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Release Date: 13 Aug 2010

Genre: Drama

Language: Hindi

Certification: A 

Director:   Anusha Rizvi

Producer:   Aamir Khan,  Kiran Rao

Music Director:   Indian Ocean,  Ram Sampat,  Nageen Tanvir

 

 

Peepli Live Hindi Movie Review

 

Rizvi manages to skilfully bring together the various aspects, whether it’s the cinematography, the editing, the costume and production design or the background score by Indian Ocean, Nageen Tanvir and the rest. There’s a small puppet dance montage somewhere in the middle that conveys the essence of the plot. While simplistically it is just another farmer suicide story, the subtext addresses other issues without any long monologues and clunky dialogues.
A thumbs-up for Aamir Khan for giving stories like these the backing of a big banner. Rizvi’s story-telling is proof that not every plot that deals with a real issue, that too from rural India, is tiresome and drab. It’s a niché subject made palatable for a mass audience.

Debutante director Anusha Rizvi should teach directors a lesson or two about making political satires. There are a few films that entertain you and leave you a poignant message at the same time. You might laugh for most of the film but the end leaves you a little disturbed about the state of affairs in our country.
The plot deals with an omnipresent crisis that rears its head every now and then and especially during the elections – farmer suicides. Omkar Das and Raghuvir Yadav, the two main leads, are encumbered by an unsettled loan and the fear that their land will be auctioned off since they are in no position to repay. After numerous failed attempts to salvage their land, the only option seems to be suicide that will ensure that the family will get the mandatory Rs 1 lakh compensation from the government.
A local journalist does this story for a regional paper but it’s soon taken up by the national media and gets immense traction. The protagonist’s story is soon being played on national television as “live suicide coverage”. Journalists want their TRPs, the politicians do their bit to gain mileage from the issue just before the elections and the “media-event” is a good business proposition for the local community. Caught in the midst is the hapless family, a mere spectator in the ensuing media circus.
A compelling story doesn’t need big names, the nondescript cast packs in some of the most memorable performances ever. Whether it is the gullible Natha, the feisty Dhaniya, the abusive Amma or the conflicted Rakesh, each of them stand out. For media insiders the characters of the mainstream journalists are a treat to watch. Vishal Sharma as Kumar Deepak is a natural as the Hindi media journalist; his PTCs (piece-to-camera) are hilarious.