Live aus Peepli – Irgendwo in Indien (2010)

Live aus Peepli – Irgendwo in Indien: Directed by Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui. With Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar. An impoverished farmer’s threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.

“Contrary to my gut feeling Peepli Live wasnu0026#39;t too bad a movie to catch , especially when you are looking for entertainment in itu0026#39;s more rudimentary form. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMinimalist in her approach, The director of this movie has proved beyond a doubt that melodrama and reality are two very different and hardly reconcilable things. Bare naked in itu0026#39;s projection of Indian Villages, the movie is what Khosla K Ghosla was to the middle class. In fact one feels nauseatic watching those ridiculous 80u0026#39;s 90u0026#39;s flicks where village folk were depicted as specimens from a high end fancy dress exhibition. With damsels wearing mutlicoloured , skimpy clothes and men wearing hideous outfits bearing no similarity whatsoever with the actual village attires.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePeepli on the other hand treats everything as it is. The movie is devoid of glamour, any glamour. Which means the movie , given itu0026#39;s theme, is good.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are no subplots which drag the viewer away into romantic liaisons. No sugary silver linings here. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe entire cast fits in well with the theme and also makes us wonder as to how can all those Khans, Kapoors , Khannas call themselves actors .I mean the actors in the movie didnu0026#39;t give away anything. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe script however was ridden with too many profanities for comfort. The movie could have done without them as well . But thatu0026#39;s creative freedom and also gave some folks in the theatre something to cheer about.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is good.”