One of the prestigious events, Sundance Film Festival, is going to commence from Jan 21 to Jan 31, 2010 in the City Park, US. ‘Peepli Live’, an Aamir Khan production, has been chosen to participate in this festival.

‘Peepli Live’ is a directorial debut of Anusha Rizvi and is said to be a satire, black comedy about rural life in India. Except for Raghuvir Yadav, the film mainly features fresh casts, some of the actors being the real adivasis from Madhya Pradesh. ‘Peepli Live’ is termed to be the first Indian feature film to make it to the competition section in this festival.

Aamir is very much thrilled to have his film selected for the festival and he is equally happy for the director and her young team. “Sundance is one of the biggest and the most important festivals in the US. Robert Redford had started it to encourage independent filmmakers and directors. It’s prestigious to even get your film selected for the festival as they pick up 14 films out of the 1000 that enter the competition,” quoted Aamir.

It is a wonder that the star chose to produce such a film. He revealed that he actually found the script fascinating and unusual which made him to go ahead with the project. Said the star, “It is funny and heartbreaking at the same time. It is set in rural India and the setting and the humour surprised me. It is a satire which makes a social comment in a funny way. I felt the writer-director Anusha has a lot of fire and is an instinctive storyteller.” Aamir further said that he want to do films which excite him creatively and, this film definitely did because of its amazing humour. He stated that he also wanted to do a role in ‘Peepli Live’ but sadly he couldn’t find a suitable role.

About the title, ‘Peepli’ is a small village and ‘Live’ means bringing it live to the audience.