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 Thottumkal, Jiah Khan

12 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aamir Khan	...	Sanjay Singhania / Sachin
Asin Thottumkal	...	Kalpana Shetty (as Asin)
Jiah Khan	...	Sunita
Pradeep Singh Rawat	...	Ghajini Dharmatma (as Pradeep Rawat)
Tinnu Anand	...	Satveer Kohli
Riyaz Khan	...	Inspector Arjun Yadav
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kamal Adib	...	Sanjay's Manager
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

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:

character name as title | children | crime boss | death of lover | gangster | 

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Taglines:

Remember Dec.25

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Even though it's the remake of Tamil Film Ghajini (2005), the climax, some characters and the ending were rewritten in the Hindi adaptation.

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Goofs

In the end fight scene when Sanjay hits a man, he falls normally but in the next scene his head is rotated.

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Crazy Credits

The song "Kaise Mujhe Tum" plays during the closing credits.

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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.

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Connections

Referenced in Hotchpotch 3 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Aye Bachchu, Tu Sun Le
Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Performed by Suzanne D'Mello
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Excellent - Aamir proves it again!!!

It is very pleasant to see, in the past decade, the Indian movies has raised themselves in standards. Ghajini definitely is one of the toughest project that Aamir khan would have done, there is no doubt in that. It is not always easy to remake a hit version and alter the storyline here and there and still come out good. It is only possible through the best men in the industry. And Aamir is THE best. ARRahman - WOW!!! He made the Kaise mujhe song echo in all the audience's heart as they leave the theater. Its like "Every night in my dreams" song from titanic. Soul touching performance from the music Guru!! Overall, this movie has to be watched for its storyline, humor, sentiment, twists. Overall Ghajini is a great entertainment-packed. Go! watch it today!!!!

Details

Country:

India USA UK

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

24 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghajini

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$766,859, 28 December 2008

Gross USA:

$2,430,627

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$38,316,584

Company Credits

Production Co:

Geetha Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

186 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color