Aarti (Karishma Kapoor) falls in love with the besotted local guide Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan). Does their love last the test of parental objections, status differences and ego hassles?
This is the famous kissing scene that caused quite a controversy when the movie was released. The kiss is followed after "Kitna pyaara tumhe rab ne banaya" song....
This song is rightfully written for Raja, who is excessively obsessed by the beauty of Aarti. At this location, he imagines Aarti striking a couple of bharatnatyam poses....
To get the right donkey for the movie, the director travelled to Sirham, a village on top of the mountains, since Kashmir had only mules and no donkeys.
Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of a change in relationship between Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi the director from warm to worse and then back to a compromise. Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi were married when Pakeezah was first conceived.
The movie is silent, with no dialogue whatsoever, yet it deals with a complex and realistic plot.The film is notable for its inventive recasting of the silent film form. Though shot in color and featuring incidental noise, the film does not have any dialogues.
