Happy Independence Day friends…And also I am here for sharing something about a movie that truly depicts our rural India after 63 years of freedom. Yes it is “Peepli Live” from the production house of Man with Midas touch…Mister Perfect Aamir Khan.
Theme: Peepli Live is a story of two farmer brothers in a small village in Peepli consistency. Naththa, the younger of them steps forward to commit suicide so that his family could collect the money given as compensation for a farmer’s suicide and thus protect his land. In the process, media plays unnecessary active role and added to it are nasty politics that makes things more of fun.
People of Peepli…
Omkar Das Manikpuri, a prominent theatre artist made his debut with the lead role Naththa. His innocent expressions, natural ways of acting filled the life into the character.
Raghubir Yadav who is well known for his role in Lagaan,played elder brother of Naththa. Raghubir is multi-faceted artiste who is also a musician and set designer.
Shalini Vatsa who played Naththa’s wife is also an acclaimed theatre artiste. She too is simply spontaneous.
Then we had Nawazuddin as local reporter, Malaika Shenoy and Vishal Sharma as rival reporters and Sitaram Panchal as local leader, Faruk Zaffer as old lady in the film are among others who have done their roles extremely well.
All iz well for Aamir Khan and Anusha Rizvi…
Who better than a journalist turned director Anusha Rizvi could handle a movie that deals with a social cause and a sarcastic effort against media and politicians. She blended the agony of peasants and fun generated while media is craving for making their presence felt and thus passed the bitter message in appealing fashion. She should be appreciated for a noble intention and bravely sticking to the point.
It was ‘Lagaan’ then and ‘Taare Zameen Par’ yesterday and now the Peepli where each of Aamir’s productions has chosen a path less travelled. Needless to say that is the obvious reason for his graph to zoom in such way for playing different roles and producing the path breaking films.
What to watch for…
Peepli Live showcases the poverty prevailing in our country in very much lighter way. Be it be the pain taken by the brothers or death of a farmer who sells the mud for his livelihood or it be a complaining wife who struggles to run the family or it be the entire state of a present village or opportunistic politicians…Everything touches our heart and raises innumerable questions about our progress in past 60 years.
On the other hand, Look out for sarcasm on media that is truly shameful and is no doubt highly irritating many. Of course this kind of criticism on media and politics is not new for Indian cinema, but it reaches the heights when coverage is made on Naththa’s shit and that scene might be the biggest slap for present journalism which really makes lot of noise out of a shit.
Funny one liners, Good music, Smooth camera work all supported the movie in good manner.
Final word…
Nevertheless it does not match the Aamir Khan’s previous production ventures in providing the entertainment. Also it neither even tries to reach Sharukh’s Swadesh in driving the point.
But Peepli Live is a cute small film in its own style… and definitely watchable for its honest approach.
Do try to watch if at all you have leisure.
3.5/5
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