Peepli Live, the Hindi film produced by actor Aamir Khan, will be India's official entry to this year's Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. During the selection process, Tamil movie Angadi Theru competed closely and we considered various criteria before selecting Peepli Live, Film Federation of India president L. Suresh said. Calling Peepli Live a social satire,' producer-director Ravi Kottarakara said it brought out the pain of poverty.The subtle humour, which runs throughout the film, sends across the message of social awareness in a far more effective way than a melancholic film would, he added. Directed by journalist Anusha Rizvi, Peepli Live is about farmer suicides in the country and talks about how the media and politicians handle the issue.

Published Date : Sunday, Sep 26, 02:32PM IST

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