with a person of a higher caliber sitting at a higher post. The relation between a father and a son is also highlighted in a very unique manner which was never tried before. In Paa, the great politician Amol Aarte becomes really very happy when he comes to know that he has a son. Anybody would feel awkward to know that his son is suffering from such a disorder, but the same is not true with Amol Aarte. After fourteen years he meets the girl whom he had mated with and comes to know that the boy who had been his friend for a few days was none other than his own son! Even if he knew that his son is suffering from a disorder he was happy, happy to know that he had a son, a son who stayed busy all the time. This shows a clean heart. And then in front of the media he accepts that he had an illegal child with Vidya and takes his chance to propose Vidya through the Television news channel.
Auro comes to know through his mom that he is the son of the great politician Amol Aarte. But diplomatic as he is Auro likes to investigate the matter and calls up his friend and asks him the similarity between him and his father. Surprisingly he makes a list of his qualities and tests if Amol Aarte also had these qualities or not. And then on the basis of percentage matching finally gets assured that Amol really is his father.
Overall Paa is a great film. Amitabh is really good, but, sometimes the accent is very confusing. A few words are a bit hard to catch the moment you hear it. Everything else is excellent. Vidya is at her best as a frustrated lover. Do not give this one a miss. Auro also comes up with a few stomach tickling great jokes. Watch the film and have a nice day!!!!!!!
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