Peepli
Peepli is the fictional village depicted in the 2009 Indian satirical drama Peepli Live. The setting is a drought-prone rural community in northern India, used by the film to explore themes of farming distress, debt, and the social and political response to farmer suicides. In the narrative, a poor farmer’s potential suicide triggers a media frenzy and political maneuvering, exposing how television coverage, party politics, and bureaucratic incentives interact with a rural economy on the brink.
The film was written and directed by Anusha Rizvi, produced by Aamir Khan, and released in 2009.
The portrayal of Peepli contributed to discussions about agrarian distress in India and has been cited in
Related topics include Peepli Live, farmer suicides in India, and Indian cinema.
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