SHAHRUKH KHAN's ... PAHELI

STORY

Once upon a time, there was a lovely girl (Rani Mukherjee as Lachchi) who was married to a man (Shah Rukh Khan as Kishan) who was only interested in making money. There was a ghost (Shah Rukh Khan) who fell madly in love with her. On the wedding night itself, the husband left the home for five long years on account of his business. The ghost took on the husband's appearance and entered her life. A few years later when the husband returned home, the villagers and the relatives were bewildered how this situation gets resolved is the PAHELI.
Paheli is the dilemma of the girl who had to choose between the ghost's eternal love and her husband's insensitive monotone…Paheli is the dilemma of the husband who had to face rejection from his own people…Paheli is the dilemma of the ghost who wanted to be human and yet remain sincere and honest to his love…Paheli is the dilemma of the parents who accepted an adorable son who was not their real son…Paheli is the dilemma of the villagers who had to decide whether to live with the ambiguity or to resolve the riddle…

STAR CAST

Shahrukh Khan .... Kishanlal/The Ghost as prem

Rani Mukerji .... Lachchi

Anupam Kher .... Bhanwarlal, Kishanlal's father

Sunil Shetty .... Sunderlal, Kishanlal's brother

Juhi Chawla .... Gajrobai, Sunderlal's wife

Amitabh Bachchan .... The Shepherd

Rajpal Yadav .... Bhoja

Dilip Prabhavalkar .... Kanwarlal, Bhanwarlal's brother

A.K. Hangal .... Jeevraj

Naseeruddin Shah .... Male Puppet (voice)

Ratna Pathak ... Female puppet (voice)

Directed by Amol Palekar Produced by Gauri Khan Shahrukh Khan

Written by Vijayadan Detha Sandhya Gokhale Amol Palekar

Music by M.M. Kreem Cinematography Ravi K. Chandran Editing by Amitabh Shukla

Release date(s) 22 June 2005 Running time 141 mins