Ghajini is Aamir Khan’s release for 2008 directed by Murugadoss. It is loosely based on the Hollywood flick Memento and the remake of the Tamil film of the same name. The film marks the debut of Asin in Bollywood. It also stars Jiah Khan, Pradeep Rawat and Tinu Anand. Telugu producer Allu Aravind produces this movie under the banner of Geetha Arts.
Synopsis
Sanjay Singhania (Aamir) is a patient suffering from short term memory loss who can’t remember anything for more than fifteen minutes. Every morning he wakes up blank in mind. With some strategically stuck notes on the wall and tattoos on his body, Sanjay reminds himself of the only thing he wants to remember – His girlfriend Kalpana’s (Asin) murder. The only clue he has to find the murderer is the name Ghajini. How he tracks down Ghajini and gets his revenge is the story of the movie.
Analysis
Ghajini is back again, this time bigger, better and sharper than before. The movie is well paced, edge of the seat thriller with twists and turns thrown at you every other moment. Though I have watched the Tamil version, watching Aamir Khan’s Ghajini is a different experience.
The movie comes with a fair share of violent action, but the violence is justified. Peppy music, eye catching scenery and sets and good choreography make the songs memorable. With exceptional performances from Aamir Khan and Asin and excellent direction of Murugadoss, Ghajini is a powerful film. It is 3 hours long but you never notice the time flow by.
Performance Of The Cast
Aamir Khan steals the show and how. Aamir breathes life into the character of Sanjay Singhania. He is in great shape and flaunts his hard earned 8 packs in almost all scenes. Be it the business tycoon Sanjay or the revenge seeking Sanjay, Aamir plays the role with such sincerity that you feel his every emotion – his love, his anger, his frustration, his sorrow. The scene in which Aamir wakes up in the morning and slowly realises his past or the scene in the hospital where Aamir cries on hearing Jiah’s tale are truly priceless. His body language and expressions speaks more than his dialogues.
Asin is perfectly cast as bubbly, caring Kalpana, the same role she enacted in the Tamil version. She has delivered a strong performance and dialogue delivery is also good. Jiah Khan also plays her part well but her dialogue delivery has room to improve. Pradeep Rawat is good as the villain.
Technical Analysis
Murugadoss has made a powerful foray into Bollywood. To present the movie with such level of intensity is no mean feet. He succeeds in keeping you engaged. Each card is revealed as the movie goes on, never too late or never too early.
Story is good with a gripping screenplay. Characterisations are done very well with fitting dialogues for each character. The screenplay is a little bit different from the Tamil version. It comes with an entirely different but improved climax. The one thing which left us wondering in the Tamil version was what would happen to Sanjay after he has had got his revenge. That is explained briefly in this movie.
The cinematographer, editor and art director have done their parts well. The strength of the movie is the music and background score by AR Rahman. The songs Guzarish and Behka are surely going to be etched in memory for a long time.
Verdict
Ghajini is the example for what a movie with sensible story, sound screenplay and good cast could do. In the end, the movie belongs to three people Aamir, Asin and Murugadoss. It is top notch commercial movie with excellent performances and beautiful songs. Don’t miss it for anything.
Rating: 9/10
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