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Peepli (live)

Anusha RizviIndia – 2010
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Our media are always running after new sensations and seem to love every crisis. In the Indian comedy Peepli (live), a former journalist shows us how much the media likes to influence events, when they end up smelling their headlines or the supposed scandal. This story takes place in a peaceful Indian farming village where the families have too little to live and too much to die. The farmer Natha fights for the survival of his wife, mother, brother and children as a way out of the misery looms: The government has set up a program to compensate the bereaved if a farmer kills himself. One could also use this offensively, one of Natha's family could kill himself so that the others could earn something. The media, who are currently accompanying the local election campaign, are getting wind of the idea, and suddenly the planned peasant suicide becomes the number one topic. You don't want to save the farmer, you want to be the one who is there live when he does. Bollywood star Aamir Khan (Lagaan) has produced Peepli (live), Anusha Rizvi has sovereignly designed the amusing and thought-provoking debut film and you can feel that she knows exactly what she is talking about. She does it with pleasure.

Original Title Peepli (live)
German Title Live aus Peepli
French Title Peepli (live)
Other Titles Peepli Live
Directed by Anusha Rizvi
Country India
Available Formats 35mm, DVD, Blu-ray
Screenplay Anusha Rizvi
Film Editing Hemanti Sarkar
Soundtrack Subir Kumar Das
Cinematography Shanker Raman
Sound Harikumar Pillai
Décors Suman Roy Mahapatra
Costumes Maxima Basu
Production Aamir Khan, Aamir Khan Productions
Runtime 107 Min.
Language Hindi/d
Actors
Omkar Das Manikpuri Natha
Raghuvir Yadav Budhia
Shalini Vatsa Dhaniya
Farrukh Jaffar Amma
Malaika Shenoy Nandita
Vishal Sharma Deepak
Nowaz Rakesh
Sitaram Panchal Bhai Thakur
Naseeruddin Shah Salim Kidwai
Aamir Bashir Vivek
Awards

Sundance Filmfestival

«Anusha Rizvi drehte mit ihrem Team in einem abgelegenen Dorf. Die meisten Rollen gab sie an Schauspieler aus ländlichen Theatergruppen. Sie verleihen den Figuren eine Wahrhaftigkeit, wie sie mit einer Studioproduktion wohl kaum erreicht worden wäre. Das gilt besonders für Omkar Das Manikpuri: Er spielt den überforderten, kaum je ein Wort sagenden Natha mit der traurig-komischen Zurückhaltung eines grossen Stummfilm-Komödianten.» Tagesspiegel, Berlin

«Um korrupte Politiker und sensationsgeile Journalisten ins Visier zu nehmen, verbindet sie vielmehr die bittere Tragik mit Satire und macht ihren Film zu einem Spiegel des gesellschaftlich gespaltenen Subkontinents. Sehenswert!» tip, Berlin


«Produziert von Bollywoodstar Aamir Khan (Lagaan) und bereits für den ­Auslandsoscar nominiert: Anusha Rizvis Debütfilm ist eine Sozialsatire über Bauernarmut in Indien und den medialen Umgang damit.» epd film


«Sie endet auf einem ungemein authentischen und starken Bild: Eine Baustelle in der Stadt wo besitzlose Männer vom Typ Nathas Luxuswohnungen bauen und mehr als Geister erscheinen denn als Männer. Es ist eines der Bilder, die so fern sind vom Feelgood, und wenn man die Qualität von Peepli Live charakterisieren müsste, dann wäre er der Anti-Slumdog.» The Guardian, London

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