![]() ![]() ![]() Paheli released on 24 June 2005, and proved to be a moderate commercial success at the box office, grossing ₹32 crore worldwide. ![]() Paheli was India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards. The working title of the movie was Ghost Ka Dost (translates to Friend of a Ghost ). It was also screened at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Paheli opened the 9th Zimbabwe International Film Festival at the Libertie Cinema Complex in Harare. Though Paheli diverges from its source material and the earlier adaptations in giving the plot and its lead female character a more feminist agency. Detha's story which had earlier been adapted into the 1973 film by Mani Kaul is folkloric in origin. Directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Juhi Chawla, Aziz Mirza, Sanjiv Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan, who also plays the male lead, the film tells the story of a wife ( Rani Mukerji) whose husband (Khan) goes on a business trip as it is a part of business practices, and visited by a Jinn, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. 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. It is a remake of the 1973 Hindi movie Duvidha by Mani Kaul based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha in Rajasthani. Riddle) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film. ![]()
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