Paa is one film whose poster itself speaks a thousand words. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan and it is for the first time that Amitabh Bachchan will star in a film as a child. The film is directed by R Balakrishnan who earlier directed Cheeni Kum again with Amitabh Bachchan starring opposite Tabu. Ilaiyaraaja, the famous south Indian maestro has composed the music for this movie.
Paa is a story of a thirteen year old boy Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) who is intelligent and witty. However he suffers from Progeria, which is an extremely rare genetic disorder where symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age. Auro lives with his mother Vidhya (Vidya Balan) who is a gynecologist. Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is Auro’s father who is a young idealistic politician. Amol wants to prove to the world that ‘politics’ is not a bad world. Paa’s tagline says “a rare son father father son story’ and indeed it is. The story revolves around the relationship between Amol and Auro.
Apart from the star power of Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Paa is a subject that is so strong by itself. It is intriguing to see Amitabh Bachchan act like a 13 year old. There is already so much curiosity build around the movie that people are dying to watch the film. To me, Paa seems to be the most promising film of 2009.