While travelling from her home to her in laws' home, which is too far away, the party stops in the middle of the trip to rest at a dharamshala (spiritual dwelling), where a ghost sees Lachchi, and falls in love with her. The movie is narrated by two puppets, voiced by Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah.Ī young enthusiastic Rajasthani village girl, Lachchi is married off to Kishan, the son of the rich merchant Bhanwarlal, from a distant village. At the 53rd National Film Awards, the film won Best Female Playback Singer ( Shreya Ghoshal for "Dheere Jalna"). It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its production design, cinematography, costumes and special effects however its story and screenplay received criticism.Īt the 51st Filmfare Awards, Paheli received 2 nominations – Best Lyricist ( Gulzar for "Dheere Jalna") and Best Male Playback Singer ( Sonu Nigam for "Dheere Jalna"). Paheli released on 24 June 2005, and proved to be a moderate commercial success at the box office, grossing ₹32 crore worldwide. Paheli was India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards. The working title of the movie was Ghost Ka Dost (translates to Friend of a Ghost ). It was also screened at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Paheli opened the 9th Zimbabwe International Film Festival at the Libertie Cinema Complex in Harare.
Though Paheli diverges from its source material and the earlier adaptations in giving the plot and its lead female character a more feminist agency. Detha's story which had earlier been adapted into the 1973 film by Mani Kaul is folkloric in origin. Directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Juhi Chawla, Aziz Mirza, Sanjiv Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan, who also plays the male lead, the film tells the story of a wife ( Rani Mukerji) whose husband (Khan) goes on a business trip as it is a part of business practices, and visited by a Jinn, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. It was also reported to have been partially inspired by the 1997 Kannada movie Nagamandala based on the play of same name by Girish Karnad. It is a remake of the 1973 Hindi movie Duvidha by Mani Kaul based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha in Rajasthani. Riddle) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film.
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