Anusha Rizvi to make satire on demonetisation in upcoming comedy

Updated On: 04 February, 2025 12:11 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Sources say Peepli Live director Anusha Rizvi to make a satire on India’s 2016 demonetisation; makers scouting for five new faces to lead the black comedy

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Peepli Live (above) was Anusha Rizvi’s maiden directorial venture

In 2010, Peepli Live gave Bollywood not only a gifted debutant writer-director in Anusha Rizvi, but also a sharp satire that the industry is often starved of. Naturally then, the industry folk as well as the audience were eager to see what the director would do next. It has been a long wait of 15 years, but Rizvi is now set to take her place behind the camera again. mid-day has learnt that she is crafting a black comedy that explores the impact of the demonetisation that was effected in India in November 2016.

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