Ghajini (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

A.R. Murugadoss

Writer:

A.R. Murugadoss (writer)

Release Date:

25 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Remember Dec.25

Plot:

Mumbai-based wealthy Sanjay Singhania is the Chair of Air Voice, lives now as a semi-crazed recluse in Odyssey Apartments in Hiranandani Complex...

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Polaroid | Tattoo | Blood | Thick Accent

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Aamir Khan	...	Sanjay 'Sanju' Singhania / Sachin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tinnu Anand	...	Satveer Kohli - Kalpana's boss
Asin	...	Kalpana Shetty
Vibha Chhibber	...	Havaldar Vijyanti
Sunil Grover	...	Sampat / Sanjay Singhania
Jiah Khan	...	Sunita
Riyaz Khan	...	Inspector Arjun Yadav
Anjum Rajabali	...	Dr. Debu Mitra
Sonal Sehgal	...	Model - Kite Washing Powder
Khalid Siddiqui	...	Manager - Air Voice
Pradeep Singh Rawat	...	Ghajini Dharmatma (as Pradeep Rawat)
Kunal Vijaykar	...	Journalist

Runtime:

Australia:183 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:MA | India:UA (cinema release) | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Company:

Geetha Arts

Trivia:

According to Aamir Khan the only Tamil movie that he has seen apart from the original GHAJINI is Kamal Hassan starer Nayakan (1987).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When inspector Arjun Dev runs for Sanjay Singhania for the first time when Sanjay is in the bus. The inspector successfully enters the bus even after running for it, as the driver of the bus could stop it. When he gets in, Sanjay Singhania is missing. If he could have got off the bus, the inspector could have seen him, but he didn't - so where did he go?

Movie Connections:

Remake of Ghajini (2005)

Soundtrack:

Aye Bachchu

Excellent!

Ghajini... where to start. This movie has kept me on my seat for almost the entire 3 hours, and left me with wanting to watch it once more. The direction, screenplay, acting and music everything was truly amazing. A very well co-ordinated movie.

Some might look at this movie as a 'Dark Comedy'. It truly is... This movie reminds of Momento and Kill Bill (both great super-hits).

Pros: - Very well known, and super-hit story (from Tollywood). NOTE: Even though concept is same as in Momento, the story is very different. Plus I liked the Bollywood flavor, since it introduces a love-story aspect.

- Excellent acting by Aamir Khan, as usual. Brilliant new comer - Asin.

- Mix of Comedy and Thrill and Drama and all the Action. Perfectly balanced story, extreme violence and moderate comedy. You'll be left with a movie belonging to multiple genres. (Not sure why that was a complaint by some reviewers, even though it is brilliantly executed.) - Excellent screenplay and cinematography. Present-Flashback-Present-Flashback, yet no break in story, very good flow. Almost 80% of the time, the movie kept me thinking about both the past and the future of the story (what must have happened, and what will happen, both at the same time).

Cons: - Well, the one thing I didn't like is the length of the movie. There were one or two places where I felt like the scene was unnecessary and the movie could have been shortened.

Nevertheless, I might just go watch this movie again. In fact this movie has inspired me to watch Momemto again. This movie is not for everyone, and the only reason is too much violence. But I can guarantee that anyone who is tolerant to violence, and looking for a new story (and hasn't seen the Tollywood version) will definitely love this movie.

9 on 10 from me. Best movie of 2008 (and 2009 for me).