Peepli [Live]

Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar, Malaika Shenoy, Vishal Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sitaram Panchal, Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Bashir

Producer: Aamir Khan

Director: Anusha Rizvi

It is a miracle that a script like "Peepli Live" has been turned into a movie and has got a commercial release. It is certainly surprising that a mainstream filmmaker like Aamir Khan decided to invest money in a movie that puts the spotlight on grave issues like the plight of Indian peasants.

And, of course, kudos to journalist-turned-director Anusha Rizvi for penning down a story that focusses on rural India and its problems at a time when most Bollywood filmmakers are busy luring NRI audiences with mindlesss comedies and designer dramas.

According to a report, 200,000 farmers have ended their lives since 1997 and it is said that the rise in indebtedness is the root cause of farmer suicide. Anusha's directorial debut follows this theme in "Peepli Live" - albeit as a satire.

Aamir Khan receives postal love from villages

Bollywood  actor Aamir Khan has become the apple-of-the-eye of many villagers, thanks to his forthcoming production ‘Peepli [Live]’.Aamir was surprised when he started receiving many postcards from nearly 500 villages, especially those villages which called Peepli. All these letters were thanking him for making the movie.
The actor was even more taken aback when he came to know that there were so many villages with the name Peepli. Said Aamir, “I was very touched with the postcards. I was surprised to see so many letters having one address.”According sources’ survey there are over 1,000 Peeplis all over India. ‘Peepli [Live]’ is in face shot in Peepli Bhadwai village of Madhya Pradesh.