Behind the Mirror
2007, Hindi. Directed by Rajkumar Bhan.
The Little Painter of Rajasthan Aniket is a middle class executive living in the Indian city of Pune with his wife Malati and his son. He leaves Pune every morning at dawn and undertakes a long train journey to work in Mumbai. After riots took place, he takes his son Anirudh to his grand-mother's place in a little town of Shekhawati, in the middle of the desert, and somehow haunted by the magical and superb traditional paintings decorating the walls of houses and palaces. The old woman happily welcomes her grand-son she hardly knows. Anirudh discovers another world, a fascinating world far from what he was used to. He feels very affectionate for his grandmother. She gives him the painting box of her deceased husband, the artist who made the most beautiful paintings in town.
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- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
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- Hindi
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- Released
- 10 January 2007
- Original title
- Darpan Ke Peechhe
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Behind the Mirror runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Behind the Mirror isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 January 2007. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Behind the Mirror?
Behind the Mirror (2007) was directed by Rajkumar Bhan and stars Sulabha Deshpande, Omkar Lele, Nandu Madhav.