singjay9 This film is absolutely excellent. The film was well-made. Great script and there was plenty of time to build relationships. Unlike the recent Indian movies that seem to be pointless and fast-paced and songs placed right-left and centre. This film is much better than Devdas. The colours, the songs, the acting, directing, producing and the cinematography are just brilliant. However you should not watch this film if you are a sceptic of folk tales and myths because this story is a Rajasthani folk tale so the people who will find this 'UTTERLY STUPID' are people who hate folktales or hate Bollywood films. This will go in the classics, I hope this gets the international recognition it deserves.

smoriol Paheli is a beautiful, classic fairytale. If you enjoy a whimsical love story you're sure to watch Paheli again and again.It's easy to empathize with Lachchi (Rani Mukherjee), a woman abandoned the day after her wedding. No one can fault her for wanting to love and to be loved in return. Shah Rukh Kahn is great as the workaholic spouse and simply exquisite as the endearing spirit.The cinematography is breathtaking (It made me decide to visit India before I am no more). The costumes and songs are spectacular. Paheli is more than deserving of any Oscar. Paheli is a wonderful, truly enjoyable film that will leave you with the pleasant afterglow we wish we could get from all films.

Sherazade People, it doesn't have to make sense! Its script is woven around an age old folklore! Can't you suspend your disbelief for half a second? I am tired of listening to people badmouth this film. I finally saw it and now I am writing my review. The main story in Paheli is the tale of a woman (Played by Rani Mukherjee) who marries an affluent young trader (played by Shah Rukh Khan) and discovers on her wedding night that she is to become yet another trophy in her husband's house. The next day, when she awakes, she finds her bed empty and is met with the harsh realisation that he meant what he had said the night before when he told her that he would be leaving on an important journey in the morning and would be away for five years. Meanwhile, while on his journey Kishan/Kisna (Khan) unknowingly comes face to face with the 'Ghost of Love' who would be taking his place in his home while he is away on his trip. The Ghost of love (also played splendidly by Khan) is a manifestation of the same man that Lachho (Mukherjee) married, only kinder, sexier, more loving and understanding. It's only natural that she falls in love with him, but the real Paheli arises when a few years later, her husband returns home for find that she as well as his family have taken up with this would-be impostor. Juhi Chawla is excellent as a woman scorned by the disappearance of her husband (played by Suniel Shetty with his scarily blinding highlights that absolutely do not belong in a period piece!!!) who abandoned his family after losing a camel race. Shetty is also the younger brother of Anupam Kher's character, and the maverick Kher plays Kishan/Kisna's father. Also prepare yourself for a cameo by film veteran Amitabh Bachchan who plays a blink-and-you'll-miss-him shepherd in the desert. After Devdas, you were probably thinking that SRK could never outdo himself, but he thoroughly shines in his dual roles within this magnificent film, leave it to the king Khan to make a ghost look to-die-for-drop-dead sexy! And Mukherjee (always in her element) proves that her career is in perfect cruise control. I cannot say enough about Paheli. It was worth them considering for the Oscars, even though I still think that Black (2005) had a better chance. The Beauty of Paheli is as everlasting as it is resounding. The sets, the costumes, the designs, the music, the story lines, the puppetry, the accents, and that one eccentric dancer by the traveling wells were all just perfectly magnificent!

scindewriter Paheli is a rare film.Its beautifully mounted and photographed with amazing backgrounds and costumes - totally suited to the traditional tale. For me it re-created my sub continental childhood when we were brought up on stories of princesses and Djinns in fantasy palaces-romantic and emotionally satisfying. Some people have criticised the film as being too slow and incredible. Of course it is incredible because it is a fairy tale. But once the imaginative leap has been made and its premise accepted, the film is pure delight.Shah Rukh Khan in his double role as the accountant to the core husband and the romantic spirit, is charismatic and romantic and riveting. Rani is the perfect beautiful bride, fully integrated into the world in which she lives so much so that she is completely thrown when the surrogate husband gives her the choice of keeping or rejecting him. So its a woman's rights film as well! But I just loved it on its own terms- a beautifully performed, beautifully produced, unusual film for our delectation.