I enjoyed Paheli movie (The Dilemma).
Movie Issued - in 2005.
The Shepherd: [narrating] A folktale... a esteem relation contained by the demand of a female name Lachchi. Like a rainbow, Lachchi's love be many-splendoured. But here was one conundrum here love story - Lachchi's lover was a essence..., Kishen: I'm a ghost after all.
Soundtrack: "Dhire Jalna" Sung by 'Sonu Nigam' (qv) and 'Shreya Ghoshal' (qv) Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar), "Kangana Re" Sung by 'Sonu Nigam' (qv), 'Shreya Ghoshal' (qv), 'Madhushree' (qv), Bela Shende and Kalapini Komakali Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar), "Khaali Hai Tere Bina" Sung by 'Hariharan' (qv) Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar), "Phir Raat Kati" Sung by 'Sukhwinder Singh' (qv) and 'Sunidhi Chauhan' (qv) Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar), "Minnat Kare" Sung by 'Shreya Ghoshal' (qv), 'Madhushree' (qv) and Bela Shende Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar), "Laaga Re Jal Laaga" Sung by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv), 'Sonu Nigam' (qv) and Shruti Sadolikar Composed by 'M.M. Kreem' (qv) Lyrics by 'Gulzar' (qv) (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar)
The Rajasthan desert in the film was originally to have been CGI, which would have made this the first Hindi film with a CGI background, but it was too expensive, so an artificial desert was created., When 'Amol Palekar' (qv) 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., Initially entitled "Ghost Ka Dost"., The film was shot in 47 days., Tanishq Jewellers designed the jewelry used in the film and later stated the fact in their advertisements., This movie was selected to be India's official entry to the Oscars over _Swades (2004)_, and _Black (2005)_ (qv).
Gross: $1,409,498 (USA) (17 July 2005), $1,282,970 (USA) (10 July 2005), £527,467 (UK) (17 July 2005), £490,222 (UK) (10 July 2005), £400,169 (UK) (3 July 2005), £192,700 (UK) (26 June 2005), INR 132,392,000 (India) (22 July 2005), INR 130,548,000 (India) (15 July 2005), INR 123,751,000 (India) (8 July 2005), INR 94,209,000 (India) (1 July 2005)
Weekend Gross: $73,316 (USA) (17 July 2005) (60 screens), $117,160 (USA) (10 July 2005) (68 screens), £13,448 (UK) (17 July 2005) (22 screens), £42,457 (UK) (10 July 2005) (46 screens), £110,566 (UK) (3 July 2005) (44 screens), £192,700 (UK) (26 June 2005) (43 screens), INR 1,844,000 (India) (22 July 2005), INR 6,797,000 (India) (15 July 2005), INR 29,542,000 (India) (8 July 2005)
Opening Weekend: $117,160 (USA) (10 July 2005) (68 screens), £192,700 (UK) (26 June 2005) (43 screens), INR 94,209,000 (India) (1 July 2005)
Parsimonious Bhanwarlal be a Bania (businessman) who live bordered by Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along next to his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and exceptional a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal lose the race to the Thakur and out of humiliation leaves sett, never behind you flooding back. Now Kishanlal has come of age and is married to Lachchi. But by the loin of the deeply subsequent year of the matrimony ceremony, he must ramble long-gone its sell-by date in back aloft of Jamnagar to attend to enterprise, and can singular return after five years. A miserable Lachchi bid him goodbye, but to her heat disturb he returns in a few days, and inform his dad that he have meet a sanctified sage who had instruct him to return in assignment of he will find five gold bars coins both morning. Pleased together with this, Bhanwarlal do not jib to Kishanlal's return. After four years, it is very in a moment incident for the camel race again, and this time Bhanwarlal's camel win, substantially to the chagrin of the Thakur who suspect witchcraft. Then Lachchi get having a baby and on the day of the child's birth the personal flesh and blood find out to their horror that nearby is an con who is claim to be Kishanlal, and the husband of Lachchi. The family and the town be incompetent to desire who is legitimate and who the impostor, as both form approaching twin, for that reason they decide to win nearer the king and fulfil his bidding. The cross-examine filtrate, who is the second Kishanlal and what whatsoever motive could he have for coming to assert Lachchi as his wife?
Certificates: UK:U
Color Info: Color
Countries: India
Genres: Fantasy
Languages: Hindi
Locations: Film City, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, Mehboob Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Navalghar, India, Samod, Rajasthan, India, Toddarising, India
Runtimes: 140
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS
Tech Info: LAB:Adlabs Films Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India, OFM:35 mm, PCS:(anamorphic), PFM:35 mm, RAT:2.35 : 1, PCS:Digital Intermediate
Release Dates: Kuwait:22 June 2005, Australia:24 June 2005, India:24 June 2005, UK:24 June 2005, Switzerland:30 June 2005, USA:8 January 2006, Thailand:22 February 2006, Hungary:21 June 2006, Egypt:4 April 2007
A folktale... a story of eternal love... of precious moments... of a woman and her dreams...
In movie have been taken:
Somesh Agarwal (actor)
Amitabh Bachchan (actor)
Articles: "Libération" (France), 14 April 2007, by: Pierre Prakash, "La vache sacrée de Bollywood", "Film Comment" (USA), March 2005, Vol. 41, Iss. 2, pg. 50-52+54-56, by: David Chute, "The Big B: The Rise And Fall And Rebirth of Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan"
Arguably India's greatest ever superstar., He launched a multi-faceted commercial enterprise known simply as Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited, or ABCL. ABCL is engaged in production, distribution and all other aspects of the movie industry., Had a very close association with the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi (also Prime Minister) and he was elected to parliament with a huge majority from his home town of Allahabad. But his stint in politics did not last long and he was implicated in the infamous Swedish Bofors Gun deal scandal along with Rajiv Gandhi, the U.K. based Hinduja brothers, and others., Was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant., While filming _Coolie (1983/I)_ (qv) he received a near fatal injury. He was hospitalised and the Indian press issued daily bulletins on his health., Was a former stage actor, radio announcer and freight company executive in Calcutta, India., Went to Sherwood College, a boarding school in the hill-station town of Nainital, and from there to Delhi University where he earned a double MA degree., When he was just trying to get a break in movies he was told to soften his 'deep' voice. However it was soon realised that his deep rich voice was excellent for narration. He has provided narrations for several films., Suffered from a rare muscular disorder known as myasthenia gravis., Father of 'Abhishek Bachchan' (qv), Is a vegetarian, Presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The first Asian actor having a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud's in London, UK, Highest paid Bollywood actor in the film industry., Was named Actor of the Millennium in a BBC News Poll ahead of such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Marlon Brando., Was considered 'finished' in the late nineties after super star status for 20 years, a string of flops and failed political and business ambitions. But made an unexpected comeback as host of the popular TV quiz series _"Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000)_ (qv) which put him right back on the number one spot of Bollywood actors over 40, reaffirming his reputation as the living legend of Indian cinema with a new series of high profile films (_Mohabbatein (2000)_ (qv), _Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)_ (qv) etc.), Formed a popular screen couple with 'Rekha (I)' (qv), He also sung in many movies such as Laawaris, Toofan and Silsila., Became a grandfather in 1997 when his daughter Shweta gave birth to a daughter, Navya Naveli Nanda., Works with the Indian government's media campaign to publicize the National Immunization Days and encourage people to take their children to be vaccinated against polio and other deadly diseases., Son of 'Harivansh Rai Bachchan' (qv), who passed away in January 2003., Suffers from asthma., His favourite screen name is Vijay, which he had as his character name in over 20 movies., His father 'Harivansh Rai Bachchan' (qv) was considering naming him 'Inquilab' (which means 'revolution') before settling down for Amitabh which means 'brilliance unlimited'., On his 61st birthday, he relaunched ABCL as AB Corp. ABCL had to be closed after debts of more than millions of rupees. However, Amitabh has decided to relaunch it with a name change., Actress 'Nirupa Roy' (qv) is mostly cast as his mother and last time she featured was in _Lal Baadshah (1999)_ (qv)., Has a double M.A. (Master of Arts) degree., The facial caricature of the Indian comic book character 'Supremo' is based upon him., Following a near fatal accident while shooting _Coolie (1983/I)_ (qv), during which he suffered internal bleeding and required 17 bottles of blood, he became a champion for the cause of encouraging more people to donate blood., Singer 'Sudesh Bhonsle' (qv) dubs his voice for playback songs in many movies., At the age of 58, he jumped from a height of 30 feet, along with co-star Manoj Bajpai, for his 2001 movie _Aks (2001)_ (qv)., In 1996, he released an album called "Aby Baby". This album was released under ABCL and featured songs like "Eer Bir Phatte" and remixes of his songs from his early movies "O Saathi Re" and "Kabhi Kabhi". "Eer Bir Phatte" was inspired by one of his famous dialogues in his movie _Adalat (1976/I)_., In 1984, he was honored by the Indian government with the Padma Shri Award for his outstanding contribution to the Hindi film industry., He is the only actor who achieved at least one hit every year for 15 consecutive years - from 1972 in _Bombay to Goa (1972)_ (qv) to 1986 in _Aakhree Raasta (1986)_ (qv)., He has played double and triple roles in a number of films. His double role starrers include _Adalat (1976/I)_, _Don (1978)_ (qv), _Kasme Vaade (1978)_ (qv), _The Great Gambler (1979)_ (qv), _Bemisaal (1982)_, _Desh Premee (1982)_ (qv), _Satte Pe Satta (1982)_ (qv), _Aakhree Raasta (1986)_ (qv), _Toofan (1989)_ (qv), _Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998)_ (qv), _Lal Baadshah (1999)_ (qv) and _Sooryavansham (1999)_ (qv). _Mahaan (1983)_ (qv) had the superstar in a triple role., He was closely associated with Indira Gandhi, the former Indian Prime Minister, and her son, Rajiv Gandhi. It was Mrs. Gandhi who wrote a letter of introduction for Amitabh, and that's how he got his break in Bollywood., He was the original choice to play a role in Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai (2003), which he declined and was finally played by Om Puri, His survival and his success could in short be termed best in his wife's own words that "Amit ji is a loner !", Although Amitabh Bachchan's Immaan Dharam (1977) proved to be a disaster, the producer went ahead and announced Asmaan with Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, with Mohan Kumar in the director's seat. Salim-Javed, who had penned the script of Immaan Dharam, were scripting Asmaan as well. However, the film was shelved subsequently., Rakesh Kumar, who had directed Khoon Pasina (1977), Mr. Natwarlal (1979), Do Aur Do Paanch (1980) and Yaarana (1981), had turned producer and announced Charlie, with Amitabh Bachchan enacting the title role. Padmini Kolhapure had been cast opposite the Big B. However, the project never got made., Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar were seen on screen for the first time in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti (1982). But much before Shakti happened, Eagle Films had signed Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan for their new project, which was to be directed by Yash Chopra. However, the project did not materialize subsequently., In 1976 Amitabh Bachchan was to star in Manoj Kumar's Naya Bharat, alongside Amitabh it was also supposed to star Manoj Kumar, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman and Rishi Kapoor. The film was shelved subsequently., Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Mithun Chakraborty and Rati Agnihotri were teamed in Tala Chabi, produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Raj N. Sippy. One of the foremost character actors then, Pran, had been signed to enact the main villain's role. An official announcement was made in April 1982. The movie never took off., Amitabh Bachchan was supposed to play one of the lead roles in Shashi Kapoor's Utsav (1984) however; Amitabh opted out of the film. Shashi Kapoor replaced him., Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice of Rakesh Roshan's King Uncle (1993). But since the actor wasn't signing films then, Roshan opted for Jackie Shroff., Prakash Mehra was planning on making Chankaya Chanddragupta and had signed Amitabh Bachchan for the main role. The movie was shelved., Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanted Amitabh Bachchan to play the lead role of Inspector Inayat Khan in Mission Kashmir (2000). The reason why Amitabh Bachchan declined the role was because of his commitment to Yash Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000)., Kader Khan wanted to direct him as the lead hero in Jaahil, unfortunately the movie was never made., He hates the word Bollywood, the word that describes the Hindi film industry., Is teetotal, On 31 October 2006, he shocked the unit of a forthcoming movie Shootout at Lokhandwala by recording 23 scenes in 5 hours. Achieving this feat was unheard of., His daughter, Shweta, is married to Nikhil Nanda, who is the grandson of Raj Kapoor. (Raj Kapoor's daughter, Ritu, took on the last name of Nanda when she married Rajan)., His daughter, Shweta, was born on March 17th., His mom, Teji Bachchan, passed away in Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on December 22, 2007, after a prolonged illness, at the age of 93., Has a mannequin of himself in Madam Tussaud's Museum in England. Along with Shahrukh Khan, Aishwariya Rai Bachchan and Salman Khan., Suffers from vitiligo., In the 2008 movie, Slumdog Millionaire, Amitabh Bachchan is the answer to Jamal's first question in the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The question: Who was the star in the 1973 hit film Zanjeer? Through Jamal's flashbacks we get to see Amitabh Bachchan in action.
Mohan Bhandari (actor)
Rishi Deshpande (actor)
A.K. Hangal (actor)
Shahrukh Khan (actor)
Anupam Kher (actor)
Vijay Mishra (actor)
Dilip Prabhavalkar (actor)
Surendra Rajan (actor)
Nikhil Ratnaparkhi (actor)
Naseeruddin Shah (actor)
Aashif Sheikh (actor)
Sunil Shetty (actor)
Lekh Tandon (actor)
Await Trivedi (actor)
Rajpal Yadav (actor)
Juhi Chawla (actress)
Aditi Govitrikar (actress)
Palak Jain (actress)
Sharvari Jamenis (actress)
Nina Kulkarni (actress)
Rani Mukherjee (actress)
Ratna Pathak (actress)
Padma Rani (actress)
Anita Wahi (actress)
Sanjiv Chawla (producer)
Gauri Khan (producer)
Shahrukh Khan (producer)
Vijayadan Detha (writer)
Sandhya Gokhale (writer)
Amol Palekar (writer)
Ravi K. Chandran (cinematographer)
M.M. Kreem (composer)
Adesh Shrivastava (composer)
Shalini Sarna (costume designer)
Amol Palekar (director)
Amitabh Shukla (editor)
Neel Doctor (miscellaneous crew)
Ravi Jhankal (miscellaneous crew)
Farah Khan (miscellaneous crew)
Rahila Mirza (miscellaneous crew)
Himanshu Nanda (miscellaneous crew)
Rahul Nanda (miscellaneous crew)
Blesson Oommen (miscellaneous crew)
Rosario (miscellaneous crew)
Anil Sable (miscellaneous crew)
Aditya Shrivastava (miscellaneous crew)
Abhijeet Ubale (miscellaneous crew)
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