Aamir Khan's latest film Peepli Live, a satire on media's trivialization of farmers' suicide, has been selected as India's official entry at the Oscars 2011 in the Best Foreign Film category. Information to this effect was made by Supran Sen, secretary general of the Film Federation of India that, Peepli Live has been selected as India's official entry for the scars out of 27 films. Written and directed by debutant Anusha Rizvi, the small budget film stars theatre actors and was shot in a small village in Madhya Pradesh. This is good news. I feel honoured and happy to be selected to represent my country. The film stands a very good chance. My congratulations to Anusha Rizvi and the entire team of Peepli Live, Aamir Khan said. Co-director and Rizvi's husband Mehmood Farooqi said, We are very happy for our first effort. But it is a very small step, we have to go a long way.
