Synopsis
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
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Cast
- Omkar Das ManikpuriNatha
- Raghubir YadavBudhia
- Malaika ShenoyNandita Malik
- Nawazuddin SiddiquiRakesh
- Sitaram PanchalBhai Thakur
- Shalini VatsaDhaniya
- Naseeruddin ShahSalim Kidwai
- Aamir BashirVivek
- Anoop TrevediThanedar Jugan
- Pravin Singh SisodiaGudda Babu
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A satisfying comic gem. - 80
Variety
Debuting writer-director Anusha Rizvi manages to wrest a lively feature out of a gravely serious issue, capturing the desperation of India's village farmers, as well as the nation's shift from agriculture to industrialization, without losing sight of the entertainment principle. - 80
Los Angeles Times
The ambitious Peepli Live manages to mine substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed - and sometimes poignant - social commentary in the process. - 70
Village Voice
It's an unusual taste of mainstream Indian cinema (or, thanks to superstar Aamir Khan's production company, it's a small film given an unusually mainstream push), unexpectedly irreverent with an earthier, folkier soundtrack than the typical Bollywood electro-bounce. - 70
The New York Times
The writer-director Anusha Rizvi, making her feature debut, shoots her story efficiently and with visual panache, but after a compelling setup her script runs out of juice. - 60
Time Out
Unlike satires that coast on winking self-satisfaction, Anusha Rizvi's debut is both a heartfelt and a genuinely funny skewering of India's convoluted caste-consciousness. - 60
Movieline
Peepli Live opens out slowly to encompass several factions of Indian society, including the press, local, state, and federal politicians, and the shady elements binding them all together. It's a meticulously engineered design that a show like The Wire took several years to execute; here the strain shows within the first half hour. - 60
New York Daily News
Peepli Live may not consistently hit the mark, but it's savvy and humane, which goes a long way.
