'Piku' finds success in distant Poland

Warsaw, May 30: The worldwide success of Shoojit Sircar's "Piku" now has Poland within its ambit. The film is a runaway success in this Polish capital since its May 20 joint released by Yashraj Films and Anuj Sharma's Images & Worlds. It will soon be screened in other major Polish cities like Krakow, Lodz, Lublin, Wroclaw and Poznan. "Poland is not only a market for Bollywood masala movies, but Polish film buffs are keen on serious and clean movies such as 'Piku'," said Anuj Sharma, president of Images & Worlds company. "'Piku' has opened a new chapter in Poland. We in Poland want to see creative films like this one. It is a wonderful and light-hearted comedy and allows us to keep pace with the latest trends in Bollywood productions," Janusz Krzyzowski, president of the India-Poland Cultural Committee, told IANS Krzyzowski is one person in Warsaw who has seen more than 200 Bollywood films. He has also translated Bollywood songs into Polish along with an Urdu poet, Surender Zahid.