2005 · romance · drama · fantasy
Paheli
Directed by Amol Palekar2h 21m2005
Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.
Our read: Paheli (2005) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive romance · drama · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle romance / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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