Pa - bachchan sr and jr to extend
Director R. Balakrishnan or Balki, as he is affectionately called, plans to cast Amitabh Bachchan and son Abhishek together in his forthcoming venture Pa, which is going to be a light-hearted comedy about a father and a son. "An interesting fact is that Abhishek in real life also calls his father ‘Pa'," informs Balki.
"They have rocked together in every movie they have done together, be it Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar, Shaad Ali's Bunty Aur Babli or Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. They will once again rock in my film," says the director.
Balakrishnan has recently finished his upcoming film Cheeni Kum with Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu. This will mark his directorial debut in feature films, though he has made a number of ad films. Cheeni Kum, is described by Balki as a romantic comedy, a boy meets girl kind of film. But this time the boy is 64 and the girl is 34. "It has beautiful vintage music by Illayaraja. He is back with his master melodies," says Balki.
Apart from Amitabh, the film has Zohra Sehgal who plays AB senior's mother in the film and Paresh Rawal as Tabu's father. "We celebrated Zohra's 94th birthday on the sets of the film. What a personality! She had all the energy of a 16 year old. Paresh rags AB throughout the film and is great fun," states Balki.
The film carries the tag line "Sugar Free Romance" and when quizzed about it, Balki laughs and says, "It's a mushy film without sweetness, about single people who have crossed their age. This kind of love can happen to anyone in life When I wrote the script, I always had AB in mind. I wrote the script for him even before Nishabd released. Nishabd was a serious film about an old man and an adolescent girl. Whereas, Cheeni Kum is an adult love story. "The film is the perception of Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu and how they have lived up to the audience's perception," says Balki.
