Peepli Live Unknown Facts: Many years ago, a song became very popular named ‘Mehangai Daayan Khaaye Jaat Hai’. This song was on the lips of almost every middle class family. This song became very famous and this film was also liked a lot. Aamir Khan also has a deep connection with this film.
‘Peepli Live’ was a film based on a village where there are many problems including water and electricity. In this film, the things that are actually seen in the rural areas of India have been shown. There are some interesting stories related to the film and let us tell you how much it earned.
‘Peepli Live’ completes 10 years of its release
The film ‘Peepli Live’, which was released on 13 August 2010, received a tremendous response. Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan handled the production of the film, while the film was directed by Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui.
This film was nothing less than a formula for Aamir Khan. After this film, many low budget and good content films came out from his production house. Like Dhobi Ghat and Lapata Ladies. Aamir Khan used this formula many times when he gave excellent films to the audience in very less money.
The distribution of the film was handled by UTV Motion Pictures. The film featured actors like Omkar Das, Shalini Vatsal, Raghubir Yadav, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Zafar. Aamir Khan also had a cameo in the film.
box office collection of ‘Peepli Live’
The film Peepli Live, which was released in 2010, was an amazing film. According to Sacnilk, this film, made in 12 crores, collected Rs 47.78 crores at the box office. The film collected Rs 40.86 crores in India. The verdict of the film was a hit.
Interesting facts about ‘Peepli Live’
The film ‘Peepli Live’ is one of the best films of Bollywood. You must have seen this film many times but you hardly know the interesting stories related to it. All the stories mentioned here are according to IMDB.
1. ‘Peepli Live’ reached the Best Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards but was not nominated. However, this film was liked abroad as well.
2. When Nawazuddin Siddiqui saw Aamir Khan for the first time in ‘Peepli Live’, he told him that he had worked with him in ‘Sarfarosh’. But Aamir Khan did not remember because Nawaz had appeared in a small role then.
3. Gulshan Devaish also came with Nawaz for Rakesh Kumar’s audition. Apart from him, about 100 people came here for the audition but Nawaz was selected.
4. Manu Rishi had signed the film but due to some reasons he dropped the film. Later when the film became a hit, he regretted it.
5. ‘Mahangai Daayan Khaaye Jaat Hai’ became famous in every household at that time. This entire song was made on inflation and the common man connected with it.