Piku

Piku is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar, written by Juhi Chaturvedi, and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. The film stars Deepika Padukone in lead role as Piku Banerjee Amitabh Bachchan,and Irrfan Khan, with Moushumi Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Raghubir Yadav in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Anupam Roy. Principal photography began in August 2014 and was wrapped up in December. The film was released on 8 May 2015, and garnered critical acclaim, with praise for its screenplay, humour and overall simplicity, and particular praise directed towards the performances of Bachchan, Padukone and Khan. It also emerged as a commercial success worldwide. Made on a budget of ₹42 crore (equivalent to ₹63 crore or US$6.6 million in 2023), Piku earned ₹141 crore (equivalent to ₹213 crore or US$22 million in 2023) worldwide. At the 61st Filmfare Awards, Piku received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Sircar), and Best Actor (Bachchan) and won 5 awards, including Best Actress (Padukone). Bachchan won his record-setting fourth National Film Award for Best Actor at the 63rd National Film Awards and his record-setting third Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) for his performance in the film.