Paheli

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Paheli

Released Jun 22, 2005

2h 20m

Fantasy

Romance

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Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

These dilemmas are underdone when they needed to be detailed. There could have been great moments...

Rated: 2/4

Jan 8, 2019

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Bollywood buffs and the Shah Rukh Khan fanbase should be well satisfied with this latest extravaganza.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2017

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Derek Elley

Variety

One of the freshest mainstream Hindi pics of the year.

May 22, 2008

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Anushka Halve

Film Companion

Palekar's directorial venture Paheli, marked a disruptive departure from the mainstream Bollywood narrative by exploring the complexities of infidelity with a supernatural love story at the centre of it.

Dec 11, 2023

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The enthusiastic lack of persuasive realism and the strong emotional authenticity make for a most rewarding combination; the thing acts fizzy and shallow, and yet it ends up feeling like there's truth to it.

Rated: 7/10

Apr 7, 2015

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Amazingly beautiful folktale brought to life by great acting. A wonderful romance. I love the theme of honesty throughout the movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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MUST WATCH MUST WATCH LOVE IT!!!!!! I love this film its my favourite the story line is marvellous so chilling & incredible must watch very good story line

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

great fairytail! love the music and story. beautiful!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Nice movie. Suspends reality with the theme but so what? Its a movie, not real life!. Good costumes, acting is good, story is cute, songs and dance are good spectacle, some amusing lines, some sad ones. Camel racing segment is the only one that really drags the movie down as it is too long and not dramatic. Just good entertainment. I liked it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Thought would be much better for an Amol Palekar movie but disappointing

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

bad story , why did SRK spend money on such a movie !!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Synopsis

Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.

Director: Amol Palekar
Producer: Gauri Khan
Screenwriter: Sandhya Gokhale, Amol Palekar, Vijayadan Detha
Production Co: Red Chillies Entertainment
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 2h 20m

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