How long is Peepli Live?

Peepli Live is 1 hr 46 min long.

Who is Nathadas Manikpuri in Peepli Live?

Omkar Das Manikpuri plays Nathadas Manikpuri in the film.

What is Peepli Live about?

After losing their plot of land over an unpaid government loan, Natha and Budhia, two brothers and farmers residing in the heart of rural India, seek the help of a local politician. Not concerned with their plight, the politician mockingly suggests that the brothers commit suicide to benefit from a government scheme that aids the families of indebted farmers who have killed themselves. Budhia, the shrewder of the two, immediately encourages Natha, a simpleton by nature, to think of the greater good of their family and do what is necessary. After their drunken conversation in a bar is overheard by a journalist, the next day it appears in a local newspaper under the header “A Death Foretold in Peepli Village.” The article sparks a chain of events that reaches the highest corridors of power in India’s political machinery. With elections around the corner what would otherwise have been common fare turns into a ‘cause célèbre’ with everybody wanting a piece of the action.

Peepli Live

Name: Peepli Live
Genre: Art House/Foreign,Comedy
Released: 2010-08-13
Duration: 106
Rating: 72

NR 1 hr 46 min

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How long is Peepli Live?: Peepli Live is 1 hr 46 min long.

Who directed Peepli Live?: Anusha Rizvi

Who is Nathadas Manikpuri in Peepli Live?: Omkar Das Manikpuri plays Nathadas Manikpuri in the film.

What is Peepli Live about?: After losing their plot of land over an unpaid government loan, Natha and Budhia, two brothers and farmers residing in the heart of rural India, seek the help of a local politician. Not concerned with their plight, the politician mockingly suggests that the brothers commit suicide to benefit from a government scheme that aids the families of indebted farmers who have killed themselves. Budhia, the shrewder of the two, immediately encourages Natha, a simpleton by nature, to think of the greater good of their family and do what is necessary. After their drunken conversation in a bar is overheard by a journalist, the next day it appears in a local newspaper under the header “A Death Foretold in Peepli Village.” The article sparks a chain of events that reaches the highest corridors of power in India’s political machinery. With elections around the corner what would otherwise have been common fare turns into a ‘cause célèbre’ with everybody wanting a piece of the action.