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{{Infobox film
| name = Peepli Live
| image = Peeplilive.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Anusha Rizvi]]

| producer = [[Aamir Khan]] [[Kiran Rao]]
| story = Anusha Rizvi
| screenplay = Anusha Rizvi
| starring = [[Omkar Das Manikpuri]] [[Raghubir Yadav]] [[Shalini Vatsa]] Malaika Shenoy [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] [[Naseeruddin Shah]]
| music = [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]] Brij Mandal Bhadwai Nagin Tanvir [[Ram Sampath]]

| cinematography = Shanker Raman
| editing = Hemanti Sarkar
| studio = [[Aamir Khan Productions]]
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|8|13}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|10 [[crore]]}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/peepli-live-recovers-production-costs_100411029.html|title=Peepli Live Recovers Production Costs |date=12 August 2010|work=Thaindian News}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|46.85 crore}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=83|title=Peepli [Live] - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Peepli Live''''' is a 2010 Indian [[Satire|satirical]] [[black comedy film]] that explores the topic of [[Farmers' suicides in India|farmer suicides]] and the subsequent media and political response.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Peepli-Live-gets-strong-reception-at-Berlin-film-fest/articleshow/5587484.cms |title='Peepli Live' gets strong reception at Berlin film fest |date=18 February 2010 |work=The Economic Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705143333/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Peepli-Live-gets-strong-reception-at-Berlin-film-fest/articleshow/5587484.cms |archive-date=5 July 2010 }}</ref> It is written and directed by [[Anusha Rizvi]] in her directorial debut, and produced by [[Aamir Khan Productions]]. The film stars Naya Theatre company member [[Omkar Das Manikpuri]] as well as [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Raghubir Yadav]], [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], [[Shalini Vatsa]] and Malaika Shenoy along with a number of newcomers. ''Peepli Live'', distributed by [[UTV Motion Pictures]], was released on 13 August 2010.

''Peepli Live'' was [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's official entry]] for the [[83rd Academy Awards]] [[List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] category<ref name=hroscars>{{cite news
|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/asia/news/e3i59a76af7935531187507f3a963f29fa0|title= 'Peepli Live' is India's Oscar entry|access-date=4 October 2010|work= The Hollywood Reporter|first=Nyay|last=Bhushan|date=24 September 2010}}</ref><ref name=rtoscars>{{cite news
|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-35580920080921?sp=true|title= 'Peepli Live' is India's official entry for Oscars 2011|access-date=24 September 2010|date= 24 September 2010|publisher= NDTV}}</ref> although it was not nominated.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |access-date=19 January 2011|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{long plot|date=December 2019}}
Natha Das ManikPuri, better known as Natha, is a poor farmer from the village of Peepli in Mukhya Pradesh, who struggles to farm enough money for his family made up of his elder brother, Budhia Das Manikpuri, his wife, Dhaniya, his three young children and his ailing mother Amma, who spends most of her time lying down and screaming at Natha and Dhaniya. Natha and Budhia often pretend to go out farming when actually they save up whatever money they have to buy alcohol. This has left the whole family famished and now the banks are demanding repayment of loans or else the family will be stripped of their land and house. In the meantime, the Mukhya Pradesh Government have called a by-election due to continuous criticism of their blind eye towards the desperate poverty that surrounds India's largest state. The opposition [[Apna Dal]] Party believe they have a chance to form the government in this election as the people have lost faith in the long-serving Sammaan Party and its Chief Minister, Ram Babu Yadav who, along with Federal Agriculture Minister, Saleem Kidwai, believes in the industrialisation of rural areas.

To save his land and to save his family from becoming homeless, Natha, encouraged by his brother, decides to commit suicide after he requests help from the rural headmen and they suggest that his committing suicide is a good way to get loan money waived, and after which his family will receive heavy compensation for his death. While Natha and his brother are discussing this possibility at a local tea stall, the news gets reported by Rakesh, a local reporter from Peepli. This report then gets picked up and highlighted by the national English news channels and reaches the Chief Minister. The media starts surrounding Peepli sensing the possibility of a sensational suicide story. One ITVN journalist particularly keen on filming the event of Natha's death is Daytime Presenter, Nandita Malik. She joins the local reporter Rakesh Kapoor and takes desperate measures to interview Natha and his family on the subject of Natha's suicide. However things get more tricky when rival Hindi news channel, "Bharat Live" finds out about Natha and Peepli. The news channel clashes with ITVN and each try to film Natha's impending death in their own manner. The Sammaan Party also soon discover Natha's plans and try to buy off Natha with sops to prevent him from committing suicide. Opposition parties like the Apna Dal and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] also get involved and plan to use Natha as a path to power in the elections. Peepli soon becomes the centre of attention across Mukhya Pradesh.

Nandita's frantic attempts to interview Natha get worse when Rakesh does not find Natha or anyone else in Peepli to interview. She seems unimpressed with Rakesh's compassionate stand towards Natha and believes that as reporters their duty lies in reporting and following the news and nothing else. On the other hand, "Bharat Live" continues to be successful in their attempts to interview. Yet as time goes on, Natha does not die. Meanwhile, the Sammaan Party realise that if Natha commits suicide, they will lose the elections. The rural headmen secretly kidnap Natha and hold him ransom for money from the opposition. Yet their plans are foiled when Rakesh discovers Deepak and his men holding Natha hostage at a Peepli barn. A rush occurs when people from Apna Dal, the CPI, ITVN, Bharat Live and Peepli villagers all rush to find Natha. In the confusion, a spillage accident from a [[Petromax]] lamp sets fire to the barn, which explodes and Rakesh is killed. The Government officials mistake Rakesh for Natha and refuse to pay Natha's family the compensation money due to the death being an accident. Meanwhile, Natha is in fact alive and flees to [[Gurgaon]] and is seen working as a day labourer in the construction industry.

His family loses their land to the bank.

==Cast==
* [[Omkar Das Manikpuri]] as Natha
* [[Raghubir Yadav]] as Budhia
* Malaika Shenoy as Nandita Malik
* [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] as Rakesh
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Saleem Kidwai, the Agriculture Minister
* [[Aamir Bashir]] as Vivek
* [[Anoop Trevedi]] as Thanedar Jugan
* [[Ishita Vyas]] as Reporter
* [[Shalini Vatsa]] as Dhaniya
* [[Indira Tiwari]] as Reporter
* [[Girish Karnad]]
* [[Avijit Dutt]] as Boss of English TV Channel
* [[Farrukh Jaffar]] as Amma
* [[Vishal O Sharma]] as Kumar Deepak
* [[Sitaram Panchal]] as Bhai Thakur
* [[Sandeep Yadav]] as cameraman of Nandita Malik

==Production==
''Peepli Live'' began as a script written by [[NDTV]] journalist Anusha Rizvi called ''The Fallen''. In 2004 Rizvi asked Aamir Khan to read her script and, although he initially refused as he was preoccupied with shooting ''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'', he eventually decided to finance the film after she described the plot to him.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/2010/07/23200601/Aamir-Khan-The-boxoffice-eco.html?h=B |title= Aamir Khan: The box-office economist |author= Sanjukta Sharma |date= 24 July 2010|work= Mint |access-date=31 July 2010}}</ref> In an interview, Khan explains the meaning of the movie title: "When we were looking for the right title before we began the publicity and promotions of the film, we came up with Peepli Live. Peepli is the village that film is set in, the "live" part is meant to indicate: here is a story that is happening in Peepli that the filmmaker is bringing to you live. That's why it's Peepli Live."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?bringing_peepli_into_our_lives_an_interview_with_aamir_khan_15542.aspx| title = Bringing Peepli into Our Lives: an interview with Aamir Khan | publisher = Asia Pacific Arts | date = 13 August 2010}}</ref> ''Peepli Live'' was filmed on various locations in [[Madhya Pradesh]] such as [[Bhopal]], [[Indore]], [[Tikamgarh]], [[Khurai]] as well as in New Delhi. Maxima Basu designed the costumes aptly capturing the rural essence of the film. According to Aamir Khan, many of the actors are [[Adivasi]]s from the sub-urban area of [[Bhopal]], Bhadwai in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14922619 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120729014516/http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14922619 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 July 2012 |title= Aamir's Peepli Live going to Sundance film fest |agency= Indo-Asian News Service |date= 7 December 2009 |publisher=Sify |access-date=19 January 2010}}</ref> Other cast members are from playwright [[Habib Tanvir]]'s theatre troupe Naya Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|author=Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=147151 |title=Aamir casts magic once more |work=The Daily Star |date=18 July 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref>

==Release==
''Peepli Live'' competed in the [[Sundance Film Festival]], the first film from India to achieve this feat. With support of media billionaire Keyur Patel of Fuse Global who is major hollywood financier "Peepli Live" was selected at [[Sundance Film Festival]] and his relationship with Robert Redford provided a great platform there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Aamirs-Peepli-Live-goes-to-Sundance-fest/articleshow/5304102.cms |title=Aamir's Peepli Live goes to Sundance fest |date=5 December 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=19 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213050302/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Aamirs-Peepli-Live-goes-to-Sundance-fest/articleshow/5304102.cms |archive-date=13 December 2009 }}</ref> It received an [[Central Board of Film Certification|'A' adult certificate]] in India for language use.<ref>{{cite web|last=Joshi |first=Tushar |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2010/jan/130110-Aamir-Khan-Peepli-Live-A-Rating-Censor.htm |title=Why Aamir's next gets an A rating from Censor Board |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref> The movie was picked up by speciality German distribution company Rapid Eye Movies for a special screening at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/news/peepli-live-release-germany-q3 |title= Peepli Live to Release in Germany in 2010 Q3 |publisher=DearCinema.com}}</ref> It was also named the Best First Feature Film at the 31st [[Durban International Film Festival]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peepli Live named Best First Feature Film|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Peepli-Live-named-Best-First-Feature-Film/Article1-581623.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=9 September 2010|date=3 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905061032/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Peepli-Live-named-Best-First-Feature-Film/Article1-581623.aspx|archive-date=5 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film was released on 24 September.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peepli Live set to hit screens in Britain on Sept 24|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/bollywood/Peepli-Live-set-to-hit-screens-in-Britain-on-Sept-24/Article1-591595.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=25 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019073558/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/bollywood/Peepli-Live-set-to-hit-screens-in-Britain-on-Sept-24/Article1-591595.aspx|archive-date=19 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Peepli Live'' reportedly recovered its cost before its release itself.<ref name="thaindian1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/postcards-for-aamir-from-500-peepli-villages_100410601.html |title=Postcards For Aamir From 500 'Peepli' Villages |publisher=Thaindian.com |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
''Peepli Live'' received positive reviews. [[Subhash K. Jha]], film critic and author of ''The Essential Guide to Bollywood'', describes ''Peepli Live'' as "a work of damning ramifications." He further states that, "To most of us out here sitting in the auditorium, farmers' suicide is just a headline. Read, regretted and then put to bed. Peeply (Live) is that savagely raw and hurtful wake-up call for the conscience which does not mince words."<ref name=skjpl>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2010/08/14/6544/index.html|title=Subhash K Jha speaks about ''Peepli (Live) |access-date= 24 September 2010 |last=Jha |first= Subhash |date= 14 August 2010 |publisher= [[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref> [[Nikhat Kazmi]] of the ''[[Times of India]]'' gave the film three and a half out of five stars stating," How smart can Indian cinema get? Exhilarating answer: Very smart. And that's the bottomline of ''Peepli Live,'' a small little film, that showcases the real India without glossing over the contradictions of our fumbling-bumbling democracy or getting overtly sentimental about garibi and the attendant grime that goes with it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kazmi|first=Nikhat|title=Peepli Live Review|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Peepli-Live/movie-review/6298078.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=13 August 2010|date=12 August 2010}}</ref> [[Pratim D. Gupta]] of ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'' wrote "Peepli Live demands to be absorbed and not just watched over the weekend" and praised the director Anusha Rizvi – "she has the gift of the dark humour satire ala Shyam Benegal and in her uncompromised shooting style, she shows the fire of Mira Nair".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100814/jsp/entertainment/story_12809063.jsp|title=Die Hard|author=Pratim D. Gupta|date=14 August 2010|access-date=19 September 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' gave it four and a half out of five stars and argues that "the concept [farmers' suicides] would instinctively translate into a serious, thought-provoking film. But ''Peepli [Live]'' takes a grim and solemn issue, turns it into a satire, garnishes it with populist sentiment and makes a far greater impact than a mere documentary, had it tackled the burning issue. In fact, like all Aamir Khan films, ''Peepli [Live]'' marries realism with a winning box-office formula most brilliantly."<ref name=tar>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14242/index.html|title=Review|access-date= 24 September 2010|last=Adarsh|first=Taran|date=10 August 2010|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> Mayank Shekhar of ''The [[Hindustan Times]]'' gave the film four out of five stars arguing that "the satire is irresistible; the subtext, compelling. And yet neither shows itself up in any form of self-seriousness. The comic writing is immaculately inspired".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shekhar|first=Mayank|title=Peepli Live Review|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/Mayank-Shekhar-s-Review-Peepli-Live/Article1-585818.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=13 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815221129/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/Mayank-Shekhar-s-Review-Peepli-Live/Article1-585818.aspx|archive-date=15 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Noyon Jyoti Parasara of [[Yahoo]] gave the film 3.5 out of five and said, "''Peepli [Live]'' is a class act and director Anusha Rizvi and producer Aamir Khan could take a bow for working this into reality".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shekhar|first=Mayank|title=Peepli Live Review|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/97046/Exclusive-Review-Peepli-Live.html|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=13 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815211003/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/97046/Exclusive-Review-Peepli-Live.html|archive-date=15 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN]] also gave it three and a half out of five stars, calling it "a scathing satire on the country's apathy towards the rural class, and specifically towards farmers, ''Peepli Live'' employs a comic tone to tell a serious story. The witty script turns Natha into something of a local celebrity, who draws out the true character and motivations of all those who cross his path."<ref>{{cite web|last=Masand|first=Rajeev|title=Peepli Live Review|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-peepli-live-is-an-engaging-picture/128807-47-84.html?from=tn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816122203/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-peepli-live-is-an-engaging-picture/128807-47-84.html?from=tn|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2010|publisher=IBN|access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref> [[Mathures Paul]] of ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' gave the film 4 out of 5 stars noting that, "Anusha Rizvi demolishes successfully whatever little faith we had in the political process. ''Peepli (Live)'' is entertaining and inspiring".<ref>{{cite web|title=Fills a hungry paunch |url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=337983&catid=47|work=The Statesman|access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref>

{{As of|2020|06}}, the film holds an 86% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 28 reviews with an [[average rating]] of 6.32 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web |title = Peepli Live (2010) |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peepli-live/ |work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date = 11 June 2020 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film had an average score of 69 out of 100, based on 12 reviews, indicating "Generally Favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title = Peepli Live reviews |url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/peepli-live|publisher = [[Metacritic]] |access-date = 24 September 2010 }}</ref>

===Box office===
According to Box Office India, ''Peepli Live'' took a good start<ref>{{cite web|title=Peepli [Live] Good Start Help Dull|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1908&nCat=box_office_report|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> and did a business of {{INRConvert|40|m}} on its first day.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Box Office Clout of Brand Aamir|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1911&nCat=news|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> The film collected {{INRConvert|299.1|m}} by the end of its third week and was declared a super hit.<ref name="BO2010">{{cite web|title=Box Office: All India 2010|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=366&catName=MjAxMA==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=25 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130091518/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=366&catName=MjAxMA==|archive-date=30 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Overseas, the film opened to a limited release at 64 places in the U.S, and was ranked third, grossing $350,054 in the domestic market<ref>{{cite web|title=Arthouse Audit: 'Get Low' Gets Up|url=https://secure.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2890&p=.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090312/https://secure.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2890&p=.htm|archive-date=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and $700,000 worldwide in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peepli Live Does Well Overseas|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1918&nCat=overseas_report|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==

;[[2011 Filmfare Awards]]
* Nominated: Filmfare award for Best Film<ref>{{cite web|url=http://origin-www.sify.com/movies/nominations-for-56th-filmfare-awards-2010-news-bollywood-lbolVQcggff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215215934/http://origin-www.sify.com/movies/nominations-for-56th-filmfare-awards-2010-news-bollywood-lbolVQcggff.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-15|title=Nominations for 56th Filmfare Awards 2010|website=Sify}}</ref>
* Nominated: Filmfare award for Best Costume Design

;[[Star Screen Awards|2011 Star Screen Awards]]
* Winner : Star Screen Award for Best Ensemble Cast <ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of 17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/06/6996/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109144628/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/06/6996/index.html|archive-date=9 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

;6th [[Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations for 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/06/6994/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=23 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109145038/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/06/6994/index.html|archive-date=9 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/11/7008/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=23 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114070754/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/11/7008/index.html|archive-date=14 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Winner : Apsara Award for Best Story – Anusha Rizvi
* Nominated : Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role – Omkar Das Manikpuri
* Nominated : Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Raghubir Yadav
* Nominated : Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Farukh Jaffer

;[[Zee Cine Awards|2011 Zee Cine Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/01/6977/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=7 January 2011}}</ref>
* Nominated : [[Zee Cine Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
* Nominated :[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]] – Omkar Das Manikpuri

;[[5th Asian Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/peoples-choice-awards/5th-afa-peoples-choice-awards/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-date=27 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427013801/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/peoples-choice-awards/5th-afa-peoples-choice-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Winner : Best Composer - [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]]
* Nominated : Best Film - Aamir Khan
* Nominated : Best Newcomer - Omkar Das Manikpuri
* Nominated : Best Editor - Hemanti Sarkar

; [[3rd Mirchi Music Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130070949/http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-01-30|title=Nominees - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010|date=2011-01-30|access-date=2018-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/winers.php|title=Winners - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010}}</ref>
* Winner : [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year|Upcoming Lyricist of The Year]] - Bhadwai Village Mandali - "Mehngai Dayain"
* Nominated : Upcoming Lyricist of The Year - Noon Meem Rashid - "Chola Maati Ke Ram"
* Nominated : [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year|Male Vocalist of The Year]] - Bhadwai Village Mandali - "Mehngai Dayain"
* Nominated : [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Music Composer of The Year|Music Composer of The Year]] - Bhadwai Village Mandali - "Mehngai Dayain"
* Nominated : Music Composer of The Year - Nageen Tanvir - "Chola Maati Ke Ram"

==Soundtrack==
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The music is composed by [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]], an Indian band and [[Ram Sampath]].

===Track listing===
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chola Maati Ke Ram
| extra1 = Nageen Tanvir
| music1 = Nageen Tanvir | Lyrics: Gangaram Sakhet
| length1 = 3:14
| title2 = Des Mera
| extra2 = Indian Ocean
| music2 = [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]], Sanjeev Sharma
| length2 = 4:55
| title3 = Des Mera – I
| extra3 = Indian Ocean
| music3 = Indian Ocean, Sanjeev Sharma
| length3 = 4:55
| title4 = Mehngai Dayain
| extra4 = [[Raghubir Yadav]], Brij Mandal, Bhadwai
| music4 = Brij Mandal, Bhadwai
| length4 = 3:57
| title5 = Zindagi Se Darte Ho
| extra5 = Indian Ocean
| music5 = Indian Ocean
| length5 = 7:30
| title6 = Mehngai Dayain
| note6 = Remix
| extra6 = Raghubir Yadav
| music6 = [[Ram Sampath]]
| length6 = 4:37
}}

==Controversies==
The film was subject to a few controversies. VJAS (Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti), the Nagpur-based farmer's advocacy group, asked the Maharashtra government to ban the film due to its depiction of farmer suicides. Kishor Tiwari, the president of VJAS, stated: "TV serial 'Bairi Piya' has shown that debt-trapped Vidarbha farmers are selling daughters to clear their debt, while 'Peepli Live' is far from reality and an insult to poor farmers of Vidarbha who have been victims of globalization and wrong policies of the state."<ref>{{cite news|title=Vidarbha farmers demand 'Peepli' ban|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-15/india/28275663_1_vidarbha-farmers-vidarbha-janandolan-samiti-farmer-suicides|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103045447/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-15/india/28275663_1_vidarbha-farmers-vidarbha-janandolan-samiti-farmer-suicides|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|access-date=19 August 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 August 2010}}</ref>

In addition, according to the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', "folk singer Rama Joshi alleges that a song Chola Mati Ke Ram, which has been used in the film, does not give credit to Gangaram Siwar, a celebrated folk singer of Chhattisgarh and the original lyricist of the folk song." In response, Nageen Tanwir, who sang the song in the film, stated: "The song, Chola Maati Ke Ram, has been composed by Gangaram Siwar in Chhattisgarh, but the Habib Tanvir theatre group has officially purchased rights for the song. So I don't understand why people from Chhattisgarh are asking for their due again."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Peepli-Live-in-yet-another-controversy/Article1-585139.aspx|title=Peepli Live in yet another controversy|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=13 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118035756/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Peepli-Live-in-yet-another-controversy/Article1-585139.aspx|archive-date=18 November 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Also, according to [[John Travolta]], ''Peepli Live'' was inspired by 1997 English film ''[[Mad City (film)|Mad City]]''. In an interview with ''[[The Hindu]]'', he stated that he was astonished to learn that India's official entry for the Oscars this year, ''Peepli Live'', was inspired by ''Mad City'', his best film as an actor.<ref name="madcity">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/10/stories/2010101050060200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125054945/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/10/stories/2010101050060200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Hollywood needs Bollywood more|author=Ranjan Das Gupta|date=10 October 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

The film's storyline also shares similarity to Malayalam film ''[[Pakal (film)|Pakal]]''. Its director M. A. Nishad says: "The storyline of the Bollywood movie ''Peepli Live'' has a similar theme to ''Pakal'', which was released much before the Hindi film. The difference was in the narrative style."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111951380100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125080053/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111951380100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=A lucky charm? |author=Vijay George|access-date=19 November 2010|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 November 2010}}</ref>

The song "Mehngai dayan khaye jat hai" was challenged in court by the Congress party alleging that [[Sonia Gandhi]] was called as "Dayan" (female ghost) in the movie. However, the argument did not sustain and the case was dismissed by the court holding that Sonia Gandhi was not responsible for the rising inflation in India.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
;Official
* {{Official website|http://www.peeplilivethefilm.com/}}
* [http://www.akpfilms.com/peepli.htm Peepli Live – Aamir Khan Productions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713185348/http://www.akpfilms.com/peepli.htm |date=13 July 2010 }}

;Database
* {{IMDb title|1447508|Peepli Live}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|peepli-live|Peepli Live}}
* {{mojo title|peeplilive|Peepli Live}}
* {{AllRovi movie|507438|Peepli Live}}

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