By Hindustan Times

New Delhi, July 8 -- The Bharat Bandh, a reaction to escalating fuel prices, might have brought the country to a standstill, but the rise has only fuelled filmdom's creativity. It is one of the issues that a song - Mehangaai daayan - in Aamir Khan's forthcoming production, Peepli Live, raises.

"The song is significant to everyone who is trying to make ends meet," says Khan. The track has been sung by the women of Bhadwai village, where debutant director Anusha Rizvi shot the film. Increasing costs are referred to as the second wife who eats away all the money.

Khan says that his film romances the subject of migration, with villagers coming to the cities in search of better paying jobs and then getting pulled down by expenses: "From the smallest village to the biggest metro, people all over the country are facing the same problem."