zameerpro There is nothing in this movie which can be enjoyed or admired. The reason i'm going with 2 stars for this movie is only for Amitabh Bachchan's role. I have to be really honest about the movie when it comes to the script. Its totally a big disappointment. Guess what, Vidya Bhalan is a Doctor in this movie and she does an intercourse with Abisheik Bachchan without any security. Where she does her doctorate in this movie without knowing the basis which results to birth of Amitabh. If Amitabh hasn't got any role for this movie then its an absolute flop. No story, No great performance, just waste of time. Don't even recommend your enemies to watch this movie by the way, time is very precious, don't waste it...

roohiahuja After strong recommendations, reviews and mass approvals for this movie, I was slightly disappointed after watching it. No doubt Amitabh Bachhan's (AB) performance was brilliant - largely attributed to his make up and the lisp to talk like a 12 year old. What was disappointing was that the movie lacked emotion. The movie was staged around a 12 year old boy suffering from this rare disease - Progeria, but it failed to give it's central theme more depth and understanding of the character. The boy's life is shown to be perfectly normal, school life is superb with a lot of friends and no social stigma whatsoever. Traditionally you will see this flaw in some other Balki directed movies as well - "Cheeni Kum" wherein you have this extremely happy cancer suffering girl "Sexy". The whole personification of some of his characters lack reality and seem to be overtly precocious. By the end it seemed just like any other Bollywood flick with the only difference being a child born with Progeria.Maybe I was benchmarking the movie to "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and in comparison the movie definitely failed. Also, in comparison to the movie "Taare Zameen Pe" which was staged around the central theme of Dyslexia where the character was an 8 year old boy, Paa was not a comparison. While it was a novel idea and a great performance by AB, I felt the movie could have been so much better for the 2.5 hours time that it ran for. Poor dialogues and average music did not make things any better. The great thing was the movie did not waste its time on showing the early romance between Vidya Balan and Abhishek Bachaan, which ideally should have given more time to focus on the central character- 12 year old boy. It should have focused more on challenges faced by the boy, his emotions, his understanding of the disease and the world as seen from his vision.In all, the movie lacks to integrate and have a unified central theme. The only take away from the movie is the brilliant make up done for AB and his performance which truly has no parallel. For only that, I recommend you make time for it and watch.

sushmsn Before watching the movie, i had really low expectations from this one. I didn't know who the director was. But the movie was superb and one of the best by Big b in recent times. I had expected the movie to be very emotional like Taare zameen par and coming from Mr Balki whom hardly anybody knows the expectations were really low. Mr Balki proved me wrong. The movie touches your heart as TZP. One good thing about the movie was auros character was consistent through out. Amitabh is so effortless in his portrayal of auro. The story starts slow but keep you hooked till the end. Abhishek is first class and looks like he has mastered the supporting roles. Vidhya balan looks so damn pretty in this mature role. Arundhathi nag is natural ( superb ). I would recommend everyone to watch it..

anudge Again i had high expectations from this movie , but then again this movie disappointed me. Abhishek characterized as his father's father was a fairly interesting and ironical plot, but the director didn't even come close to making an exceptional film. The plot was extraordinary, this doesn't mean that the director should add some regular, non-interesting mirch masala in it. The relationship between abhishek and vidya was irredeemably stupid, and the end was as always obvious. Some instances prove that amitabh is really intelligent whereas some say that he believed he was lucky to be considered as intelligent. For e.g: In the beginning abhishek is impressed with amitabh's 'out of the box' thinking to make that white globe, but later amitabh confesses that he forgot to paint it and had no such idea of world unity. Patients suffering from Progeria(or pregoria or whatever) don't look like that, no one has SUCH A BIG HEAD when he is 12 still i witness people admiring the make up of amitabh like anything. This movie did'nt 'move' me , not even on ONE instance. The hospital drama was supposed to be touching and heart-breaking but i didn't shed a tear, i didn't even get shivers down my spine , i just sat with hands folded, waiting for these desperate little attempts which were trying to 'move' me, subside. Paresh Rawal was hardly shown in the film. They should have used him much more , at least for the sake of some quality and fun in the movie. In the end, i tried to hide my criticism about the movie, but i just couldn't cover it. Anyways, for the little one liner jokes in the movie which i did like, i rate this movie... - 5.5/10