A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 14 nominations
Naseeruddin Shah
- Male Puppet
- (voice)
Dilip Prabhawalkar
- Kanwarlal
- (as Dilip Prabhavalkar)
Rajneeshh Dubey
- Ram
- (as Rajneesh Dubey)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Amol Palekar narrated the script to Shahrukh Khan, the first question he was asked was if his company Red Chillies could produce the film. The second question was if Palekar could give him a part in the film, no matter how small it was. He got the dual role of Kishen and the Ghost.
- Quotes
The Shepherd: [narrating] A folktale... a love story about a woman named Lachchi. Like a rainbow, Lachchi's love was many-splendoured. But there was one obstacle in this love story - Lachchi's lover was a ghost...
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pyare Mohan (2006)
- SoundtracksDhire Jalna
Written by Gulzar (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar)
Composed by M.M. Keeravani
Performed by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
Featured review
A veteran short story writer once said about one of his stories that adults may not understand his story but children will. this film is a delightful romance. it is no use asking how can a ghost impregnate a woman. While reading some stories or viewing some films we suspend our sense of reality. there are no gruesome or handsome villains who invent new forms of coldest cruelty . There are no impossible and bloody fight scenes. True the story is mythical but quite allegorical. In one scene the ghost says that he is "love" every woman yearns for. In this film the sexuality of woman is described as something holy. In traditional societies normally the sexuality of women is suppressed on the plea of need for social stability. But in myths and folktales this taboo is transcended. The songs and dances mostly based on Rajasthani folk idioms are delightful. Rani Mukerjee acted superbly and there is a delightful cameo role by Amitab Bachan There is humor, joys and sorrows in this film. credos to Amol Palekar.
- venkat1926
- Nov 19, 2005
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,409,499
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $632,000
- Jun 26, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $2,415,975
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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