On the second day of Rajasthani Mahotsav 2015, Bollywood fantasy movie — Paheli — was screened. On Sunday, the Bhopalites enjoyed not only the Rajasthani culture at Bharat Bhavan but also took the pleasure of Rajathani film and cuisine. Paheli is a Bollywood fantasy film, which is a remake of the 1973 Hindi movie Duvidha. 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 and tells the story of a wife (Rani Mukerji) who is left by her husband (Shah Rukh Khan) 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.
Bhanwarlal is a rich merchant who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan. His son Kishanlal is married to lachchi. But on the very next day of the marriage, he must leave for Jamnagar to attend to business, and can only return after five years.
A tearful lachchi bids him goodbye, but to her pleasant surprise he returns within a few days, and informs his dad that he had met a holy sage who had instructed him to return as he will find five gold coins every morning. Pleased with this, Bhanwarlal does not object to Kishanlal’s return. After four years the family finds out to their horror that there is an impostor who is claiming to be Kishanlal.
The family and the town are unable to decide who is real and who the impostor so they decide to approach the king. As they were on their way they met a shepherd (Amitabh Bacchan) who solves the riddle. The adherent lovers of the movie were observed to watch the show and enjoyed it a lot.