First Happy New Year to all of you. Hope we have a great year free from recession and George Bush. Moving on
At last the long awaited Ghajini. The hype surrounding this movie was bigger than the movie itself with Nicholson my room partner heading straight for the barber to have a Ghajini look of his own. Its another matter that he is already bald from the front and ten dollars for just making a line(for the scar) with the blade was not worth it and that too behind the ear somwhere. So coming back to the movie
Ghajini as we all know takes its basic premise from the noir classic Memento with Sanjay Singhania(Aamir Khan, beefed up and all) sporting tattoos over the body and Polaroids for record keeping. This is because he is out to avenge his deceased girlfriend(Asin) but suffers from amnesia as in the original. But the similarities end there. While Memento dives deeply into the psychology and anguish of the protagonist with its unique reverse chronological storytelling, Ghajini charts a completely different path. In keeping with Hindi film tradition, we have a well developed love story and pleasing songs. The movie goes back and forth from present to past situations with Aamir Khan's diary providing info on his love life. How he pieces clues to reach the villain forms the crux of the story.
The movie is very pacy and so doesn't even give you a chance to think for a second. It is only after certain reflection that you realize the plot is quite ridiculous. There are gaping loopholes especially the one that Asin's character has never seen Sanjay Singhania, a well known entrepreneur. It is pure masala and the climax is unnecessary dragged but Aamir's histrionics and the new heroine keep it very entertaining indeed. Aamir is first rate as always and smashes the chocolate hero image we had in our minds notwithstanding the eight packs and other stupid marketing gimmicks. The surprise package is the new girl Asin who being a Malayalee speaks very good Hindi and acts well. And once again my roomie Nicholson who is also a christian catholic from Kerala like her had a grin as wide as a Cheshire cat. I had half a urge to give him a few more scars after that - regional bast****
Stripped down fundamentally Ghajini is a mindless action movie. However dumb it might be but definitely entertainment galore.
At last the long awaited Ghajini. The hype surrounding this movie was bigger than the movie itself with Nicholson my room partner heading straight for the barber to have a Ghajini look of his own. Its another matter that he is already bald from the front and ten dollars for just making a line(for the scar) with the blade was not worth it and that too behind the ear somwhere. So coming back to the movie
Ghajini as we all know takes its basic premise from the noir classic Memento with Sanjay Singhania(Aamir Khan, beefed up and all) sporting tattoos over the body and Polaroids for record keeping. This is because he is out to avenge his deceased girlfriend(Asin) but suffers from amnesia as in the original. But the similarities end there. While Memento dives deeply into the psychology and anguish of the protagonist with its unique reverse chronological storytelling, Ghajini charts a completely different path. In keeping with Hindi film tradition, we have a well developed love story and pleasing songs. The movie goes back and forth from present to past situations with Aamir Khan's diary providing info on his love life. How he pieces clues to reach the villain forms the crux of the story.
The movie is very pacy and so doesn't even give you a chance to think for a second. It is only after certain reflection that you realize the plot is quite ridiculous. There are gaping loopholes especially the one that Asin's character has never seen Sanjay Singhania, a well known entrepreneur. It is pure masala and the climax is unnecessary dragged but Aamir's histrionics and the new heroine keep it very entertaining indeed. Aamir is first rate as always and smashes the chocolate hero image we had in our minds notwithstanding the eight packs and other stupid marketing gimmicks. The surprise package is the new girl Asin who being a Malayalee speaks very good Hindi and acts well. And once again my roomie Nicholson who is also a christian catholic from Kerala like her had a grin as wide as a Cheshire cat. I had half a urge to give him a few more scars after that - regional bast****
Stripped down fundamentally Ghajini is a mindless action movie. However dumb it might be but definitely entertainment galore.
