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Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Pradeep Rawat, Khalid Siddiqui and others; Director: A.R. Murugadoss;
Rating: ****
Director A R Murugadoss’s remake of his Tamil blockbuster made what Hindi films once used to be: a three hour extravaganza of romance, comedy, action, set-piece songs and drama.
It’s a standard revenge film given a fresh twist that resembles one from the hollywood movie, Memento. Sanjay Singhania played by Aamir Khan whos is a rich businessman gets hit on his head and suffers from short-term memory loss. He cannot remember anything for more than 15 minutes.
So, he tattoos his body with instructions: the most important one being that his girlfriend Kalpana played by asin was murdered, and he must find the murderer and kill him. The film is has many loopholes but Murugadoss, who also wrote it, doesn’t give you enough time to think about them.
So, you never ask how Sanjay, the fabulously wealthy owner of a cellphone company, conducts a lengthy romance with Kalpana, played by debutant Asin, pretending to be an ordinary man? Or why Ghajini, an expert killer, doesn’t have a gun when he needs it the most?
Instead, you are caught up in the mystery of how a superbly stylish businessman becomes a killing machine who routinely cracks necks and in his introduction scene, plunges a broken tap into a man’s stomach. Ghajini isn’t for the faint-hearted. The violence is gory and elemental. The climax is pure man-on-man combat with a lot of bone smashing sequences.
For Aamir, Ghajini is complete oposite to the sensitive teacher he played in Taare Zameen Par. With eight-pack body, here he is a brutal killer wanting to avenge his loves death. Watch aamir khan as he explodes with grief and then just as quickly forgets it. It’s a memorable performance indeed.
Thankfully Asin is less animated than she was in the Tamil version. Some of their romantic scenes, and particularly her death are nicely done.
Music for the film by A.R .Rahman is great and visuals of the songs are appealing.
ghajini is not one of the great films but a good one indeed and shouldn’t be missed.
