Screenplay:
Rutvik OzaCinematography:
Shanker RamanComposer:
Ram SampathCast:
Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aamir Bashir, Masood Akhtar, Maxima Basu, Farrukh Jaffar (more)Plots(1)
Peepli is a tiny, remote village in India. Two of the villagers are the brothers Natha and Budhia, who are both poor peasants. Unable to pay back a loan, they risk losing their tiny piece of land to the bank and are desperate to find a way of saving their property. The local owner of a large estate gives them a sound piece of advice: one of them should commit suicide. There is a government programme, he says, that provides financial support to surviving dependants. Encouraged by the women in the family, Budhia, the older of the two brothers, makes some investigations. It looks as though he is about to prepare to end his life, but then, Natha carelessly announces that he is willing to die – and Budhia accepts his offer immediately.
Meanwhile, the Indian television news desks are full of the by-elections in Mukhya Pradesh. The reports focus mainly on the rivalry between the Minister for Agriculture and the Chief Minister of this Indian state. A journalist reporting from Peepli overhears a drunken conversation between the two brothers and this provides him with a fantastic headline for the morning papers: "A Death Foretold in Peepli". The news is a sensation – on account of the elections – and before long the machinery of state is set in motion, closely followed by the media. In no time at all the whole country is following Natha's story. Reporters, police, politicians, gawkers, wheelers and dealers all besiege his house. Not only Natha's family, but hundreds of other people sense an opportunity to make a fortune ...
(Berlinale)
Cast
![Omkar Das Manikpuri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088357_2cbd14.jpg)
Omkar Das Manikpuri
Best movies:
Peepli Live (2010)
Jawan (2023)
![Raghuvir Yadav](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088356_c206d9.jpg)
Raghuvir Yadav
India
Best movies:
1947 : Earth (1998)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Shalini Vatsa
Best movies:
Peepli Live (2010)
![Naseeruddin Shah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272451_aa6d73.jpg)
Naseeruddin Shah
India
![Nawazuddin Siddiqui](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/228/158228383_b7e6f0.jpg)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
India
Best movies:
Brother Bajrangi (2015)
Lion (2016)
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Aamir Bashir
Best movies:
Peepli Live (2010)
Haider (2014)
A Wednesday (2008)
Masood Akhtar
Best movies:
Ohm Peace Ohm (2007)
Peepli Live (2010)
Story (2012)
Maxima Basu
Best movies:
Peepli Live (2010)
![Farrukh Jaffar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/526/162526060_ad5abb.jpg)
Farrukh Jaffar
India
Best movies:
What Will People Say (2017)
Secret Superstar (2017)
Parched (2015)
Danish Husain
Best movies:
Peepli Live (2010)
Dhobi Ghat (2010)
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Avijit Dutt
Best movies:
Amu (2005)
Peepli Live (2010)
No One Killed Jessica (2011)