6 lacs
Peepli Live
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release date
August 13, 2010 (India)
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language
Hindi
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genre
Comedy, Drama
Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and Budhia (Raghubir Yadav), two impoverished farmers in the small Indian village of Peepli, are about to lose their farmland due to outstanding debt. An incompetent politician suggests they commit suicide to get government help and the media becomes involved. They turn Natha into a celebrity as speculation over whether or not he will commit suicide captivates the country.
videos
film cast
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Omkar Das Manikpuri
as Natha
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Raghuvir Yadav
as Budhia
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Shalini Vatsa
as Dhaniya
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Farrukh Jaffar
as Amma
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Malaika Shenoy
as Nandita
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Vishal Sharma
as Deepak
film crew
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Rahul Ram
Music Director
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Amit kilam
Music Director
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Asheem chakravarty
Music Director
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Susmit sen
Music Director
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Anusha Rizvi
Director
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Mahmood Farooqui
Director
photos
music
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Desh Mera …
Singer: Rahul Ram, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Amit Kilam
Music Director: Rahul Ram, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Amit Kilam
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Zindagi Se Darte Ho …
Singer: Rahul Ram, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Amit Kilam
Music Director: Rahul Ram, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Amit Kilam
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critic reviews
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Taran Adarsh
for Bollywood Hungama
Peepli Live lampoons an entire range of usual suspects voyeuristic media persons, smarmy bureaucrats, scheming local-level politic…
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Aniruddha Guha
for Dna
Peepli Live, though a highly commendable effort, lacks the bite you would expect from a film that makes a comment about contempora…
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Pankaj Sabnani
for Glam Sham
The gloomy issue of farmers' suicide has been brilliantly executed in a light-hearted satire. It's entertaining and at the same ti…
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Rajeev Masand
for Ibn Live
A scathing satire on the country's apathy towards the rural class, and specifically towards farmers, 'Peepli Live' employs a comic…
