PAA PAA pa pa PAA!!

2 (or more) reasons why you should watch Paa!

1. The Shahenshah: The Big B is amazing and adorable as 'Auro' and every accolade going his way is well deserved. Period.

2. The Raaja: There is a writing on Auro's wall that says "Behind every monkey there is a man called Auro". And behind Auro is the great Raaja! This is one background score I enjoyed thoroughly and loved to bits after Naan Kadavul. The background score is this movies biggest strength (apart from Auro, of course).

and the few more..

3. Balki: Great Job! Neat screenplay devoid of the cliche's (Mangalam Bhagwan Vishnu...?!). Deserves a special bouquet for his visualization and execution of Auro. Superb dialogues!

4. Near Perfect Casting: Vidya Balan is outstanding (and looks quite ravishing in the flashback portions :p) and is brilliantly supported by AB Jr., Arundathi 'Bum' Nag and Paresh Rawal (in an extended cameo). Auro's friends are as adorable as Auro himself.

5. Technically Good: Kudos to PC Sreeram and Anil Naidu (editor) for their lovely work.

Could anything have been better??

- The Doordarshan episode I thought could have been a li'l better.
- The Delhi Metro train as a location and the bond Amol develops for Auro in a matter of days was a bit puzzling to me.

For Raaja fans: You have to be content with the full version of 'Gumm Summ' (and 'Hichki' to an extent) in the Audio CD. I am not complaining!




My Verdict: Watch it for the 'Shahenshah' and the 'Raaja'! (you will discover 'the few more' on the way..)

Its more of a "Mom-Son-Daughter-Mom" relationship that you end up watching!



[P.S. I am an ardent ILaiyaraaja fan.But my comments about the music above are honest words and not biased in any way :)]