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Paa Makeup and Progeria Look

Published on: 22nd November, 2009

Amitabh Bachchan plays Auro, 12 year old boy in Paa, suffering from Progeria. There is a lot of excitement about Amitabh Bachchan’s look in Paa and how the make-up has been done. Progeria patients lose hair with veins showing prominently on their heads. The size of the head grows abnormally compared to the torso. The [...]

Progeria Cases in India

Published on: 22nd November, 2009

Progeria is a debilitating, rare illness and genetic disorder with just 45 odd cases in the world. The disease which infects one in four lakh people, is present in India too. Bisul khan and Razia Khatooon,’s family in Chhapra, Bihar; has seven children, of which five are Progeria patients. Out Of the five, three daughters, [...]

Amitabh Bachchan’s Paa look, Big B plays Progeria patient

Published on: 4th June, 2009

Check out Amitabh Bachchan in Paa. In the movie Paa, Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of a progeria victim, an illness in which a person begins to age right from childhood. Such a person does not live beyond 13 years of age. You can read more about the rare genetic disorder, Progeria here Amitabh Bachchan [...]

Progeria symptoms and Progeria treatment

Published on: 24th April, 2009

Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disorder, characterized by rapid ageing, from childhood. In other words, it is normal human ageing, but happening at thrice the speed in children. Progeria is also called Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome. Almost all the children afflicted with progeria have a mutation or biological chance on the gene that encodes Lamin A, [...]

Amitabh Bachchan’s most challenging role: Paa

Published on: 24th April, 2009

Amitabh Bachchan may just be giving the most challenging role in his career in the movie Paa. In the movie, Amitabh Bachchan plays a person suffering from a genetic disorder Progeria, in which a person starts to age from childhood itself. It is an extremely rare disorder that can affect one in million children. In [...]