Actress
Deepika
Padukone
is
known
for
giving
us
some
of
the
finest
performances
in
recent
years-from
Cocktail
to
Ram
Leela,
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani
to
Race
2
,
Finding
Fanny
to
Happy
New
Year.
And
now
Deepika
Padukone
is
set
to
take
her
acting
prowess
a
notch
higher
with
Shoojit
Sircar's
family
comedy
drama
Piku.
Apart
from
the
fact
that
the
film
Piku
is
a
casting
coup-since
it
brings
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Irrfan
Khan
and
Deepika
Padukone
together
for
the
first
time,
Piku
is
also
Deepika
Padukone's
first
stand
alone
title
role
since
her
debut
in
Om
Shanti
Om.
In
this
quirky
father-daughter
tale,
Deepika
plays
a
modern
Bengali
girl
alongside
Amitabh
Bachchan
who
plays
her
father.
Currently
India's
top
actress,
Deepika
has
always
experimented
with
films,
a
fact
that
is
evident
from
the
diverse
range
of
roles
she
has
played
in
the
past.
It
is
this
desire
to
seek
diversity
in
her
body
of
work
that
got
her
to
say
‘yes'
to
Piku
as
well.
While
talking
about
her
decision
to
pick
Piku,
Deepika
Padukone
told
a
leading
newspaper,
"I
want
to
read
a
script
that
makes
me
wonder,
"How
am
I
going
to
do
this?"
Incidentally
the
script
of
Piku
has
been
written
by
Juhi
Chaturvedi.
Shoojit
and
Juhi
gave
audiences
one
of
the
best
entertainers
in
recent
years-Vicky
Donor.
Even
though,
like
Vicky
Donor,
Piku
is
a
family
comedy
drama,
what
makes
it
different
is
the
sheer
line
up
of
the
talent.
Talking
about
his
decision
to
cast
Deepika
along
with
Amitabh
and
Irrfan,
Shoojit
says,
"It's
not
just
actors,
but
even
us
directors
want
to
work
with
mainstream
stars.
We
want
to
reach
out
to
maximum
people..."
Well
with
Piku,
we
hope
Shoojit
hits
a
bullseye.