Peepli Live
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Anusha Rizvi |
| Produced by |
Aamir Khan Kiran Rao |
| Screenplay by | Anusha Rizvi |
| Story by | Anusha Rizvi |
| Starring |
Omkar Das Manikpuri Raghubir Yadav Shalini Vatsa Malaika Shenoy Nawazuddin Siddiqui Naseeruddin Shah |
| Music by |
Indian Ocean Brij Mandal Bhadwai Nagin Tanvir Ram Sampath |
| Cinematography | Shanker Raman |
| Edited by | Hemanti Sarkar |
| Distributed by |
UTV Motion Pictures Aamir Khan Productions |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹16 crore or US$2.3 million in 2016) |
| Box office |
₹40.2 crore (equivalent to ₹63 crore or US$9.4 million in 2016) (domestic gross) |
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| Soundtrack album by Indian Ocean, Raghubir Yadav, Nageen Tanvir and Ram Sampath | |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Peepli Live is a 2010 Indian satirical comedy film that explores the topic of "farmer suicides" and the subsequent media and political response. It is written and directed by Anusha Rizvi in her directorial debut, and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Naya Theatre company member Omkar Das Manikpuri as well as Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shalini Vatsa and Malaika Shenoy along with a number of newcomers. Peepli Live, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, was released on 13 August 2010.
Peepli Live was India's official entry for the 83rd Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category although it was not nominated.
Natha Das ManikPuri (Omkar Das Manikpuri), better known as Natha, is a poor farmer from the village of Peepli in "Mukhya Pradesh", who struggles to farm enough money for his family made up of his elder brother, Budhia Das Manikpuri (Raghubir Yadav), his wife, Dhaniya (Shalini Vatsa) and his ailing mother, Amma (Farookh Zafar), who spends most of her time lying down and screaming at Natha and Dhaniya. Natha and Budhia often pretend to go out farming when actually they save up whatever money they have to buy alcohol. This has left the whole family famished and now the banks are demanding repayment of loans or else the family will be stripped off their land and house. In the meantime, the Mukhya Pradesh Government have called a by-election due to continuous criticism of their blind eye towards the desperate poverty that surrounds India's largest state. The opposition Apna Dal Party believe they have a chance to form the government in this election as the people have lost faith in the long-serving Sammaan Party and its Chief Minister, Ram Babu Yadav (Jugal Kishore) who, along with Federal Agriculture Minister, Saleem Kidwai (Naseeruddin Shah), believes in the industrialisation of rural areas.
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