‘Paa’ is getting accolades from many places & everybody is in awe of the extraordinary Big B, but the ‘maa’ in the ‘paa’, the beauty with elegance Divya Balan’s contribution is also noteworthy.

Vidya carried ‘Little Kiran’ the physically-challenged 3-foot actor who was almost the same weight as her. She tripped and fell while doing the scene.

The actor’s name is Little Kiran, who has played parts in a number of Hollywood films including segments of ‘Narnia’, ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ and ‘Star Trek’ was brought to Mumbai to play Vidya Balan’s progeric son at a younger age than the Big B. It was when the shooting started that the director Balki suggested she carry him piggyback the way Abhishek carries the older Auro later in the film.

Says Vidya, “At first the idea of carrying a 53-year old man who happened to be a very warm and talented Gujarati artiste from London was very discouraging. But when you’re doing a film that you know somewhere is creating an unprecedented world you tend to get defiant as an actor.”

Vidya recklessly agreed to carry a man who was older than her and almost the same weight. In doing so she tripped and fell and suffered an acute back-ache for a long time.

But it was all worth it.

Says Vidya, “It’s a passing shot. But I don’t think any actress in the world has done it. Carried a 53-year old man playing her son. But then which other actress my age gets to play Mr Bachchan’s mother?”

Vidya says she might have hesitated in playing a mom if it was to a real child. “But with Mr Bachchan it was a straight yes.”

The effort has paid off. On Saturday night Vidya’s family saw Paa for the first time along with the Bachchans. “And my sister Priya howled all through. To her I’ll always be the little baby of the family and she the protective Didi. She couldn’t believe the trauma of a mother that I was projecting in Paa.”

“In Paa I had to mother a man who was far older. It took a lot of getting used to. The fact that Mr Bachchan kept referring to me as ‘Maa’ as soon he entered the sets, sure helped.”

Our birdie adds, “Now Vidya goes straight into playing Big B’s daughter in Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced ‘Chenaab Gandhi’.”