Bihar elections: Omkar Das Manikpuri from ‘Peepli Live’ to ‘Patna Live’

New Delhi: Omkar Das Manikpuri aka ‘Natha’ of ‘Peepli Live’, to debut on television as he will cover the Bihar elections for the Live India news channel.

He walked away from all the chaos in his village in Peepli and is now heading towards Patna, to a possible chaos of sorts. Omkar Das Manikpur, better known as ‘Natha’ is going to cover the Bihar election for ‘Live India’, the news channel.

He will be going to the corners of the state to find out the gamble of politics and whether the state has benefited from it ever with the help of Live India’s show ‘Patna Live,’ which will be a show dedicated to Bihar elections.

This is the brainchild of Live India’s CEO Mr. Sudhir Chaudhary. Mr Chaudhary could have gone ahead and done the usual coverage of the elections, but he did not choose to do the same. “The character of ‘Natha’ was and still is the perfect example of the crude reality of the rural sector of our society.

For most of us sitting in the metros and still finding topics like traffic, pollution, and many others to crib about seems petty when compared to Natha, who comes as a wake up call by the help of the movie Peepli Live. We want to do the exact same thing at Live India when it comes to Bihar elections. We want the country to be with us and well versed with the state’s affairs. And who better to connect with than Natha himself.

So now Natha will be the common voter’s face on television. I am glad that Omkar Das Manikpur readily agreed to do the show Patna Live with us. I am looking forward to it,” says Mr Chaudhary.

Omkar is also very excited to be a part of ‘Patna Live’. “I did not know first of all that my character Natha could have any impact on anyone.

I am glad that Live India is giving me this opportunity. This way even I will get to know the ground reality. I am excited, nervous and looking forward to it,” says Omkar.

Omkar was in Delhi recently to shoot for the promo of the show and understand a bit about the politics of Bihar. Patna Live will soon be aired on Live India. So wait and watch to know what Natha finds out in the bhiyaji land of India!