Paheli

Paheli (2005)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (7,156 ratings)

A woman must choose between the ethereal love of her ghostly seducer or a life with her uncaring husband in director Amol Palekar's supernatural romance. Beautiful Lachchi (Rani Mukherji) is engaged to a miserly man whose every move is driven by his insatiable love of money. When Lachchi's… More

In Theaters
Jun 24, 2005 Limited
On DVD
Sep 27, 2005
Red Chillies Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Kimberley Jones, Austin Chronicle

    There's more to recommend: M.M. Kreem's fine music (melding traditional Rajasthani instrumentation and a dancehall beat), a gone-cuckoo-for-the-color-wheel costume and set design, and a truly bang-up camel race. Now that's entertainment.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dannielle A


    Aesthetically pleasing and heavily influenced by eastern religion, this movie handles the sacredness of marriage sacrilegiously. While I enjoyed the spectacle and the movie was sprinkled with light humor, vibrant with bright colors, exciting music and dancing... I did not care for the… More

  • Marion R


    I didn't really get the ending, maybe something was lost in the translation. I thought it was interesting and cute. Songs weren't memorable.

  • Leo L


    An interesting movie! A story about love, magic, and family. Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, and Rani Mukherjee give phenomenal performances. Amitabh Bachchan gives a hilarious performance as well. Beautiful scenery.

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