Who is Big B, asks Auro

Auro aka Amitabh Bachchan shares his secrets with Spicezee.com as `Paa` hits theatres.

Big B was never so cute. With his lisp, stammer and innocence, Amitabh Bachchan as Auro steals hearts in his upcoming movie ‘Paa’. Completely into his character of a child suffering from Progeria, Bachchan tells Shashank Chouhan and Smita Mishra of spicezee.com that his favourite food is khichdi and he will name his next film ‘Maa’. Excerpts:

Q: Hello Auro, how are you? Auro: Hi I am Auro. I am talking to you na? So that means I am fine… Q: Are you a naughty and a mischievous boy? Auro: Who told you Auro is naughty? I am a very good boy. I never trouble Mummy. I get angry only when she does not let me eat what I want. I love Khichree. But she does not allow me to eat it with my favourite pickle; she says it is harmful. But this really, really makes me angry and I sit in a corner and do not talk to her till she comes to me and gives me chocolate. She also gives me chocolate milkshake in breakfast. Q: Is it true that Auro is pampered a lot on the sets of Paa? Is make-up bothersome? Auro: Oh very much! It takes me 5 hours to do make up. The aunty, who does my make up, does not allow me to move even a bit and if I fidget, she chides me. Once the make up is done, I am unable to eat anything. I eat only after the shooting is over. But every one on the sets loves me a lot. They take care of me and feed me with straw as I cannot open my mouth properly once layers of make up are applied. Q: What do you do on the sets of your film Auro? Auro: I do lots of stuff! I chat with everyone on the sets. I play, roam around. But Balki Sir, the director, scolds me and keeps saying “fir se karo, fir se karo”(do it again, do it again) if anything goes wrong in my scene. Q: How is Balki as a director? Will you like to work with him again? Auro: Balki Sir is nice. He does not scold me that much, but he makes me repeat my shots several times. Yes I will love to work with him again. Q: Whom do you love more, Paa or Maa? Auro: Hmmm…both! Because if I say that I love one more than the other, then the other one will be angry, naa? But I love my monkey the most. It is a very very big monkey. It is a toy monkey you know. It lives in my room. My Mummy brought it for me. I talk to it a lot and share my stuff with him. Q: So do you play with your Monkey? Is it your best friend? Auro: Yes, how do you know? My Monkey is made in China. It talks to me in Chinese. So I do not understand what he says. But I play with him and I love him very much. Q: Why is your movie named Paa and not Maa, when you love both of them equally? Auro: Hmmmm……My movie’s name is Paa because…I call my Papa as Paa! But I will call my next movie Maa. Q: What do you want to become when you grow up? Auro: I want to become PSP. Q: PSP?! Auro: O…you don’t know what is PSP? It is a video game that I love playing. I want to become PSP so that I can forever play it! I will live in it and always play PSP. Q: You don’t want to become a doctor like your Mom or like your Paa? Auro: My Paa is a very important man. You know he is an MP, a Member of Parliament. I don’t want to become like him. He does very difficult work which I can’t do. Q: Don’t you want to become a superstar like Amitabh Bachchan? Auro: No, I want to become PSP. Who is Amitabh Bachchan. I do not know him. Q: Is it fun being Auro? Does your disease trouble you? Auro: No it does not trouble me. But I get tired very soon and my mother asks me not to exert myself very much. It is generally fun being Auro. Q: Does Auro have a message for the audience? Auro: First give my lots and lots of love to them. And please, please come to see my film. Its name is Paa. It is releasing on 4th December. Now bye to you okay…as I am getting tired. I get tired very soon, you know na….ta ta…