MetroJunkiie: Peepli Live

Year : 2010
Runtime : 104 Min.
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Director : Anusha Rizvi
Movie Stars : Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui,Naseeruddin Shah
Country: India
Language : Hindi

A cleaver eye opener to farmer suicides in India but laughable and funny at the same time. I love how well this movie blends comedy and serious issues of India. I think that is what made this movie so watchable for me because I can laugh but still find like I've learned something. The issue of farmer suicides is a terrible truth. In the film the government is depicted as being selfish and uncaring toward their farming citizens, which after all makes up 70 percent of the Indian population. At the end of the movie when the film crews just packs up and leaves this poor rural community with nothing more than a few minutes of fame. This was the saddest part for me because they just witnessed a village full of people below the poverty line and after they got what they needed (their story) they just left without a thought more about these people. But what really is sad is that there are tons more out there like this village.

IMDB:In the lead up to state elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid bank loan. Desperate, they seek help from an apathetic local politician, who scornfully suggests they commit suicide to benefit from a government program that aids the families of indebted deceased farmers. When a journalist overhears Budhia urge Natha to "do what needs to be done" for the sake of their families, a media frenzy ignites around whether or not Natha will commit suicide.