Review of Peepli Live (2010) by Ruchi K — 14 Aug 2010

You can trust Aamir Khan to bring a slice of awesome cinema to us. Anusha Rizvi for a first time director deserves a thunder clap on her back. Kudos to you for understanding the reality of Indian villages, the massive income,exposure and infrastructural gap between rural and urban India and the nature of 24X7 news channels today.

I was lovely t o see the immensely talented Raghuveer Yadav back on screen. All the layers, characters and relationships were well written and explored. I do feel though the movie lacked seamlessness in the portion before the climax. The events seemed a little jumpy.

Nevertheless I was delighted with the dialogues and glad that the feature didn't veer into either documentary or commercial territory.

At the end of it Peepli Live was funny, disturbing, real, profound and enjoyable.