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Ghajini

  • 20082008
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 3h 6m
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7.3/10
60K
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Aamir Khan in Ghajini (2008)
A short-term memory loss patient sets out on his journey to avenge the death of his beloved girl.
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A short-term memory loss patient sets out on his journey to avenge the death of his beloved girl.A short-term memory loss patient sets out on his journey to avenge the death of his beloved girl.A short-term memory loss patient sets out on his journey to avenge the death of his beloved girl.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
60K
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  • Director
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Writers
    • Piyush Mishra(dialogue)
    • A.R. Murugadoss(story and screenplay)
    • Christopher Nolan(based on a screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Aamir Khan
    • Asin Thottumkal
    • Jiah Khan
Top credits
  • Director
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Writers
    • Piyush Mishra(dialogue)
    • A.R. Murugadoss(story and screenplay)
    • Christopher Nolan(based on a screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Aamir Khan
    • Asin Thottumkal
    • Jiah Khan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 229User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 23 nominations

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    Asin Thottumkal in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan and A.R. Murugadoss in Ghajini (2008)
    Asin Thottumkal in Ghajini (2008)
    Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal in Ghajini (2008)
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    Top cast

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    Aamir Khan
    Aamir Khan
    • Sanjay Singhaniaas Sanjay Singhania…
    Asin Thottumkal
    Asin Thottumkal
    • Kalpana Shettyas Kalpana Shetty
    Jiah Khan
    Jiah Khan
    • Sunitaas Sunita
    Pradeep Singh Rawat
    Pradeep Singh Rawat
    • Ghajini Dharmatmaas Ghajini Dharmatma
    Tinnu Anand
    Tinnu Anand
    • Satveer Kohlias Satveer Kohli
    Riyaz Khan
    Riyaz Khan
    • Inspector Arjun Yadavas Inspector Arjun Yadav
    Kamal Adib
    Kamal Adib
    • Sanjay's Manageras Sanjay's Manager
    Asif Ahmed
    John Cardiel
    Vibha Chhibber
    • Havaldar Vijyantias Havaldar Vijyanti
    Neville Dadachanji
    • Mr. Mehtaas Mr. Mehta
    Salim Fatehi
    • Aamir's bodyguardas Aamir's bodyguard
    Mahendra Gole
    Sunil Grover
    Sunil Grover
    • Sampatas Sampat…
    Simon Hewitt
    Kiran Deep Jagi
    Raj Jamdade
    Firdausi Jussawalla
      • Director
        • A.R. Murugadoss
      • Writers
        • Piyush Mishra(dialogue)
        • A.R. Murugadoss(story and screenplay)
        • Christopher Nolan(based on a screenplay by)
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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      Storyline

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      Medical student, Sunita, is driven by curiosity to study the case of Sanjay Singhania, who is afflicted with short-term memory loss. She runs into him, befriends him, and finds out that he is out to kill a seemingly benevolent citizen, Ghajini Dharmatma. After warning the latter of the impending danger, she subsequently comes across a number of diaries written by Sanjay and attempts to put together a jigsaw puzzle as to how a successful and wealthy businessman became a crazed recluse, who re-lives his past through tattoos on his body, notes and Polaroid photographs on the wall of his Hiranandani Complex flat, and his sole obsession of carrying out his deadly mission - little knowing that Ghajini and his goons are out to erase every bit of evidence he has gathered and thus ensure that he ends up remembering nothing. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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      • Plot summary
      • Plot synopsis
      • Taglines
        • Remember Dec.25
      • Genres
        • Action
        • Drama
        • Mystery
        • Thriller
      • Certificate
        • Not Rated
      • Parents guide

      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        The mobile phone number imprinted on Aamir Khan's body shown in the movie turned out to be a real phone number used by a woman in Bangalore. After the movie was released she got lots of calls and texts. Even though the distributors of the film wanted to help her, the posters of the movie showing Aamir's toned body with tattooed number were marketed widely before the movie released. (See also Bruce Almighty (2003).)
      • Goofs
        There is a scene where Sanjay Singhania (aamir khan) is giving interviews to media people, but in the end it is said that no one has ever seen Sanjay Singhania.
      • Crazy credits
        The film is named after the villain.
      • Alternate versions
        Three cuts were made before the film was granted a U/A (parental guidance) rating from the censors. These included:
        • A man hits Asin with a rod twice, this was cut by 50%
        • Aamir Khan breaks a baddie's neck, the scene was cut by 50%
        • Aamir hits a villain with a tap and when the knob of the tap pierces the baddie's stomach, blood starts dripping from the tap.
      • Connections
        Featured in 54th Filmfare Awards (2009)
      • Soundtracks
        Tu Meri Aduri Pyaas Pyaas, Tu Aa Gai Mann Ko Raas Raas
        Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi

        Composed by A.R. Rahman

        Performed by Javed Ali and Sonu Nigam

        Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

      User reviews229

      Review
      Top review
      7/10
      Before I kill you, I'll show you exactly how I killed your Kalpana.
      First, the music is by A.R. Rahman, and this genius who also did Slumdog Millionaire really made this film entertaining. Thee film will be familiar to a lot of viewers, as it is a loose remake of Momento. One can hardly imagine how Rahman's music would fit, but it does because it is also a love story. How did they do that? The rich Sanjay 'Sanju' Singhania pretends to be an average Joe named Sachin. Aamir Khan was great in the dual role, and I can imagine that throngs of girls, and not a few gay men will be enchanted with him as he is shirtless in the part of the movie where he is seeking his girlfriend's killer (Pradeep Singh Rawat).

      The girlfriend is Kalpana (Asin). She is fantastic and definitely will keep your interest through the long three hours of this film. She does one too many good deeds and it cost her her life.

      It is fascinating in the end when Ghajini catches up with him. The steps he took to "erase" his memory. But, it didn't do any good.

      Really good combination of thriller, revenge, and love story as only Bollywood can do it.
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      • lastliberal
      • Nov 8, 2009

      Details

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      • Release date
        • December 24, 2008 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • India
        • United States
        • United Kingdom
        • Australia
        • Canada
      • Languages
        • Hindi
        • English
        • Urdu
      • Also known as
        • Qasos
      • Filming locations
        • Deadpan Desert, Namibia
      • Production company
        • Geetha Arts
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • ₹200,000,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $2,430,627
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $766,859
        • Dec 28, 2008
      • Gross worldwide
        • $38,316,584
      See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        3 hours 6 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital

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