हर बनारसी के दैनिक जीवन का अंतिम उद्देश्य एक ही होता है जिसे दिव्य निपटान कहते हैं। अगर यह उद्देश्य पूरा न हुआ, तो जीवन किचकिचाया रहता है। पेट का कब्ज़, दिमागी कब्ज़ में तब्दील हो जाता है। ठीक वैसे ही अगर दिमाग में कब्ज़ है, तो वह पेट का रास्ता ले लेता है। जो जितना सभ्य, वो उतना चुप्पा और उतना ही कब्ज़ी- जैसे अमेरिकी लोग। हमें बचपन से अमेरिकी होना यानी सभ्य होना सिखाया जाता है- जोर से मत छींको, खांसो, पादो, इत्यादि। यही सब कुंठा बनकर भीतर जम जाता है। सभ्यता का दूसरा नाम कब्ज़ता भी रखा जा सकता है।
Piku इस सभ्यता का निषेध है। सभ्यता के सारे पाखंड इसने तोड़ दिए हैं। यह फिल्म देखकर आपको समझ में आएगा कि ऊपर से सम्भ्रान्त दिख रहे अंग्रेज़ीदां लोगों का भी पेट खराब हो सकता है। जैसा कि इरफान फिल्म में कहते भी हैं- अमेरिका को ऊपर से देखकर पता ही नहीं लगता कि भीतर क्या चल रहा है। बस, यही केंद्रीय भाव है पीकू का।
पीकू महज फिल्म नहीं, आधुनिक सभ्यता का प्रत्याख्यान (counter-narrative) है। ज़ाहिर है, ऐसा कोई भी प्रत्याख्यान बनारस के बगैर पूरा नहीं हो सकता। बनारसी मित्रों को यह फिल्म ज़रूर देखनी चाहिए। काम भर का बनारस इस फिल्म में है- उतना ही, जितना कलकत्ता जाते वक्त ग़ालिब की जिंदगी में आया था।
लेखक अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव वरिष्ठ पत्रकार हैं, उनके एफबी वॉल से
फिल्म पर कुछ बातें अंग्रेजी में-
Bollywood, Media and Fans say Well Done to Piku Trailer! There are some trailers that stay with you long after you’ve seen it! And that’s exactly what has happened with Shoojit Sircar’s family comedy drama Piku’s trailer that went live on You Tube and Facebook on Wednesday night.
In less than a few hours, the trailer went viral and began trending nationally. Several celebrities joined fans and critics as they gushed about the trailer and showered the cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan with profuse praises!
Leading Bollywood critic Rajeev Masand who was one of the first to tweet said “#Piku looks like such fun! And whattay cast.” Leading director Karan Johar who was equally impressed with the trailer said “Superb and unusual trailer!”
Ranveer Singh who couldn’t contain his happiness said “Motion se hi Emotion! 3 of my fav actors in what promises 2 b a little gem!” The actor was also joined by many young Bollywood celebs who were all praises for the trailer as below:
Actress Shraddha Kapoor tweeted, “Motion se hi emotion! Lol, Smiling after watching the trailer of Piku!” This was followed by actress Dia Mirza who also loved the trailer and said, “Aah! The smile a good trailer puts on my face and the joy it brings my heart :)”
Actress Aditi Rao Hydari also added, “Oooooh! Love love love, Fantabulously ’emotional’ @SrBachchan, @deepikapadukone @irrfan_k @ShoojitSircar @writeonj”. Actress Bipasha Basu also praised the film saying, “Adorable Piku @deepikapadukone ! Lovedddd it:)”.
Nimrat Kaur was excited about Piku and exclaimed,“A tad late but so totally #Piku-ed out !!! How absolutely cute and fun is it @ShoojitSircar!! Awaiting!!!” Popular actress Kriti Sanon smiled, “Hahahaha..This is super cute!! Loved it! Especially the last bit…”
Piku Poster 1Also, Ayushmann Khurrana was so impressed with the film that he urged the audience to watch the trailer on Twitter. The list also includes critically acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who called the trailer super, adding, “What a trailer … Amitabh Bachchan as Utpal Dutt #Piku… super show #Shoojit Sircar #juhi #Irrfan #deepika”. Calling the trailer vintage,Nikhil Advani said, “And for a generation of film-makers who grew up watching @SrBachchan. This is vintage stuff!!!”
Not only them, the trailer has also received raving reviews from other film makers like Anubhav Sinha, Homi Adajania, Sujoy Ghosh too. Journalists and film critics Priya Gupta, Raja Sen, Faridoon, Soumik Sen, Siddhartha Basu also took to twitter to express their gratitude and love.
Loved for its freshness, innocence, tenderness and a good dose of humour, a lot of people tweeted that finally they were looking forward to a clean family comedy in summer 2015! It’s been a little over 36 hours and the trailer is still a resounding success on the social media platforms, with almost 2 million views on the official platforms on Facebook and Youtube.Sure enough, such overwhelming response has left the three super stars and film’s director beaming and blushing!
