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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui (co-director)
Production: UTV Communications
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
95 min
$748,128
Website
628 Views


Oh! She was young.

lt's God's will, l guess.

All of us have to go some day.

Sooner or later.

But we all have to die.

See you later. Come on.

The funeral is at four.

Are you coming?

(Natha ) Everyone is talking

about death today.

Looks like it's a day of death.

Shut up!

( Amma ) Budhia,

put my bed under the sun.

Budhia, aren't you listening?

Put my bed under the sun.

l've spent half my life dragging you

in and out of the sun.

We are losing our land

and all you care for is sunshine?

And smoking pot all day

is sure to save the land, right?

You said you had no money!

Don't get worked up,

you 'll have a fit.

Curse your tongue. You want to kill me?

Why don't you get a fit?

Once you are done pampering your mum

tell me what Bhai Thakur said.

He told us to commit suicide.

You must've provoked him.

Right. Why don't you get

a rope and hang me?

Cut the drama out.

Go hang yourself, for all l care.

Put some sense into your wife.

She's driving me nuts.

You 've smashed my brains!

May the darkest storms

descend upon you !

All thanks to this witch.

Yeah, right.

- Shut up, you tart!

- You shut up!

Fancy city doctor you wanted?

Go on, get your treatment now.

l curse the moment

l brought you home.

Wretch! You 've ruined everything.

You scum bag.

Why are you

sitting like a zombie?

Harder, damn you !

Below the neck. Yes, there.

Haven't seen your wife for a while.

Has she gone to her mother's?

- Gudda Babu ...

- What?

You mentioned about the suicide

compensation programme.

What about it?

How did you get to know?

Why? You want to die?

Tell me please...

Magan's son told me it was published

in Jan Morcha newspaper.

(Budhia ) lf l could...

...l'd give up my life to save our land.

At least your kids would be taken care of.

Remember when we stole money

from Pir Baba's shrine?

What a thrashing dad gave us.

l must say, he had a heavy hand.

Always left his mark.

Yeah, he could hit hard.

- l made some enquiries.

- About what?

About the suicide programme.

Commit suicide

and compensation is assured.

Guaranteed.

We've gone through so much

to protect our forefathers' land

and now we are losing it.

lf l could, l would give up

my life to save it.

No, brother, why should

you give your life?

l'll give up mine.

Why you ? l'll kill myself.

No, l will.

You have a wife and kids

to take care of.

You mustn't. l'll die.

No. l'll die.

Shut up, l'll die.

Think you 're brave?

No, brother, l'll give up my life.

Sure?

Fine. You kill yourself.

Don't change your mind now.

lt takes only two minutes.

Since you won't let me, you do it.

lt's the same thing, really.

lt's time for a short break but before that,

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Anusha Rizvi

Anusha Rizvi (born 13 March 1978) is an Indian film director and Screenwriter. Her directorial debut is Peepli Live. The movie won the Best First Film award at the Durban film festival and the Gollapudi Srinivas Award. more…

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