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Released
2010 · FILM

Peepli Live

A desperate farmer's plan to fake his suicide to claim compensation spirals out of control as the media and politicians descend on his village, turning his personal crisis into a national spectacle.

Directed by
Anusha Rizvi
Written by
Bhadwai, Swanand Kirkire
Runtime
110 min
Language
HI
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Natha decides to commit suicide in order to claim farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn of his intentions and descend on his village to witness and document the rare event.

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Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Hemanti SarkarShot by Shanker RamanScored by BhadwaiDesigned by Suman Roy Mahapatra

Box Office

2010 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$6.9M

Budget$2.3M
Worldwide gross$6.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $438K

Peak 64 theaters

Also known as

  • Live aus Peepli - Irgendwo in Indiende
  • The Falling Indiaen

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