Mere paas Paa hai..

Saw Paa yesterday and liked it for reasons completely different from what are being espoused across disparate media.

The movie breaks away from the cliched in several ways. Right from the credits roll out to the way the characters are conceived and portrayed. Credits being read out as opposed to flashing past was novel. So were the way the characters were defined and etched. Very rooted, very strong and very credible. Another departure from the tried and tested was the lighting - or rather the inter-play of light n shade through almost three quarters of all sequences in the film. This chiaroscuro was infact very reminicsent of Guru dutt and earlier RK films. A big newness was the refreshing and unaffected maner in which kids talked of their relationship with their parents. Precouscious - maybe but melodramatic - no way. And most definitely enjoyable ! The dialogue throughout and specifically in the scenes with the kids was witty. And last but not the least - despite their individual spark and brilliance, the chemistry between Amitabh and Abhishek was that of two competent performers. Nothing radically significant really. A huge thumbs up for Vidya Balan though. She was genuinely good. Despite its underlying pathos, the film was neither preachy nor weepy or senti. And it worked. It was surely, one happy world worth walking through !!