After coming out of the theatre, I asked mom whether she liked the movie. Her answer was:
Isn't this the kind of movie Sunny Deol used to do 20 years back? I told her that she was a genius and this was the best one line in which the movie can be described. Somehow, the movie reminded me of those dubbed Nagarjuna and Rajnikant movies which were released in Bollywood in the 80s and the 90s. Why Oh why do you have to do this Aamir!!!!?!!???!!!! Ghajini is the story of Sanjay Singhania ( played by *Aamir Khan*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir_Khan> ) who is the owner of a Mobile service provider company. He is super rich(owns a private jet, always moves with 5 cars around him etc etc) and falls in love with an upcoming model Kalpana ( played by *Asin Thottumkal*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asin_Thottumkal> ). All this happens in the past tense. In the present, Sanjay is an ultra muscular, salivating, screaming, wide/red eyed human(??) who is suffering from short term memory loss and whose memory span is only 15 minutes. He clicks photographs to remember what he was doing 15 minutes back and is searching for a Mr. Ghajini ( played by *Pradeep Rawat*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradeep_Rawat> ) whom he is supposed to kill. A medical student named Sunita ( who is apparently the dumbest Medical student in the history of world cinema) helps him achieving his goal. Ten minutes into the movie and the horror of the upcoming disaster became apparent. Thankfully, Asin's role is the only saving grace of the movie. She brings in stability and novelty to the almost-gone-out-of-control script. The portion of the movie which unfolds in the flashbacks is much more subtle and watchable. For the rest of it, you actually feel like watching an old Sunny Deol movie where he fights with the goons, revenging the love of his life. Switching on my "logic" button, the movie took quite a few liberties completely banking on the we-go-to-see-movies-for-entertainment mindset of an average moviegoer. I can understand that showing Aamir's body was essential and in sync with the story but why was a rich businessman folding the sleeve of his shirts till his armpits even when he is in his office was beyond me ( Aamir looked more like a don than a businessman ). Why would a Medical student go to a Don(Mr. Ghajini) and tells him that there is a man after him and he should be alert when she can see four of his goons standing behind him and might apply a little brain to understand that he is no saint either? Why won't a woman run out of her house when the electricity fails and when she knows that there are four goons in her house ready to chop her? If someone is telling the whole world that the owner of the biggest mobile service provider company is in love with her, won't she atleast Google it once to see what he looks like? A very very irritating background score, some very jagged shots and a cliched been-there-done-that plot. Aamir, we<http://mashedmusings.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/memento.jpg> thought that we are done with such movies. Taking up the same revenge drama with a short term memory loss splashed inbetween does not make it different. And in the climax, when you move out of the hospital with the dumb medical student, reach the Don's lair, beat up his 20 goons ( and in the process, rotated the neck of one of them by 180 degree with a punch ) and fight with the Don himself, what happened to the 15 minute short term memory loss? Or are you saying that you did all that in 15 minutes? The music is no great shakes either. "Tu meri adhuri" is the only memorable number. And don't even think about comparing this one to the original movie - *Memento* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_(film)>. Infact, there are no parallels. Only the same basic thread. I am disappointed because I was expecting something Earth-shattering. I know I am an average stupid moviegoer, but I am not THAT stupid. Rating - 2.5/5 Director - *A. R. Murugadoss*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Murugadoss> Official Website - *http://www.rememberghajini.com/*<http://www.rememberghajini.com/> *http://mashedmusings.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/ghajini-movie-review/* -- regards, Vithur
