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PEEPLI [Live]
Why this pick
Its rural setting and sharp social observation echo Sajjanpur’s blend of humour and hardship, though its media-and-politics satire carries a more caustic edge.
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MOVIE2008 2h 14m IND
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college who lives with his mother ,is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India. He realizes this passion when an aunt of his wants him to write a letter to her son who has treated his mother with disrespect and the letter seemed to have worked. This made her aunt tell the villagers what an amazing writer he truly was. Initially the village folk would come to his home to get their letters written but his mother did not approve of it so he decided to set up a small work space near the post office.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Shreyas Talpade
