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AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Avinash Patalay Amol Palekar as an actor and film-maker patronised only one thing "simplicity" and needless to say "Paheli" is far away from it and appears ghost-directed.Had SRK not been a party to Paheli, I am sure Mr. Palekar would have been as good as he normally is. The noble intention of Mr. Khan should be lauded, however he should have given the director to retain the sensibilities. Giving the parallel cinema director the canvas of a commercial cinema is akin to "one man's food is another man's poison". Deploying Chopra'isque/ Johar'isque techniques of commercialisation, marketing, star- cast, glossy look went OTT and killed the very soul of it.Performance-wise everybody was good. SRK probably lapped up the lead character owing to the range he would get to display his dramatic skills in two diverse characters.And yes, sticking to the end as in the novel would have been more appropriate. The one here can be simply termed as a candy-floss ending. PS: Perhaps SRK thought the project to be an answer to Lagaan.

elanor-3 I watched 'Paheli' two times and I still dislike the ending. For me a fairy tale's use in history is "education", the perpetuation of traditions, the transmission of values.Spoiler alarm: For me this fairy tale would have been right if it had been about the education of the human male to love his wife. Think about it: how many ghosts are there to provide a female with a loving husband? Quite on contrary, the human males have to be transformed into loving husbands! The film succeeds partly when we see the longing of the husband far away. But when he comes home lovingly though still subservient to his father the film crashes for me. For me the film needed to end with a strong husband declaring his undying love for his wife and his acceptance of the ghost's baby, while the ghost needed to go back into his tree.The wife in this film is for me such a week vessel and hollow shell that I dislike her tremendously (this impression might be enhanced by Rani Mukherjee whom I have seen only once to give a nearly realistic portrayal: in 'Yuva'). The director said something along "This film is about the decision or choice the woman makes". But this woman makes no decision, she says something like "I could not hold the first one, who am I to repulse the second one." For me this is not a decision, but only a concession. In my view, this is a very weak portrayal of a woman's choice. One point more why I dislike this film.The husband is not likable in his weakness, but the ghost for me is far more disgusting in his selfishness. He makes some magic for the family (which is already disgustingly rich) so that he can stay accepted, but he does not much for the community, and when the husband sends his messenger, he sends him away without any refreshment. Another point why I dislike this film.End of spoiler alarm: For me this is a very unsuccessful fairy tale with a very good production value. I think the director Amol Palekar was not able to make good use of the lavish support he got from the producers. I did not even like the two performances of SRK in this film, which for me are overdone and not in agreement with a fairy tale but more with a comedy like 'Duplicate' (and I normally like each of his performances). I ascribe SRK's failure to the weak direction. In my view SRK needs good directors to shine. Otherwise he usually hams which often is quite in agreement with the film's intentions and consequently there I have no problems with this style of acting.Conclusion: in no way is this a fairy tale on par with 'La Belle et la Bete (1946) - Beauty and the Beast' by Jean Cocteau or 'Tri Orisky pro Popelku (1973) - Three Nuts for Cinderella' by Vaclav Vorlicek.I gave this film 2 of 10 stars.

jlewis-26 This is so awesome, my grandchildren loved it, anyone young or old should enjoy this movie, the vibrant color, the music , costumes, and the wonderful fantasy. It is also a great love story filled with wonderful love, that Sharuke Kahn is skilled at. Disney has nothing over on the magic of this movie! I hope Bollywood will make more movies using Indian folklore, it's wonderful way to introduce children to India. I'm a huge fan of Sharuke Kahn, he makes great movies all with wonderful messages of unconditional love ,family and wonderful passion that is acceptable for anyone to watch!! I own "Veer-Zaara" and "Swades" both great movies and I will soon own this wonderful movie.

AishFan I must give Shahrukh credit for daring to do such an unconventional movie with so many risk factors--it's a fantasy film; the lead actor is a ghost; it is narrated by animated puppets; etc. SRK, unsurprisingly, gave a great performance. Rani and Juhi were also great. Amitabh was fantastic in his brief appearance. Visuals were absolutely stunning! From the bright costumes to the breathtaking sand dunes, every detail of the frame was given lots of attention to bring out the vibrant colors of Rajasthan. Songs were nice and even better were their videos, especially the one during the end credits.The story is very unconventional, and different audiences will react differently to it. Some may find it humorous, some may find it inappropriate, while others may find it to be just plain weird. What I saw in the film was that the ghost "person"ified a woman's desire, while Rani represented every woman. In the rather traditional and conservative culture of rural and historic Rajasthan, the woman lives in a suffocating atmosphere serving her husband and in-laws. The ghost gave Rani love, respect, passion, devotion, honesty, and commitment in contrast to the real SRK who was working on his accounts and not talking on his nuptial night, only to desert his wife for five years. I thought the fact the lover is a ghost only goes to show that these passionate desires are just dreams that couldn't come true (in that time and place).