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Satire Lives in Peepli

Posted in Bollywood, Film, Human rights, Politics, Southasia, media by laxmim
Aug 20 2010
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Anusha Rizvi proves that spoof can be a powerful tool of social awakening.

By Laxmi Murthy

‘Just like a documentary, so realistic!’ remarks one of my aunts as we stream out of the theatre, the haunting background score of ‘Peepli [Live]’ still resounding in our ears. ‘Excellent film, but what’s the use,’ says the other aunt, ‘We will simply go back and discuss it in our drawing rooms’. ‘But at least we will do that – now we will talk about farmers’ suicide,’ is the conclusion. (more…)

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Tagged as: Aamir Khan, Anusha Rizvi, Bollywood, Farmer suicide, Farmer suicides, Farmers, Film, Mahmood Farooqui, media, Media Ethics, Pipli [Live], Sensationalism, Suicides

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