Parsimonious Bhanwarlal is a Bania businessman who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along with his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and has a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal loses the race to the Thakur and out of shame leaves home, never to return. Now Kishanlal has come of age and 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, it is now time for the camel race again, and this time Bhanwarlal's camel wins, much to the chagrin of the Thakur who suspects witchcraft. Then Lachchi gets pregnant and on the day of the child's birth the family finds out to their horror that there is an impostor who is claiming to be Kishanlal, and the husband of Lachchi. The family and the town are unable to decide who is real and who the impostor, as both look like twins, so they decide to approach the king and do his bidding. The question remains, who is the second Kishanlal and what possible motive could he have for coming to claim Lachchi as his wife?
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Paheli stars Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Sunil Shetty, Juhi Chawla and Amitabh Bachchan (in a cameo).
Produced by SRK's production company Red Chillies Entertainment, the film is directed by Amol Palekar, winner of many national awards.
The film has Rani playing a village girl. She is married to a man who is only interested in money. On the day of their wedding, her husband leaves for an important business. However, when he fails to return home after a long time, he is presumed dead by the villagers.
Shahrukh plays the ghost who falls in love with Rani's character. He takes on her husband's appearance and enters her life. The lovelorn beauty finds love, caring and tenderness in her husband's apparition.
Five years later, the husband returns home. The villagers and relatives are bewildered to see him. Now arise many dilemmas in the mind of the character played by Rani. She has to choose between the ghost's eternal love and her husband's ephemeral affection.
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