I did rush to catch this movie with a lot of anticipation, amol palekar at the helm, a story line whose outline i knew about aroused curiosity and finally an accomplished star cast. So 140 minutes later, I emerged quite pleased at the way the evening went but another hour later on the train home, there was no waves of images and thoughts heading back to my brain except for some bright colours and the visual recreation of the spectacle of Rajasthan.
A bridal party makes an unscheduled stop and the new bride ( Rani) is spotted by a ghost (SRK) who is spellbound by her beauty. Few days later this very ghost sees the husband (again SRK)leaving the bride behind in the single minded pursuit of business, the ghost cannot resist the temptation to enter the life of the bride taking the form of her husband. However the ghost amongst his various human qualities that he still carries around, has not lost his honesty and comes clean to the shock of the bride. The bride welcomes the love and cherished the warmth lavished on her and accepts the ghost into her life.
While all this may seem rather far fetched, the rest of the movie continues to then shrug of all rationale and flows in a fairy tale manner amidst colourful tastefully done songs.
In one way the movie is true to its name and that is it makes the viewer asking many questions for which answers are hard to come by and that is what makes it definitely a true paheli.
Restrained acting performance by SRK fitting the dual roles well, once again a mature performance from Rani and a fine ensemble of supporting actors ( Amitabh in a cameo is a force fit though) well handled by the veteran director make it a pleasant experience but definitely not a memorable one. Songs are one too many, costumes are brilliant, screenplay is not tautly handled and that is a shame as it is a theme or story which is rather unique.
A bridal party makes an unscheduled stop and the new bride ( Rani) is spotted by a ghost (SRK) who is spellbound by her beauty. Few days later this very ghost sees the husband (again SRK)leaving the bride behind in the single minded pursuit of business, the ghost cannot resist the temptation to enter the life of the bride taking the form of her husband. However the ghost amongst his various human qualities that he still carries around, has not lost his honesty and comes clean to the shock of the bride. The bride welcomes the love and cherished the warmth lavished on her and accepts the ghost into her life.
While all this may seem rather far fetched, the rest of the movie continues to then shrug of all rationale and flows in a fairy tale manner amidst colourful tastefully done songs.
In one way the movie is true to its name and that is it makes the viewer asking many questions for which answers are hard to come by and that is what makes it definitely a true paheli.
Restrained acting performance by SRK fitting the dual roles well, once again a mature performance from Rani and a fine ensemble of supporting actors ( Amitabh in a cameo is a force fit though) well handled by the veteran director make it a pleasant experience but definitely not a memorable one. Songs are one too many, costumes are brilliant, screenplay is not tautly handled and that is a shame as it is a theme or story which is rather unique.