Aamir's new release Ghajini got big success in box-office and it's become biggest hit commercially but it is a lesser film of Aamir Khan. The film lacks entrainment. Story and screenplay both are poor.. **
GHAJINI CONTINUES like a hurricane at the box office. It's smashing all records. But when I saw the movie I felt its old wine in new bottle. As we all knows Ghajini is remake of Ghajini Tamil version but the starting 1 hour 30 minutes of the movie, which is romance between Aamir and Asin is taken from Basu Chatterjee's *Pasand Apni Apni* (1983) in that same role played by Mithun Chakarvathy and Rati Angnihothri. Aamir Khan is suffering from acute short-term memory loss set off by being brutally beaten and witnessing the violent murder of his girlfriend Asin. Any events and information, beyond 15 minutes is washed away from his memory, but he vividly and clearly recalls what happened till the moment he witnesses Asin's murder. He's got to work around this handicap, but with methodical and meticulous determination. Aamir etches a path of clues that lead him on his path of revenge. To overcome his memory loss, he carries around a sheaf of Polaroids and when he is really sure of a piece of information, he has it tattooed on his body, which stands in for the damaged part of his mind. His indelibly marked torso is the repository of his grief, his rage and his reason to go on living. Ghajini without Aamir would have been just another B grade revenge drama that nobody would have been interested in during this festive week. Asin joins the league as one of the best debut this year though this role would have been an easy ride for her since it is so identical to the 'original' film. Jiah Khan sticks out like a sore thumb. She is so ill at ease with her role that it really makes me wonder what the makers were thinking when they selected her for the role? Director AR Murgadoss does nothing new to adapt this film to a Hindi audience. He appears to have sleep walked through the film by just reacting to the 'suggestions' of Aamir and Ravi K. Chandran. Why would a director want to remake his own film by just changing two actors and the climax? Wouldn't it have been better to dub the film and release it than to waste so much energy in remaking it? The industry really works in strange ways. The other star of the film is AR Rahman. ** *more **>>*<http://www.merinews.com/allArticles.do;jsessionid=651305DC58304D63181C6A0D91BE30F3?choice=ByUser&pageNo=1&userId=monshp> It is because of his five songs that the film is a little easy on your mind and ears but he fails as a background composer. The film lacks entrainment. Story and screenplay both are poor. Aamir Khan holds the film on his newly-built physique of 8-packs and he does it with panache. His performance takes this film to a different level. Some critics say it is one of the best of Aamir Khan films, but in my view it is a lesser film of Aamir and we can't compare it from Aamir's previous film like *Tare Zameen pe, Rang de Basanti, Lagaan, Ghulam Sarfarosh, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar,* etc It's true that Ghajini is commercially a big success film but the Aamir Khan label does wonders for it. Final words: This film should be titled Aamir. It is because of this man that this average film gets a three star rating from me. If there is any best marketing award it should go to the marketing team (or is it Aamir) of Ghajini. http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=154905&catID=6&category=Entertainment -- regards, Vithur
