Superstar
Amitabh
Bachchan
who
essays
the
role
of
Bhashkar
Bannerjee
in
Shoojit
Sircar's
Piku
,has
an
old
connection
with
the
name
-
The
actor
also
essayed
a
role
with
the
same
name
in
his
1981
hit
,
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee's
Anand.
Talking
about
how
it
is
a
happy
coincidence
director
Shoojit
Sircar
says,
"Neither
Juhi
(writer
Juhi
Chaturvedi)
nor
I
consciously
forged
the
connection.
For
both
of
us,
Mr
Bachchan
was
always
Babumoshai
in
Anand.
In
fact,
I
don't
recall
Mr
Bachchan
reacting
to
it,
though
he
did
occasionally
reminisce
about
Hrishida's
style
of
working."
He
adds,
"It
was
his
performance
that
made
the
film
so
real
and
while
his
character
in
Piku
is
very
different,
there's
a
subtlety
here
even
in
the
exaggerated
portions.
I'd
say
he's
an
older
Babumoshai".
Incidentally
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee's
Anand
happens
to
be
one
of
Shoojit's
all
time
favourite
films
and
we
are
sure
audiences
would
love
to
see
how
the
older
Babumoshai
has
turned
out
to
be!