Since the actor sketched every character with aplomb his instinct behind the camera is no different with his acting and a number of films under his production house (Aamir Khan Production) have proved that the actor’s understanding of cinematic brilliance isn’t saturated in front of the camera. Since ‘Lagaan’ Aamir’s production house has produced ‘Taare Zameen Par’ ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ which were box-office success. He has indeed be called as a man of varieties with his next venture ‘Peepli – Live’ based on a real social issue.

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The Peepli-Live is a story of a village where Natha a farmer from Peepli village finds himself into a fix when his unpaid government loan threatens him to take away his plot of land. In such a situation he decides to suicide to get compensation from the government which has programme to aid those families who lost lives to suicide because of the debts. However, the story takes a twist soon when political mayhem, media hype and confusion takes the center stage. Every lips has one question “will Natha die or not”.

The social satire is presented by UTV Motion pictures and co-produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao (Aamir’s wife). The film features Raghuveer Yadav, Omkar Das Manikpuri, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseruddin Shah and Aamir Bashir

Directed by Anusha Rizvi, ‘Peepli [Live]’ hits the screens on August 13th.