Overview
A heartfelt comedy that navigates the quirks of family life with humor and warmth.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- bittersweet
- lazy sunday
- family movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a charming, sharply written slice-of-life comedy-drama elevated by its performances, emotional warmth, and progressive female perspective.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Bashkor Banerjee's chronic constipation and obsessive discussions of digestion generate recurring comic situations.
Piku manages her father's health, routines, and behavior while trying to preserve her own independence.
Piku, Bashkor, and Rana travel by car between Delhi and Kolkata, with the confined trip exposing their competing needs.
Bashkor's eccentric habits and physical anxieties are treated as both frustrating obstacles and signs of old age.
Films like Piku, and why
102 Not Out
warm slice-of-life family comedy centered on an exasperating parent-child relationship and everyday domestic conflict
Vicky Donor
Hindi comedy-drama balancing aging, family obligation, tenderness, and wry interpersonal friction
The Darjeeling Limited
emotionally grounded road movie using conversational humor to explore family relationships and personal independence
The Farewell
gentle ensemble comedy-drama about flawed relatives, caregiving, and bittersweet family intimacy
Movie Details
- Director
- Shoojit Sircar
- Release Date
- 2015-05-08
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (226)
Cast
- Deepika Padukone
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Irrfan Khan
- Moushumi Chatterjee
- Raghubir Yadav
- Jisshu Sengupta
- Swaroopa Ghosh
- Avijit Dutt
- Akshay Oberoi
- Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Piku about?
- A fiercely independent daughter navigates a chaotic road trip with her impossible aging father, finding tenderness amid arguments about freedom, health, and family.
- What is Piku like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Piku as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Piku violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Piku.
- What did critics think of Piku?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a charming, sharply written slice-of-life comedy-drama elevated by its performances, emotional warmth, and progressive female perspective.
- Which films are like Piku?
- Films with a similar feel include 102 Not Out, Vicky Donor, The Darjeeling Limited, and The Farewell.
- How long is Piku?
- Piku runs 123 minutes.
- Where can I watch Piku?
- In United States, Piku is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
