A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
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Title: Paheli (2005)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Shah Rukh Khan | ... | Kishanlal / Ghost | |
| Rani Mukerji | ... | Lachchi | |
| Anupam Kher | ... | Bhanwarlal | |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Male Puppet (voice) | |
| Ratna Pathak Shah | ... | Female Puppet (voice) (as Ratna Pathak) | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | The Shepherd (Special Appearance) | |
| Sunil Shetty | ... | Sunderlal (Special Appearance) | |
| Juhi Chawla | ... | Gajrobai | |
| Dilip Prabhavalkar | ... | Kanwarlal | |
| Nina Kulkarni | ... | Mrs. Bhanwarlal | |
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Padma Rani | ... | Bhanwarlal's aunt |
| Sharvari Jamenis | |||
| Rajpal Yadav | ... | Bhoja | |
| Aditi Govitrikar | ... | Kamli | |
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Palak Jain | ||
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Parsimonious Bhanwarlal is a Bania (businessman) who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along with his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and has a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal loses the race to the Thakur and out of shame leaves home, never to return. Now Kishanlal has come of age and is married to Lachchi. But on the very next day of the marriage, he must leave for Jamnagar to expand business, and can return only after 5 years. A tearful Lachchi bids him goodbye, but to her pleasant surprise he returns within a few days, and informs his dad that he met a holy sage who had instructed him to return as he will find five gold coins every morning. Pleased with this, Bhanwarlal does not object to Kishanlal's return. After four years, it is now time for the camel race again, and this time Bhanwarlal's camel wins, much to the chagrin of the Thakur who suspects witchcraft. Then Lachchi gets pregnant and on the day of the child's birth the ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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ghost | wedding night | village chief | magic | husband wife relationship |Taglines:
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HindiRelease Date:
24 June 2005 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend:
INR 94,209,000 (India), 1 July 2005Opening Weekend USA:
$117,160, 10 July 2005, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,409,498, 17 July 2005Company Credits
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Written by Gulzar (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar)
Composed by M.M. Keeravani
Performed by M.M. Keeravani, Sonu Nigam and Shruti Sadolikar
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
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film released in India on 24 June 2005 See more »Soundtracks
Laaga Re Jal LaagaWritten by Gulzar (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar)
Composed by M.M. Keeravani
Performed by M.M. Keeravani, Sonu Nigam and Shruti Sadolikar
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
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I went to see this title purely out of curiosity - amol palekar, being more than a revered god in our household and srk's grand charisma covering all promos from head to toe. Also, rani mukherjee and big b in the cast certainly added to the shimmer.
What i found was something more......
The child in me arose as I no longer remained in the theater but, moved to my childhood room with grandma telling me an exquisite tale - of a land far far away. A land where the arid, parched environs sharply contrast with the rich color of the people and melody flowing with the air.
The tale is simple. The narration; funny and colorful.
A childish princess(rani) comes to her groom's (shahrukh) household with hopes of bliss and true love - finding a true-to-bone abacus instead. He leaves her the next day to set up a business in a distant town. As fate would have it, someone who truly loves the bride now enters her life - a ghost! This ghost takes on her husband's appearance (though confessing to her) and lives with her for a few years.
The real groom now returns and everyone is baffled. The bride however faces the real paheli - should her husband be the one who took marital vows with her or the one who loved her?
Though the movie looks like another glitzy tale from lala land, there is much more to it. Beyond the exotic tanishq( the jewel sponsor for the film) stones, CGI effects and tall Khan tales lies a true gem, that brings back a twinkle in the eyes, of a memory long forgotten.