![]() ![]() ![]() We are aiming for a wider release."Įnter director-producer-actor Khan, who has his finger clearly on what audiences want. And I want as many Indians and as many people in the Third World to watch this film. It's also a dialogue between Indians and the Third World. As much as I enjoy the movies shown at film festivals, Peepli Live is a dialogue between Indians. "I don't see Peepli Live as a film-festival favourite. As we speak, the Peepli team is gearing up to attend the Melbourne International Film Festival after its outing at the Sundance Film Festival last January. The film has all the promise of becoming a film-festival favourite, but Rizvi begs to differ. Reports suggest that more than 18,000 farmers resorted to suicide in India after their crops failed and debts piled up. Peepli Live is a satire on the farmers' suicides that have plagued India since the '90s. Her rules included choosing a set of obscure but talented theatre actors and choosing a subject that most filmmakers shrink from - rural Indian life. You learn to make your own depending on your comfort level." But it worked out for me because I didn't bring to the sets a set of rules and regulations to follow. "I am not a trained filmmaker and therefore filmmaking was a scary process. "That's when the real battle begins - the battle to sort out the script and fill that blank," With no prior experience in filmmaking, no elite film school on her résumé and only a stint on the NDTV news channel in the production segment for onscreen experience, Rizvi is what they call "fresh-off-the-Bollywood-boat". Suddenly, I realised that now I have the money and the script and there's no reason why I shouldn't do the film. "At first all I had was the script, then I got the money. Now before you jump to conclusions about the notorious perfectionist Khan stepping on anyone's toes, Rizvi is quick to clarify. But the fact is, the battle begins for real after that," says Rizvi. "It's easy to assume that the battle is already half-won if an accomplished actor like Aamir agrees to produce the film. In our brief chat over the phone, the former broadcast journalist, 34, only whipped out the Khan name twice in our conversation and was more intent on speaking about her satire on debt-ridden farmers in India. Case in point: she isn't boastful - despite the fact that Bollywood heavyweight Aamir Khan has given her his stamp of approval by agreeing to produce her debut feature Peepli Live. If first impressions are anything to go by, debutant director Anusha Rizvi belongs to a minority in Bollywood. ![]()
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