Subhash K Jha (DNA; May 12, 2015)

Outside of the crew of Piku, not many are aware that director Shoojit Sircar’s daughter was a part of the movie.

Shares Shoojit, “There’s a scene where Mr Amitabh Bachchan is cycling through Kolkata and sees a girl playing a harmonium through an open window. That girl is my daughter, Anannya.” A big fan of Shoojit’s cinema and a music enthusiast, Anannya is all of nine.

The director is overwhelmed with the response to his latest film. He says, “We expected we’d touch a chord in every parent and child’s heart. But we didn’t expect the film would create such an impact. We had set out to make an honest intimate film on a father-daughter relationship. We hadn’t bargained for such widespread acceptance”.

Now what? “Just a break, to say a big grateful thanks to the powers that be for allowing a movie so simple and so Indian to work.”