2015 · Film
Piku
Shoojit Sircar's comedy-drama about a Delhi architect, her hypochondriac father and the taxi-company owner who drives them to Kolkata.
Reviewed by Movie Mandala, Sun, 18 Oct, 2026
Where to watch
IndiaAs of 18 October 2026, Piku is free to watch in India on YouTube.
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The story
Piku Banerjee is a 30-year-old architect in Delhi's Chittaranjan Park who lives with her widowed 70-year-old father, Bhashkor. He is a hypochondriac obsessed with his digestion, keeps firing the maids and believes Piku should never marry. She loves him but is constantly worn out by his demands and her work. When a relative wants to sell the family's ancestral home in Kolkata, Bhashkor insists on going there by road, and taxi-company owner Rana Chaudhary ends up driving them.
Spoiler-free: only the set-up.
Who it suits
Adult children of ageing parents will recognise a lot in this short, talky family comedy, and it is a good choice for a relaxed watch with parents. It is rated U/A, and much of the humour is about constipation and bowel movements.
Curation to help you choose, not a review.
Background
Shoojit Sircar directed Piku from a screenplay by Juhi Chaturvedi. N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani produced it through MSM Motion Pictures, Saraswati Entertainment and Rising Sun Films, and Yash Raj Films distributed it. Filming ran from August to December 2014, and Anupam Roy composed the music.
The film opened on 8 May 2015. Made on a budget of about ₹42 crore, it grossed about ₹141 crore worldwide, and its overseas opening weekend of more than US$2 million was the biggest for a Hindi film in 2015 up to that point. Amitabh Bachchan won a record fourth National Film Award for Best Actor and a record third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Deepika Padukone won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, one of the film's five Filmfare wins from eight nominations.
The facts
- Language
- Hindi
- Hindi
- Hindi original
- Genre
- Comedy-drama, Road movie
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Certificate
- U/A
- Director
- Shoojit Sircar
- Cast
- Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta
Questions people ask
- Where can I watch Piku in India?
- As of 18 October 2026, Piku is free to watch in India on YouTube.
- Is Piku in Hindi?
- Yes. Piku is a Hindi-language film.
- Is Piku suitable for children?
- Piku has a CBFC U/A certificate, which means children under 12 should watch with a parent or guardian.
- How long is Piku?
- Piku runs for 2 hours 2 minutes (122 minutes).