'Peepli Live'

Peepli Live, an Aamir Khan Production movie, is one of best satires that Indian cinema has seen in a decade. The film is directed by Anusha Rizvi and stars Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuveer Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffer, Malaika Shenoy and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead roles. The music is composed by Indian Ocean band, Brij Mandal, Ram Sampat, Nageen Tanvir, and Bhadwai.

The famous Bollywood superstar, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan twitted on his twitter page, “"Delighted with Peepli [Live].. so real so nostalgic so superb. Loved it!!" He also said, “No stars, no foo faah, just a simple tale put across so effectively. So impressed with the first time director!

 The movie attempts to highlight the problems and struggle of the Indian farmers and takes on the so-called politicians and bureaucrats in India. The story revolves around two poor farmers Natha and Budhia, residents of an Indian village Peepli. On the eve of national elections the two brothers face losing their farm lands over an unpaid government loan. They seek help from a local politician, who advised the farmers to commit suicide to benefit from another government program that helps families of poor farmers who have committed suicide from debt. When a journalist overhears Budhia to urge Natha to commit suicide, the media invades the village of Peepli, to find whether Natha will commit suicide or not, however, nobody seems to care for Natha and his fate.

Peepli live, depicts the story of hundreds of poor Indian farmers that commit suicide because they are not able to pay their debts. It also shows the role of media in the daily life’s of people and how the politicians use people just to get votes.

Aamir Khan and the whole crew of the movie have done a great job. Peepli live will definitely make its place in the history of Indian cinema.