Paheli- the triumph of a folktale
Sharin Shajahan Naomi, Law Department, DU
When I was becoming bored with university strike and continuous postponement of my exams, then the movie 'Paheli" appeared to me a source of pure entertainment and refreshment. This Hindi movie though based on a famous novel has a touch of Indian folktale. While enjoying the movie, I felt like returning to those days when my grandma used to tell us fairy tales. In this movie actresses and actors are not using mobile phone, they don't go to Switzerland for choreography, don't wear short dresses or very modern dresses, but still their makeup and getup are so gorgeous that you cannot turn your eyes from them. They look like pure Rajastani people. Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee have performed very well. The dialogues are very simple. For example when the real Shahrukh asks the ghost Shahrukh " who are you?" Then the reply comes, "I am the love of woman's heart." Though the background of this movie is not modern but still their notions are not conservative. In this movie the actress loves a ghost though she has a husband, which is the expression of a woman's freedom to choose their love. The director has depicted the whole tale before us so naturally. After watching the movie, I was thinking how beautifully Indians have brought their enriched rural culture before the whole world, and how deplorably we are failing to make our culture revered even in our own country. Recently, I watched the Bangla movie-' Hazar bochor dhore". It is different, but, honestly speaking, does it have any great appeal?
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