The screening was followed by a dinner at Aamir's house where the highlight was the conversation in Bengali between Jaya and Aamir's wife Kiron Rao, says Jaya's 67-year-old invitee husband Amitabh Bachchan in his blog.
Amitabh says Kiron, “
speaks fluent Bengali, so Jaya and she had a ball--Aamir and me had the food.”
The veteran actor liked "Peepli Live", a spoof on farmers' suicides in drought-hit villages of India, saying the film “is so real, so nostalgic and so superb” and was “impressed” by its debutant director Anushka Rizvi.
A galaxy of Bollywood stars thronged the Bandra theatre, the venue of the screening, and the most talked about was the presence of another actor Khan--Salman--on the occasion.
Salman walked in with Sonakshi Sinha, his co-star in his latest Movie, “Dabangg”. What made Salman's presence special is the fact that Aamir had skipped a recent do the former had hosted for his sister Alivira Agnihotri.
Aamir himself went up to the entrance of the theatre to receive Salman.
Another notable presence was that of India's cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and his doctor-wife Anjali who are not usually seen in party circuit.
The tongues of Bollywood gossip-mongers were set wagging the moment actress Deepika Padukone stepped in for the screening along with young entrepreneur Siddharth Mallya, the latest most talked-about couple in Hindi film industry.
While Aamir, with his wife Kiron Rao, received the guests, the actor's ex-wife Reena Dutta also came to the screening of the film along with her parents.
Among other stars present were Rani Mukherjee, Juhi Chawla, Kangna Ranaut, Omkar Das Manikpuri, the lead character of "Peepli Live", Atul Kulkarni and director Raju Hirani.
Another Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar was effusive about the film. “Jus saw 'Peepli Live'……an outstanding and alive slice of cinema, ironic, humorous, reflective and genius. Makes you think and rethink,” says Johar in his blog.
The real good news--financially--for Aamir is that "Peepli Live", made at a cost of Rs 10 crore (including print and marketing) secured 90 to cent per cent advance booking in the first week of its release across 600 screens in India and 120 overseas (except Britain), according to Bollywood trade analysts.
The film's satellite rights were sold to Zee TV for an estimated Rs 10 crore and music rights to T-series company for Rs four crore.
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