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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   1,500 votes
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Director:
Amol Palekar
Writers:
Vijayadan Detha (novel)
Vijayadan Detha (story)
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Release Date:
22 June 2005 (Kuwait) more
Genre:
Fantasy more
Tagline:
A folktale... a story of eternal love... of precious moments... of a woman and her dreams...
Plot:
A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
Paheli was too short more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Shahrukh Khan ... Kishanlal / Ghost
Anupam Kher ... Bhanwarlal, kishan lal's father
Rani Mukherjee ... Lachchi (as Rani Mukerji)

Amitabh Bachchan ... The Shepherd
Naseeruddin Shah ... Male Puppet (voice)
Sunil Shetty ... Sunderlal
Juhi Chawla ... Gajrobai, Sunderlal's wife
Dilip Prabhavalkar ... Kanwarlal
Nina Kulkarni ... Mrs. Bhanwarlal
Padma Rani ... Bhanwarlal's Aunt
Sharvari Jamenis
Aditi Govitrikar ... Kamli - Lachchi's friend
Await Trivedi
Palak Jain
Ratna Pathak ... Female Puppet (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dilemma (UK) (TV title)
The Riddle (International: English title)
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Runtime:
140 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
UK:U

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Trivia:
Tanishq Jewellers designed the jewelry used in the film and later stated the fact in their advertisements. more
Quotes:
The Shepherd: [narrating] A folktale... a love story about a woman named Lachchi. Like a rainbow, Lachchi's love was many-splendoured. But there was one obstacle in this love story - Lachchi's lover was a ghost... more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pyare Mohan (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Khaali Hai Tere Bina more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Paheli was too short, 11 July 2005
10/10
Author: hulbeje from United States

I just saw Paheli yesterday and I loved it. I was a little worried when I read what it was about, but I think that it was handled really well, at least for Bollywood. It is half typical Bollywood and half something else. The final dance sequence is the cutest thing ever and all of the music is great! Seeing Shahrukh with the mustache was just something that I couldn't get used to, but he was adorable anyway. The ending is not typical Bollywood at all and I am not sure that I liked it. The special effects are very typical of Bollywood but they don't really affect the movie very much and they are relatively short so I didn't mind them. I guess that Bollywood is just not used to having shorter films because there were a couple spots that needed more character development. Overall I rate it very high, definitely worth the $10 to go see it.

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