A business legislation project based on a Movie. Finding the lawful objectives and mentioning the laws applicable on it.

1. CelluLoUd
Siddiqui Rumaisa
Movie : Paheli
Business Legislation Project
II semester

2. Introduction
• Movie – Paheli (Released in 2005)
• Directed by- Amol Palekar
• Story by- Vijayadan Delha, Sandhya Gokhale, Amol Palekar
• Narrated by- Naseeruddin Shah
• Cast- Shahrukh Khan And Rani Mukherji (Lead role)

3. Objective
• To study the legal aspects related to the movie.
• To know more about the rights of women given in the Indian
constitution.
• To analyse the challenges faced by the women
• To study the factors affecting on women’s life due to illiteracy

4. Paheli
• Paheli is a progressive folklore. The story is about a wife who
is left by her husband and visited by a ghost, disguised as her
husband who is in love with her and takes her husband`s
place.
• The thought behind the film is, it talks about the
emancipation of a women.
• The tale creates an invincible character, a ghost that fills the
void in the women`s life the void left by her husband. This
ghost set an example of a perfect man that all the women
wants in her life as there better half.

5. Legal Aspects
• Right of an individual to live is as old as humanity.
• Despite the fact that all human beings are equal, women in
India are being victimised.
• Major reason behind this illegitimate behaviour is that women
in India are not aware of their basic rights.

6. Voilation of Rights
• Right to freedom of speech and expression ( article 19 (1) (a))
• Right to life ( article 21)
• Right to equality ( article 15)
• Right to education Act

7. Conclusion
• Post- verdict period brought restrictions on women’s rights
and privileges. Position of Indian women did not improve in
medieval period but further degraded.
• Present context: “To reaffirm faith in fundamental human
rights of men and women, discrimination in the enjoyment of
human rights is prohibited under the principle Human rights
instruments.”

8. References
• Indian constitution
• Indian Penal code
• Introduction to the Constitution of India- Dr. Durga Das Basu
Websites:
• Shodhganga
• Indianlawjournal