Ghajini (2008)

A short-term memory loss patient sets out on his journey to avenge the death of his beloved girl.

Director:

A.R. Murugadoss

Writers:

Piyush Mishra (dialogue), A.R. Murugadoss (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan

Top Rated Indian Movies #236 | 7 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aamir Khan	...	Sanjay Singhania / Sachin
Asin	...	Kalpana Shetty
Jiah Khan	...	Sunita
Tinnu Anand	...	Satveer Kohli
Pradeep Singh Rawat	...	Ghajini Dharmatma (as Pradeep Rawat)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Asif Ahmed
John Cardiel
Vibha Chhibber	...	Havaldar Vijyanti
Neville Dadachanji	...	Mr. Mehta
Salim Fatehi	...	Aamir's bodyguard
Mahendra Gole
Sunil Grover	...	Sampat / Sanjay Singhania
Simon Hewitt
Kiran Deep Jagi
Raj Jamdade

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

short term memory | businessman | tattoo | short term memory loss | polaroid | 

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Taglines:

Remember Dec.25

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

24 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Гаджини

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$288,075, 2 January 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$2,430,631

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,430,631

Company Credits

Production Co:

Geetha Arts

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Khan was initially hesitant to do the film, but was convinced by Suriya, the star of the original filmi, who told him he was "the only one who could do justice to the character."

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Goofs

Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan) suffers from Anterograde Amnesia, whereby a person remembers everything before the incident which caused the problem. Therefore, he should have remembered his personal assistant as well as the flat which he bought for Kalpana (and later used as his base). However, he relies on photographs and notes to remember these things as well.

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Crazy Credits

The film is named after the villain.

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Connections

Remake of Ghajini (2005)

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Soundtracks

Kaise Mujhe Tum Mil Gai
Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Performed by Benny Dayal and Shreya Ghoshal
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Aamir roars in Ghajini.

Ghajini is an out an out action thriller set at the backdrop of romance and revenge drama. Its almost a frame 2 frame remake of Tamil hit Ghajini, which was originally inspired by Memento. Since I loved both the versions. It was difficult to expect anything newer or better from the Hindi version. So the verdict would mostly revolve around "did the makers ensure the benchmarks are met". Its a definite 'A' for being able to meet the gigantic expectations. No, the director has not disappointed you.

The high points are the few thrills that are part of the narrative, the edge of the seat kinds.

While avoiding comparisons, Aamir is done a terrific job playing a confused and furious person in search of the killer of girl friend. His corporate getup was styled differently and looks convincing. I can already sense, the style being a rave shortly in the corporate dressing. His toned up body looks fab, and justifies few of the over the top fights.

Asin has won my heart again, din't think she would be able to do so, repeating the feat she did 2 years ago. In few of the reels she literally stole the movie from Aamir. The climax is different and is better picturised.

Overall when you leave the theatre you do feel if you missed something.. I can only sum up the following could be why i felt so..

1. I knew the story and could predict the dialogues in advance. 2. The length was a mild problem 3. The action sequences looked dated in parts, one blow and 4 on the ground. 4. The originals were too good to repeat it.

Oh I wished, I had the bliss of not having watched the originals, to take a fresh look at it.

For the humongous effort of the team, go watch it if you are hungry for masalas beyond cakes and wine this holiday season..