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4.50
Go for it
PEEPLI [LIVE] is a brilliant satire which is riveting and heartfelt. Most importantly, it makes you think, and rethink. After LAGAAN this could be yet another journey for producer Aamir Khan all the way to the Kodak Theatre. Surely worth having a 'peep'. (more)
Source: Pankaj Sabnami, Glamsham.com
4.50
Simply brilliant!
EEPLI [LIVE] takes a grim and solemn issue, turns it into a satire, garnishes it with populist sentiment and makes a far greater impact than a mere documentary, had it tackled the burning issue. In fact, like all Aamir Khan films, PEEPLI [LIVE] marries realism with a winning box-office formula most ...(more)
Source: Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
4.00
One of the best films made
Writer-director Anusha Rizvi's debut feature, a disarmingly simple but remarkably powerful film, is a major triumph. She taps into the power of the medium to narrate a story rooted firmly in the depressing realities of rural India, but without ever going into paroxysms of self-righteous indignation....(more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV Movies
3.50
Very smart
Peepli Live is a lively and living document on the `other' India, that lives beyond the neon lights and the cruising metros. Another ace up Aamir Khan's sleeve! This time as producer of a film that has loads to say, without being boring and didactic.(more)
Source: Nikhat Kazmi, Times Of India
3.50
Engaging picture
Helped enormously by a rousing soundtrack, armed with a tight, intuitive script and a confident directorial approach, Rizvi turns 'Peepli Live' into a simplistic yet engaging picture of a sad reality. It's an unusual story told in a bittersweet voice. Watch it because it's an important story and bec...(more)
Source: Rajeev Masand, IBN Live
3.00
Fun but not insightful
Peepli Live is a film that constantly speaks in hyperbole � telling situations in an exaggerated tone for the desired effect: usually laughs, and at times empathy. Perhaps that's the only way to make a desensitised, privileged audience swallow a bitter pill? You just wish the film had gone easy on t...(more)
Source: Sonia Chopra, Sify.com