Indian Prime Minister watches Peepli Live

Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:10 [IST]
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh watched Aamir Khan's Peepli Live yesterday evening at his residence, 7 Race Course Road, Delhi. A special screening was organised for the Prime Minister by the makers of the film.

The PM watched the film along with his wife Gursharan Kaur, family members and close friends. Peepli Live unit including producer Aamir Khan, director Anusha Rizvi, distributor Ronnie Screwala and lead actors Raghuvir Yadav and Omkar Das Manikpuri also joined the PM at the special screening.

Interestingly, senior BJP leader LK Advani, who also watched the film, was all praise for Aamir Khan for revealing the cruel reality of rural India. He however said that farmer suicide issue should have been depicted seriously.

Peepli Live is a satire on the pledge of the farmers and brings to light their struggle. It also tells how the people right from the politicians to the bureaucrats to the television reporters to the local people try to exploit a situation to their advantage.

User Comments
N srinivasan 02 Sep 2010 02:54 pm
Manmohan watches both PEEPLI Live and people (farmers) DEAD.
Shobila 01 Sep 2010 01:51 pm
Its such a pity that the people who are responsible for the well being of the poor of our country and who do not act in the interest of the people comment saying the film is revealing the cruel reality of rural India. Can't the politicians in power and not in power change this reality that was shown in the movie? Isn't it ironical that the people who are responsible for such pathetic situation of rural India comment as though some alien is responsible for this in-humaness
ramesh 30 Aug 2010 11:42 pm
I would have congratulated PM for taking time off from his busy schedule but then I thought the impact would have been much more felt,if he would have taken chopper and visited couple of survivors and consoled them.5000 and more farmers have committed suicides in Vidarbha alone-Rahul gandhi did find time to to know the difference bet Reel and Real-Thanks to P Sainath Hindu Editor-for his initiative.Even the Producer/Director has not cared to visit the villages where Farmers have committed...
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