The Pearls of Catharsis Times Issue 04, July 2017 | Page 73

Remember Shh..Phir Koi Hai? The lame horror show we all grew up watching?
One of its episodes was loosely based on this incident, titled ‘Rani Padmavati ka
Jauhar’. Undoubtedly, that was a more exaggerated version of this tale!
Talking about TV shows, lets move on to movies now. Amol Palekar’s ‘Paheli’
starring Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherji and Amitabh Bachchan is based on a
Rajasthani folktale. In this movie, Shah Rukh has a double role, one of which is
actually a ghost in disguise of Lachchi’s (played by Rani Mukherji) husband.
However, how much truth lies in the story is still vague. And just for your
information, this movie also stars Naseeruddin Shah!
Moving further to the lesser-known creepy places in Rajasthan, there’s a place
in Jodhpur where a woman clad in white saree is believed to appear in front of
vehicles, leading to accidents and deaths. Well, apparently, every city has a road
which is favourite of these white-sareed bhootnis, who have only one pastime-
run after vehicles, ask for lifts, vanish from the back seats or just chase the cars