India Synopsis
पहेली
Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.
Audience Engagement
83 audience reviews — more than 89% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Paheli. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Red Chillies Entertainment
Romance + Drama in India
356 India titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Paheli itself).
The 2004–2006 India Window
Paheli holds position #86 of 152 India films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Paheli premiered alongside 57 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 21m runtime, production spent $35K per minute on screen and earned $78K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 57 other India films in 2005.
The 498th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Paheli, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- folktale · 1
- fairy tale · 13
- magic · 84
- ghost · 84
- husband wife relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,245 of 1,983 India films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Romance productions specifically: #337 of 573 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Red Chillies Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | June 24, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0451850 |