Paheli vs The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.1/10 for Paheli). Paheli is the shorter watch at 2h 21m compared with 2h 46m. Paheli is the older of the two (2005 against 2008). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paheli
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button| Paheli | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 2h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | India | – |
| Director | Amol Palekar | David Fincher |
| Main cast | Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Anupam Kher, Suniel Shetty, Ratna Pathak Shah | Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Jared Harris, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt |
Synopsis
Paheli
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.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin…
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