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Paheli is a Bollywood fantasy film released in India on 24 June 2005. It is a remake of the 1973 Hindi movie Duvidha by Mani Kaul. It was directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Juhi Chawla, Aziz Mirza, Sanjiv Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan, who also plays the male lead. Paheli is based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha in Rajasthani language and tells the story of a wife who is left by her husband and visited by a ghost, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. Sunil Shetty, Juhi Chawla, Rajpal Yadav and Amitabh Bachchan have supporting roles in the film.
Original Release
06/22/2005
US Release
06/24/2005
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shah Rukh Khan | Kishanlal / Ghost / Kishan Laal / Prem The Ghost (Dual Role) |
| Rani Mukerji | Lachchi |
| Anupam Kher | Bhanwarlal |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Male Puppet / Male Puppet (Voice) |
| Ratna Pathak Shah | Female Puppet / Female Puppet (Voice) |
| Amitabh Bachchan | The Shepherd (Special Appearance) / Gadariya (Special Appearance) |
| Suniel Shetty | Sunderlal (Special Appearance) |
| Juhi Chawla | Gajrobai (Special Appearance) |
| Dilip Prabhavalkar | Kanwarlal |
| Neena Kulkarni | Mrs. Bhanwarlal |
Directors
Writers
Amol Palekar, Vijayadan Detha, Sandhya Gokhale
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shah Rukh Khan | Kishanlal / Ghost / Kishan Laal / Prem The Ghost (Dual Role) |
| Rani Mukerji | Lachchi |
| Anupam Kher | Bhanwarlal |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Male Puppet / Male Puppet (Voice) |
| Ratna Pathak Shah | Female Puppet / Female Puppet (Voice) |
| Amitabh Bachchan | The Shepherd (Special Appearance) / Gadariya (Special Appearance) |
| Suniel Shetty | Sunderlal (Special Appearance) |
| Juhi Chawla | Gajrobai (Special Appearance) |
| Dilip Prabhavalkar | Kanwarlal |
| Neena Kulkarni | Mrs. Bhanwarlal |
| Rajpal Naurang Yadav | Bhoja |
| Aditi Govitrikar | Kamli |
| Somesh Agarwal | Mangilal |
| Mohan Bhandari | Thakur |
| Rajneesh Dubey | Ram |
| A.K. Hangal | Jeevraj |
| Preeti Gupta | The berries girl |
| Nikhil Ratnaparkhi | Banwari |
| Aashif Sheikh | Ghost |
| Lekh Tandon | Wise Man 1 |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sanjiv Chawla | Executive Producer |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Producer |
| Ajay Sharma | Producer |
| Gauri Khan | Producer |
| Sunil Dolamani Panda | Producer |
