PEEPLI LIVE
Release Date: 13 Aug 2010CAST
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Certification: A
CREWThe cast of Peepli Live was selected after an extensive and exhaustive casting process that lasted over 4 months. About 900 actors were auditioned in several cities in India. In the event, legendary Indian theatre director Habib Tanvir’s Naya Theatre repertory which comprises mainly rural folk actors provided the mainstay. This is the first feature film for most of the actors who appear in Peepli Live but several have a background in theatre. The huge cast of the film and their tremendous hard work makes this truly an actors’ film.
Malaika Shenoy as Nandita Mallik
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Rakesh
Shalini Vatsa as Dhaniya
Farrukh Jaffar as Amma
Vishal Sharma as Kumar Deepak
Naseeruddin Shah as Salim Kidwai
Aamir Bashir as Vivek
SYNOPSISDirector: Anusha Rizvi
Producer: Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao
Background Music Composer : Mathias Duplessy
Music Director: Indian Ocean, Ram Sampat, Nageen Tanvir
Lyricst: Sanjeev Sharma, Swanand Kirkire, Noon Meem Rashed, Gangaram Sakhet
Singers: Indian Ocean,Nageen Tanvir, Raghuveer Yadav, Badwai village artistes
Co-Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Co-Director & Casting Director: Mahmood Farooqui
Line Producer: Alan Mcalex
Screenplay: Anusha Rizvi
Editor: Hemanti Sarkar
Story Writer: Anusha Rizvi
Cinematographer: Shanker Raman
Sound Recordist and Designer: Hari Kumar Pillai
Executive Producer: B. Shrinivas Rao
Production Designer: Suman Roy Mahapatra
Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid government loan. A quick fix to the problem is the very same government’s program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed suicide. As a means of survival Farmer Natha can choose to die!!! His brother is happy to push him towards this unique ‘honor’ but Natha is reluctant. Local elections are around the corner and what might’ve been another unnoticed event turns into a ‘cause celebré’ with everyone wanting a piece of the action. Political bigwigs, high-ranking bureaucrats, local henchmen and the ever-zealous media descend upon sleepy Peepli to stake their claim. The question on everyone’s lips - “Will he or Won’t he?” As the mania escalates what will be the fate of Farmer Natha; nobody seems to care how he really feels?