Paheli (2005)
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- 2h 20min
- Comedy, Drama
- 22 Jun 2005 (Kuwait)
- Movie
A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
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Awards:
- 5 wins & 14 nominations.
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Cast
| Shah Rukh Khan | ... |
Kishan Laal / Prem The Ghost (Dual Role)
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| Rani Mukerji | ... |
Lachchi
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| Anupam Kher | ... |
Bhanwarlal
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| Naseeruddin Shah | ... |
Male Puppet (voice)
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| Ratna Pathak Shah | ... |
Female Puppet (voice)
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| Amitabh Bachchan | ... |
The Shepherd (Special Appearance)
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| Suniel Shetty | ... |
Sunderlal (Special Appearance)
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| Juhi Chawla | ... |
Gajrobai (Special Appearance)
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| Dilip Prabhawalkar | ... |
Kanwarlal
(as Dilip Prabhavalkar)
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| Neena Kulkarni | ... |
Mrs. Bhanwarlal
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Padma Rani | ... |
Bhanwarlal's aunt
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| Rajpal Naurang Yadav | ... |
Bhoja
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| Aditi Govitrikar | ... |
Kamli
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| Somesh Agarwal | ... |
Mangilal
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| Mohan Bhandari | ... |
Thakur
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| Rajneesh Dubey | ... |
Ram
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| A.K. Hangal | ... |
Jeevraj
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| Preeti Gupta | ... |
The berries girl
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| Nikhil Ratnaparkhi | ... |
Banwari
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| Aashif Sheikh | ... |
Ghost
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| Lekh Tandon | ... |
Wise Man 1
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| Surendra Rajan | ... |
Wise Man 3
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Anita Wahi | ... |
Lachchi's Mother
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Vijay Mishra |
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Advait Trivedi |
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Palak Jain |
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| Sharvari Jamenis |
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| Rajkumar Kanojia | ... |
Messenger
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| Ajay Sharma | ... |
Villager
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Directed by
| Amol Palekar | ||
Written by
| Vijayadan Detha | ... | (novel) |
| Vijayadan Detha | ... | (story) |
| Sandhya Gokhale | ... | (dialogue) |
| Sandhya Gokhale | ... | (screenplay) |
| Amol Palekar | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Sanjiv Chawla | ... | executive producer |
| Gauri Khan | ... | producer |
| Shah Rukh Khan | ... | producer |
| Sunil Dolamani Panda | ... | line producer |
| Ajay Sharma | ... | line producer (as Ajay Kumar Sharma) |
Music by
| M.M. Keeravani | ... | (as M.M. Kreem) |
| Aadesh Shrivastava | ... | (as Adesh Shrivastava) |
Cinematography by
| Ravi K. Chandran | ||
Editing by
| Amitabh Shukla | ||
Editorial Department
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Nirmal Gala | ... | digital intermediate production head |
| Sanjay Sharma | ... | associate editor |
Production Design by
| Muneesh Sappel | ||
Costume Design by
| Muneesh Sappel | ... | special costume designer |
| Shalini Sarna | ||
Makeup Department
| Manish Joshi | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Vinod B. Upadhyay | ... | makeup department head |
| Yogesh Yewale | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Hemant Desai | ... | production manager |
| Sameer Khan | ... | production manager |
| Samir Khan | ... | production manager |
| Anil Sable | ... | production supervisor |
| Rajan Vanmali | ... | production manager |
| Rajan Vanmali | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Sachin Bokil | ... | assistant director |
| Sandhya Gokhale | ... | assistant director: associate |
| Anupam Maanav | ... | trainee assistant director |
| Punit Malhotra | ... | assistant director |
| Tarun Mansukhani | ... | assistant director |
| Haroon A. Mirza | ... | chief assistant director |
| Vaibhav Misra | ... | assistant director |
| Neena Naishabh | ... | assistant director |
| Pushkaraj Raj Paranjpe | ... | assistant director |
| Harish Senapati | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Haris Umar Khan | ... | assistant art director |
| Amit Lad | ... | assistant art director |
| Prashant Laharia | ... | assistant art director |
| Yadav Rajesh | ... | assistant art director |
| Bhupendar Singh | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | assistant re-recordist / sound effects mixer |
| Anup Dev | ... | sound re-recordist |
| Baylon Fonseca | ... | production sound mixer |
| Umar Khan | ... | assistant sound recordist / sound recording assistant |
| Anuj Mathur | ... | sound designer |
| Ali Merchant | ... | dubbing matching / non-sync effects / sound ambiance |
| Karnail Singh | ... | foley artist |
| Shankar Singh | ... | assistant sound editor / sound editor |
Special Effects by
| Ali Merchant | ... | special effect: dubbing, matching, ambiance & non-sync effect |
| Deven Munjal | ... | special effects assistant |
Visual Effects by
| Supriya Avate | ... | compositor |
| Haresh Hingorani | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Akhilesh Jain | ... | digital compositor |
| Arjun Mitra | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Sachin Paranjpe | ... | visual effects artist |
| Vishal Punjabi | ... | visual effects producer |
| Chandrakant Sakpal | ... | visual effects |
| Satish Kanta Sorensangbam | ... | visual effects artist (as S. Satish Kanta) |
| Junaid Syed | ... | senior digital effects artist |
| Keitan Yadav | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
| Allan Amin | ... | stunt coordinator: action |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Piyush Acharya | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Ayananka Bose | ... | associate cinematographer |
| Raaj Chakravarti | ... | gaffer |
| Dharma | ... | dolly operator |
| V. Hariprasad | ... | associate cinematographer |
| Ganesh Hegde | ... | lighting technician |
| Ganesh s Hegde | ... | lighting technician |
| Fakhruddin Khan | ... | Jimmy jib boom operator |
| Umar Pathan | ... | Best Boy |
| Pawan_Sharma | ... | best boy |
| V. Ajith Reddy | ... | focus puller |
| Prakash Shetty | ... | gaffer |
| K. Sudhakar | ... | focus puller |
| Hari K Vedantam | ... | associate cinematographer (as Hari Vendantam) |
Music Department
| Sunidhi Chauhan | ... | playback singer |
| Shreya Ghoshal | ... | playback singer |
| Gulzar | ... | lyricist |
| Hariharan | ... | playback singer |
| Madhushree | ... | playback singer |
| Sonu Nigam | ... | playback singer |
| P.A.Deepak | ... | additional programmer: songs (as Deepak P.A.) / recording engineer: songs (as Deepak P.A.) |
| Bela Shende | ... | playback singer |
| Sukhwinder Singh | ... | playback singer |
Additional Crew
| Neel Doctor | ... | accounting executive |
| Ravi Jhankal | ... | dialogue supervisor |
| Farah Khan | ... | choreographer |
| Rahila Mirza | ... | media consultant |
| Himanshu Nanda | ... | publicity designer |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | publicity designer |
| Blesson Oommen | ... | manager: accounts and finance |
| Rosario | ... | assistant choreographer |
| Anil Sable | ... | production controller |
| Vivek Sharma | ... | post-production designer |
| Aditya Shrivastava | ... | office manager |
| Abhijeet Ubale | ... | accounting executive / production accountant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Slide Screen Entertainment (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Archana Studio (live effects)
- Eagle Video Films (visual effects)
- Redchillies.VFX
Other Companies
- Arclightz and Films Pvt. Ltd. (Arri 535 and 435 camera supplied by)
- Arclightz and Films Pvt. Ltd. (avid editing)
- Chimes Media (public relations)
- Nirvana Studio (music recording)
- Prime Focus (telecine)
- Red Chillies Entertainment (Arri 535 and 435 camera supplied by)
- Shree Ganesh Movie Lights (grip and lighting equipment)
- Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series) (soundtrack)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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 family finds out to their horror that there is an impostor who is claiming to be Kishanlal, and the husband of Lachchi. The family and the town are unable to decide who is real and who the impostor, as both look identical, so they decide to approach the king and do his bidding. The question remains, who is the second Kishanlal and what possible motive could he have for coming to claim Lachchi as his wife? Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) |
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| Taglines | A folktale... a story of eternal love... of precious moments... of a woman and her dreams... See more » |
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Box Office
| Opening Weekend India | INR94,209,000, 01 Jul 2005 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | When Amol Palekar narrated the script to Shahrukh Khan, the first question he was asked was if his company Red Chillies could produce the film. The second question was if Palekar could give him a part in the film, no matter how small it was. He got the dual role of Kishen and the Ghost. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Pyare Mohan (2006). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Dhire Jalna See 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... See more » |