MUMBAI: The German rights of UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions‘ Peepli Live, directed by Anusha Rizvi, has been bagged by German distribution company Rapid Eye Movies.

Rapid Eye has also acquired the Home Video and Television for the territory.

Commenting on the acquisition, Rapid Eye Pictures founder Stephan Holl said, "We are thrilled to bring to the German audience a true Indian art house film that entertains whilst telling a serious story."

Peepli Live is Anusha Rizvi‘s first feature. It is a fresh and intelligently spun satire of the real-life epidemic of farmer suicides that have plagued India for the past decade.

Said UTV Motion Pictures VP, International Distribution and Syndication Amrita Pandey, "Rapid Eye is an ideal distribution partner for us to plan a theatrical Germany release for the film."

Peepli Live is the first Indian film ever that was selected at the Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic competition) and was also screened in out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival.

Peepli Live will be released in Germany in the third quarter of this year.