Peepli Live (2010)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Social, Drama
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Total Reviews: 22
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Review Summary: Enter Peepli a small village in the hinterland where a farmer duo Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and Budhia (Raghuvir Yadav) are struggling to hold on to their land. Threatened by extreme poverty

Average Critic Rating: (4.11)
Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri , Raghuvir Yadav , Raghuveer Yadav , Omkar Das Manikpuri , Naseeruddin Shah , Malaika Shenoy , Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Malaika Shenoy , Farrukh Jaffer , Shalini Vatsa , Farrukh Jaffer , Vishal O Sharma , Naseeruddin Shah , Aamir Bashir , Sitaram Panchal
Director: Anusha Rizvi
Release Date: 13 Aug 2010

Plot: 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 Read more

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Peepli Live - Top Reviews

When Aamir Khan produces a film or is associated with any film in the capacity of an actor be prepared for the unpredictable. Films like TAARE ZAMEE...
Full review on Bollywood Hungama
Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
When Aamir Khan produces a film, or is associated with any film in the capacity of an actor, be prepared for the unpredictable.
Full review on SIFY
Taran Adarsh, SIFY
Cast:Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Malaika Shenoy, Naseeruddin ShahDirector:Anusha RizviThe very opening scene of 'Peepli Live' establishes the film's villager protagonist Natha as a dreamer. It's unlikely however that even in his wildest dreams Na
Full review on IBN 
Rajeev Masand, IBN 
Enter Peepli a small village in the hinterland where a farmer duo Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and Budhia (Raghuvir Yadav) are struggling to hold on to their land. Threatened by extreme poverty they fall upon a novel plan.
Full review on Times of India
Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India
We've all heard enough about farmers committing suicide, yet we don't know enough
Full review on SIFY
Sonia Chopra, SIFY
Peepli Live lampoons an entire range of usual suspects – voyeuristic media persons, smarmy bureaucrats, scheming local-level political goons and self-serving rulers, all of whom want a piece of the sleepy village where a farmer is about to kill himself so
Full review on NDTV 
Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV 
To have, or not to have
Full review on Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand, Rajeev Masand
Sukanya Verma: Oh my god, 2010 is turning out to be fabulous at the movies. Ishqiya, Inception, Udaan and now Peepli [Live]?
Full review on Rediff 
Sukanya Verma, Rediff 

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Peepli Live - All Reviews

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Full review on India Today
Kaveree Bamzai, India Today
Film: 'Peepli Live'; Director: Anusha Rizvi; Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vats...
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
Peepli Live starts with a problem, explodes the problem during the movie and ends with the problem &...
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
Director : Music : Lyrics : Starring :Anusha Rizvi  Indian Ocean, Bhadwai Village Mandali and Nageen Tanvir  Swanand Kirkere, Sanjeev Sharma, Noon Meem Rashed and Gangaram Sakhet  Raghubir Yadav, Omkar Das Manikpuri, Malaika Shenoy, Naseeruddin Shah and A
Full review on Glam Sham
Pankaj Sabnani, Glam Sham
Prepare for the unexpected. In an era of predictability, here comes a welcome change. Peepli [Live] is one of a kind - it has no star attraction, it is a satire on a bleak reality; it is matter-of-fact, and socially-arousing, without being preachy.
Full review on Mid-Day
Sarita A Tanwar, Mid-Day
A celluloid star (Aamir Khan) who is best known for choosing his scripts, is seen the same this time...
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
Surely worth having a ‘peep’
Full review on Chirtamala
HaribabuBolineni, Chirtamala
'Peepli Live' - satire par excellence on rural India
Full review on Now Running
Arpana, Now Running
Peepli [LIVE] is an exceptional watch. For local Indians, the film is essential to watch because it gives you more reason to vote and choose correct politicians while also understanding that the media is not as honest it as it seems. For Indians abroad, P
Full review on Bolly Spice
Roshni Mulchandani, Bolly Spice
Peepli Live I have not seen movies in the theatre, don’t know for how long……b...
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
Anusha intelligently has depicted through the character that whatever be the time — be it pre...
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
ale, the story is set on the backdrop of a rural village Peepli in a deep heart of rural India. Here lives Natha (omkar) who is about to lose his land since he has not paid the loan. However, a ray of hope comes in the form of the government announcement
Full review on Bharat Student
Bharat Student
Overall, the much-awaited movie fulfills the audience's expectations from an actor like Aamir Khan
Full review on Smash Hits
K N Gupta, Smash Hits
Thus it is that in the village of Peepli (situated in the fictional state of Mukhya Pradesh) there are two brothers. Both farm their family’s land, but the crops having failed this season, they are deeply in debt and unable to pay the bank loan. Having ex
Full review on Planet Bollywood
Amodini Sharma, Planet Bollywood