Paheli (2005)
June 24, 2005Release Date
Paheli (2005)
June 24, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Shah Rukh Khan
Kishanlal / Ghost / Producer
Rani Mukerji
Lachchi
Anupam Kher
Bhanwarlal
Aditi Gowitrikar
Kamli
Rajpal Yadav
Bhoja
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Kanwarlal
Palak Jain
Kishanlal's Cousin
A.K. Hangal
Jeevraj
Ratna Pathak Shah
Female Puppet (Voice)
Naseeruddin Shah
Male Puppet (Voice)
Amitabh Bachchan
Gadariya (Special Appearance)
Juhi Chawla Mehta
Gajrobai (Special Appearance)
Suniel Shetty
Sunderlal (Special Appearance)
Mohan Bhandari
Thakur
Preeti Gupta
The berries girl
Nikhil Ratnaparkhi
Banwari
Aasif Sheikh
Ghost
Lekh Tandon
Wise Man 1
Surendra Rajan
Wise Man 3
Rajkumar Kanojia
Messenger
Nina Kulkarni
Mrs. Bhanwarlal
Amol Palekar
Director / Story
V Hariprasad
Assistant Camera
Subir Kumar Das
Location Sound Recordist / Sound Mixer
Piyush Acharya
Assistant Camera
Neena Naishabh
Assistant Director
Sachin Bokil
Assistant Director
Vijayadan Detha
Story / Novel
Ali Merchant
ADR & Dubbing
M.M. Keeravaani
Original Music Composer
Ravi K. Chandran
Director of Photography
Ajith V Reddy
Focus Puller
Raaj Chakravarti
Camera Operator
Ayananka Bose
Gaffer
Anuj Mathur
Sound Designer
Sandhya Gokhale
Screenplay / Dialogue / Assistant Director
Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Harish Senapati
Assistant Director
Gauri Khan
Producer
Prakash Shetty
Gaffer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 24, 2005
Original Nameपहेली
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$4,900,000
Box Office$11,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
Paheli (transation: Riddle) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film and is a remake of the 1973 Hindi film Duvidha by Mani Kaul based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha in Rajasthani. 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. Directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Juhi Chawla, Aziz Mirza, Sanjiv Chawla, and Shah Rukh Khan, who also portrays the male lead, the film tells the story of a wife (Rani Mukerji) whose husband (Khan) goes on a business trip and is visited by a ghost, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. Detha's story, which had earlier been adapted into the 1973 film by Mani Kaul, is folkloric in origin. Paheli diverges from its source material and the earlier adaptations in giving the plot and its lead female character a more feminist agency.Paheli opened in the 9th Zimbabwe International Film Festival at the Libertie Cinema Complex in Harare. It was also screened at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The working title of the movie was Ghost Ka Dost (translates to Friend of a Ghost ). Paheli was India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards.Paheli released on 24 June 2005, and proved to be a moderate commercial success at the box office, grossing ₹32 crore worldwide. 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.
At the 51st Filmfare Awards, Paheli received 2 nominations – Best Lyricist (Gulzar for "Dheere Jalna") and Best Male Playback Singer (Sonu Nigam for "Dheere Jalna"). At the 53rd National Film Awards, the film won Best Female Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal for "Dheere Jalna").