Ghajini - Review

Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jia Khan, Tinu Anand, Pradeep Rawat, Riyaz Khan
Director: A.R.Murugadoss
Rating: ****
Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’ was marketed very well all over the world that it took the biggest opening ever for an Indian film. Was it really worth all its hype and publicity over the past few months? I would say it is for the riveting performance of Aamir and slick direction of Murugadoss who had earlier made the tamil/telugu version of the movie. For people who had seen the original English version ‘Momento’ this can be a poor cousin but remaking it completely would not suit the Indian audiences. The director has done well to Indianize the movie.

Since I had seen the tamil version of the movie the comparison was inevitable. Surya and Asin played the lead roles in the tamil/telugu versions. Surya and Asin onscreen chemistry and their romantic angle was a huge plus for the movie in the tamil version but the climax was extremely poor and looked like a typical masala movie. In the Hindi version however the climax leaves everyone speechless. The director has changed the climax and together with Aamir’s stunning performance will make a huge impact on any viewer. The first half of the movie and the Aamir-Asin romance does not strike a chord with the audience and it drags big time. Its only the second half which makes the movie very interesting.

Sanjay(Aamir) a business tycoon who returns from US falls for a model Kalpana (Asin) working in a low level ad agency. A murder and a very bad head injury leaves Aamir with a permanent short term memory loss. He cannot remember anything beyond 15 minutes. I don’t want to narrate the entire script in the review and kill the suspense.

Jia Khan dissapoints big time both with her looks and performance and does not look anywhere close to a medical student. Asin who is making her debut in Hindi overacts a bit. She is very impressive though in her final scenes. Not many in Bollywood know Asin is a leading actress in the south especially in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Will she follow the footsteps of Hemamalini and Sridevi to make it big in Bollywood only time will tell.

For Aamir Khan its another feather in his cap. After an extremely impressive directorial debut in Tare Zameen Par, he pulls of another big success leaving his rival SRK and his Rab Ne Bana De Jodi way behind in box office collections.