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Vidya Balan carries Auro piggyback

While Abhishek Bachchan has carried his dad playing the progeric Auro piggyback in Paa, Vidya Balan had to carry another actor playing the younger version of Auro. This physically-challenged 3-footer was almost the same weight as Vidya.

She tripped and fell while doing the scene. She suffered an acute back-ache for a long time. Says Vidya, "It's a passing shot. But I don't think any actress in the world has done it. Carried a 53-year old man playing her son. But then which other actress my age gets to play Mr Bachchan's mother?" Vidya says she might have hesitated in playing a mom if it was to a real child. "But with Mr Bachchan it was a straight yes."

This man's name is Little Kiran. But he's anything but little age-wise. Though height-challenged 3-feet nothing, Little Kiran who has played parts in a number of Hollywood films including segments of Narnia, The Lord Of The Rings and Star Trek was brought to Mumbai for Paa.

"At first the idea of carrying a 53-year old man who happened to be a very warm and talented Gujarati artiste from London was very discouraging. But when you're doing a film that you know somewhere is creating an unprecedented world, you tend to get defiant as an actor."

The effort has paid off. On Saturday night Vidya's family saw Paa for the first time along with the Bachchans. "And my sister Priya howled all through. To her I'll always be the little baby of the family and she the protective Didi. She couldn't believe the trauma of a mother that I was projecting in Paa."

The best part comes now. Vidya, with all her nurturing personality can't get along with kids in real life. "If I hold a baby for a while I get stressed. In Heyy Babyy, the baby would bawl every time I had to carry it. In Paa I had to mother a man who was far older. It took a lot of getting used to. The fact that Mr Bachchan kept referring to me as 'Maa' as soon he entered the sets, sure helped." Incidentally, the next project has Vidya playing his daughter in Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced Chenaab Gandhi.

"Isn't that amazing? It takes a lot of getting used to. But I feel blessed. I'm done with trying to be someone I am not. I went through a period of tremendous turmoil when I was struggling to do roles that didn't come naturally to me. But now in hindsight I think that confusion helped me pick Paa, Ishiqya and Chenaab Gandhi. It's gratifying to know today directors think of me for specific roles and not just as one of many choices."

There's a lot of talking about Vidya's aesthetic clothes in Paa. "All thanks to Sabysachi Chakraborty. I think he understood my body language and my personality perfectly. And he dressed me up beautifully without overstepping the parameters of my character."

Vidya Balan speaks about Abhishek

Vidya Balan had an exciting time working with the father-son duo in Paa. She had last worked with Abhishek in Guru. She feels Abhishek is a fantastic co-actor and finds his working style quite impressive.

“Since Abhishek doesn't rehearse, you don't really know what he is going to do when the director calls for a shot. When a take is called, there is so much give and take that actors exchange. This is why when he starts delivering his dialogues; you react in a way that was probably never planned. It eventually helps you bring about something intuitive,” she said.

The charming actress says that Abhishek always tries to do something that enhances a scene, and that his eyes speak a magical language that does the trick. “This is something that I had said even during the time of 'Guru' and I am glad he has retained this quality even after all these years,” said the actress.

Paa and Big B

ABCL’s ‘Paa’ will release this week on the 4th of December. In collaboration with Reliance BIG Pictures, the film is waiting to hit nearly 700 screens on the very first day. For its premiere, Amitabh Bachchan has specially the two superstars of Bollywood – Shahrukh and Aamir.

In addtion to the rest, a special preview screening of ‘Paa’ has taken place in London. The film has several elements which are a completely novelty to Indian cinema. For the first time the real life father-son (Amitabh-Abhishek) are playing reversal roles. Amitabh plays the son who is affected by Progeria, while Abishek is his father and Vidya Balan is his mother. To look at it more closely, one could be mistaken that the film is about the disease itself. But, ‘Paa’ mainly is based on the father and son relationship doesn't really preach about the rare disease.

Amitabh Bachchan spoke, “This is not an issue-based film to show the problems of Progeria. This is just a simple film about a child who happens to be suffering from Progeria.” The film has also led to several doubts about the real disease and its depiction in the movie. About this Big B clarified, “We had to take some cinematic liberties. We have taken liberty with the height. My height is well- known and it would have been pretence to show me short and would have looked very deliberate. I don't think Balki wanted that. There is no deliberation on Progeria in the entire film.”