Aranav Das
Her finest hour as a performer to this day remains Shoojit Sircar's Piku, a father-daughter comedy drama film where she plays Piku, the beleaguered daughter of her widowed father
She does not have an instantly likeable part but her performance makes you understand why she is cantankerous and frustrated with Bhashkor.
She nails the accent; even in the drama and dialogue heavy scenes she ensures that not one word is pronounced wrong.
Piku is one of those rare films that ages along with its characters and with you. Each time you watch it, you learn something new.
It teaches you to reflect, to value what is important sometimes keeping practicality aside and love life for all its shortcomings, making it my favourite Deepika Padukone film.
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