Ahh.. The biggest movie of the year is finally here. Aamir Khan’s Ghajini brings with it the huge amount of expectations that people usually carry with them to the theatre while watching an Aamir Khan film. The full house go crazy while Aamir first appears on screen, the craze is mind boggling something that I haven’t witnessed since I started watching movies a decade and a half ago.
Sanjay Singhania is a business tycoon, who has very recently come down to India. Due to certain weird circumstances, he falls in love with Kalpana (Asin), a sweet lovable girl with a heart of gold. While Sanjay is on a business trip, Kalpana in an attempt to save girls from some dreaded criminals puts her life at risk. On the day of Sanjay’s return, Kalpana is killed by Ghajini while Sanjay is injured on his head. This leads to a mental disorder called anterograde amnesia. Sanjay suffers from short term memory loss; he forgets everything in 15 mins! His only goal though is to kill Ghajini, how he battles against all odds is what forms the rest of the tale.
Ghajini Hindi Review
Your first reaction after watching Ghajini is WOW What a movie!! You look at your watch to realize 3 hours have breezed through. You catch hold of your breathe and come to terms with a movie that has just managed to blow you away. It aint a movie that you would remember and want to watch 5 years from now, in fact it lacks repeat value as the thrill would be missing the second time. But what Aamir Khan and the Ghajini team have served is a fulto masala entertainer. It has comedy, romance, action, a typical 90s villian, great music, emotions.. Ghajini has got it all.
There are so many memorable moments and scenes in Ghajini. To describe a few..
1) When Aamir is chasing the cop and Jiah, he suddenly loses his memory. Yet tries to recognise Jiah by her rapid breathe rate.
2) The Aamir - Asin love story. He’s a business tycoon; she’s a pretty ordinary girl. The way their love story begins is sweet and extremely funny!
3) The villian! Neck and fingers filled with gold jewellery, a silver tooth, menacing look et al. Ghajini is a typical 90s villian. Almost perfect for a revenge movie. The most surprising thing was, the movie has been named after the villian, which usually isnt the case with Bollywood movies. Has a movie ever been titled, inspired by the character of a non-star villian?
4) The climax! Scintillating stuff. It seems quite easy to predict, what could happen next. But the short term memory loss makes the movie quite unpredictable.
A.R. Murugadoss directing his first Bollywood film deserves credit for his brilliant execution of the script. The climax of the Hindi version is different, if compared to the original in Tamil. The brilliant camera work and fantastic background score is one of the many other positives.
So is it too violent? The answer is No, it isn’t a very violent movie. Apart from certain scenes like the tattoos being scratched off from Aamir’s chest - abdomen and a few physical fights resulting in twisting of necks, the violence is limited to about 15 mins. Far less brutal than the CCTV captures of the Mumbai terrorist attacks that was aired on almost all news channels.
Any flaws? Yes, the songs. About 2 songs too many in the first half; Behka Main and Aye Bachchu were unnecessary.
The performances were top notch. Asin proves to be a very good actress, quite unexpected as I wasn’t expecting much from her, after those promos. Good screen presence, bubbly and charismatic.
Aamir Khan is brilliant! An actor who can never disappoint, neither with his performances nor the overall quality of his movies. He is by far the best star-actor of the decade. What with a different variety of movies like Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai, Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par and now Ghajini! All very different, but brilliant nonetheless!
Overall, Ghajini is a must watch, a complete paisa vasool entertainer. A movie that should be experienced only on the big screen. Lastly, watch it for Aamir Khan and his sheer brilliance on screen. He is to Bollywood, what Sachin Tendulkar is to cricket. A legend!
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Other Notes - The atmosphere in the movie hall was electrifying, something that I have never witnessed. Going by the audience reaction, the movie seems to have lived upto the expectations. People were glued to their seats till the very end.
Hope you all enjoy Ghajini. Post your Ghajini reviews below. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year from the Indicine Team!
Update - What Aamir Khan expected actually happened. In an interview, he mentioned that if people walk out with his physique and 8 pack abs in mind, then the movie has failed to connect. So yeah, the movie did connect and Aamir’s looked great in Ghajini. In all the excitement, I missed Jiah Khan too, it was a forgettable performance. Her most important scene was when Aamir gets down from the scooter to fight the goons, Jiah’s expressions while trying to stop Aamir was hard to digest!
December 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
TO ALL THE MEMBERS ON THIS WEBSITE.. TO ALL THE NEW COMMENTATORS.. PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING YOUR COMMENTS THE FOLLOWING LINES:
Don’t u people know how to communicate?!! Why are u using these slang languages.. try to respect your biggest bollywood stars, Shaharukh, Aamir & Akshay.
Each one of them has his millions of fans.. and it’d never work this way.. really it’d never work to let someone down or quit bollywood.. or loses his fans by saying the word (F…..) I can’t even allow myself to write it.
Behave people, Punjabi sher and others who love Akshay.. love him, worship him, consider him as a God but don’t disrespect other big actors.. actors which we admire!
Shahrukh’s fans: Love Shahrukh but also respect Aamir & Akshay
Aamir’s fans: Love Aamir and his movies, but be poilte, respect Akshay & Shahrukh’s fans too.
This way we would be unable to communicate.. Ghaajini is a new movie, after reading the review on this page, I’m eager to watch it even if I didn’t like the trailer of the movie, but sounds a good movie.
So please clear your mind before posting your comments, judge the movie and the performance, but don’t judge the actor and say the worst just because YOU DON’T LIKE HIM!
December 25th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
fathiya…u started it all……..
grt rewiew….eager 2 watch…
December 25th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I am not fan of aamir but this movie is too great that i will tell it again and again.Aamir giving his career best perfomance. Aamir is tha actor who delevier what we ascape from him.he is always brilliant.It might be one of the biggest hit of all time…Asin is surely get award of debutant actress surely ….She is very funny and she is brilliant.THe love story between aamir and asin was great.THe action was nice too..Overall this film is totally paisa vasul not only paisa vasul but also give more than we have though it..4.5/5 .must watch
December 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
The atmosphere was great in the hall.I was in the edge of my chair while watching it. It thrills.Must to watch movie.Amir was suparb as allaways. Dissapointed with jia’s performence.
December 25th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
aamir,sharukh,akshay n others r gems of our industry.we must all respect them n love them all.God has blessed our country with such talented actors.So folks plese maintain the HUSTLE,ROYALTY AND RESPECT!!!
December 25th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
ghajini comes nowhere near memento, but is definitely better than the tamil version which is full of B.S. asin is such a babe, srk fans are totally gay that they didnt like the movie. at the least you get to watch asin, who is sooooooooo damn HOT!!! so its proof srk and his fans are gay, esp since srk called the movie too violent. action is a guy’s thing.
since we already know about memento, and there has been so many amnesia movies. its really nothing new, apart how the movie is packaged. WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, its the BEST INDIAN MOVIE i have EVER seen, and the BEST EASILY OF THE YEAR. while its predictable, since we already know so many amnesia movies, is STILL WORTH the watch compared to other movies that keep coming up with in india.
if you’re a stupid, go watch that rab ne crap. if you’re a man, go watch ghajini. the movie is inane at times due to the song routines, and the predicatability hurts the movie a bit since memento is a 10000000000000 times better and nolan a far BETTER director. the action sequences are STILL good and aamir has developed an unbelievable rugged look and action physique noone can match.
December 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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December 25th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
fathiya…what you said is good…….these people should learn how to respect actors first!
All those actors are talented! …..i’ve watched the tamil version and i’m eager to watch amir’s ghajini too.
December 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Aamir is next to Srk from all angles except his creativity. Ghajini will be the blockbuster of the coming tommorrow.
December 25th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Faathiya, cheers for ur positive advice…
To all regular Indicine visitors, u may not be fan of either Aamir or SRK but control ur slang languages which r used by mostly barbarians or wild minded people. If any1 blame ur father, whom u love, will u digest? Same is the case with superstars who have numerous fans all over the world, whom u r hurting jus with a single slang comment.
Once again mind ur language, n if u dnt like the actor dnt use slang words to show ur dislikeness.
I wish Ghajini to be a blockbuster though I dnt like remake…
December 25th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Viewers should get one thing clear. Memento and Ghajini are not the same. Ghajini is the Indian version of Memento. For Memento and Ghajini roots are the same. Majority of the Inidan viewer would not like Memento.
This is almost like Bourne Identity and the Tamil film Vetri Vizha. Root of both the films are the same.
Ghajini - The base story has been fully modified with added Indian flavor and spiced us as Ghajini. Catering Bollywood market is an amazing thing. Especially modifying the Tamil version to suit the Hindi audience is the biggest challenge. This is where the director A R Murugadoss stands apart. I don’t know who chose who. But A R Murugadoss is a star maker. He picked somebody like Vijaya kanth and gave a big hit like Ramana. With Amir’s fame and name the true talent of the director is getting hidden. The true hero of the movie is it’s Director A R Murugadoss. Asin hasn’t given enough variety in Tamil. She is new to Hindi and she best suits the ‘Kalpana’ character so she might look good to the Hindi viewers. But she can’t even come close to “Black” Rani Mukarji or “Baazigar” Kajol or even what Aishwarya Rai has done. She can’t stand in the Hindi industry for a long time. Lot of South Indian Directors are migrating to Bollywood now a day, as their dreams are big but the market is small or end of they what they get in their hands is small. Money matters. If few other Box Office Hit directors like Goutham Menon and Selvaragavan migrate Bollywood, the day Bollywood beating Hong Kong film Industry won’t be too long.
December 25th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I watched this movie. It is simply awesome. Grips you throughout the length of the movie, except perhaps a couple of songs. But, I must say, the Tamil movie was better. Surya is Surya after all! But Aamir brings in his own style to the role and easily proves he’s the best there is. I don’t like anyone underestimating South Indian talent. People had a problem because the pre-judged actresses such as Genelia and Asin as being poor because they’re from the South. I’ve seen this over the years from most websites catering to Bollywood. And about that fellow from NY, I think that’s the reaction of an immature prick. These kinda idiots will always be there folks. Don’t pay any attention. I am a man. A man with emotion. And the utmost emotion for all men is love, not hate, brotherhood, not enmity, joy, not fear. Every movie caters to a different emotion. Every actor evokes a different response. I guess this person is insecure about his manhood so he is trying to portray himself and male by alluding to his love for action. This was a great movie, but even Rab Ne.. wasn’t that bad. It was fun. It was different. Let that dude rot. He’s got air in his head. He could be whatever he calls others. On a different note, its nice to know Christmas brings good mother. Taare Zameen par last time. Ghajini now. Merry Christmas. Cheers.
December 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Forgive the spelling mistakes! I’m browsing and typing from my cell phone.. So the dictionary can be misleading ! Its Christmas brings good movies. And a few the’s and they’s got misspelt there.. Oh yeah, about Memento. Its only the basic idea that’s the same. Otherwise, the story is very much different. Who asked that nut to compare English with Indian movies? Poor dude. Absolutely no common sense.
December 25th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Shotgun: Oh.. welcome back Shotgun!! where in this world did u disapear?!! You stopped spreading your poison on this website since a while ( so I thanked my God that u vanished) but I’m sure you were doing it somewhere else.. on some other webs…and why did u come back?! I will not swear as u always used to do.. and still doing so.. now that you’re back.. i/o of saying “Hello everyone” and start a good day by posting some good comments.. u started with: “you’re still a trash Fathiya.. Go and die” !!
Shotgun: I respect a moskitto even more than you!
Indicine Team: why don’t u ban these abusive people who visit the web just to swear and use some bad languages?! Some people never agree and never satisfy whether we say good or bad.. they’re always negative.. abusive.. even good words they spell it as bad words! I can’t take it anymore.. tried to do peace with Punajbi Sher.. and he attacked again for no reason!! and this stupid Shotgun also came back to the site with his shit!
Jakie Flown & Skal: Thank you.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Hey People. Please watch the south tamil version of the film. It ist 1000 times better than hindi version.
Amir does not look better than Surya. Have you seen the body of Surya.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:40 am
And watch the english version Memento.Memento is better than hindi version. I found the tamil version is the best all of them.
December 26th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I just saw the movie last in New Jersey, USA. It was 10:30 pm show on a Christmas Eve and the house was packed.
Storyline is simple. A man seeking revenge but has to fight with himself and his short term memory loss.
Execution - Aamir is brilliant. In first 15 minutes, he doesn’t speak a word. All he does is look into mirror and his tattoos. His face expressions are awesome. Now that’s a sign of good acting when you convey a message without diaglogue or background sound effects. Particularly in the climax when he gives such a beastly expression with his face and eyes, the villain is scared. You can immediately feel he is scared. No need for background sound effects to convey the message.
Aamir - Asin love story has resemblance of Rab ne Bana di Jodi where Aamir pretends to be someone else and tries to woo Asin as a common man. Seems like a short movie within a movie. Some good humor and good acting by Asin and Aamir keeps it going.
Some scenes had Ram Gopal Verma feel like when the police inspector chases Aamir and runs so fast that he actually catches the bus, some fight scenes gave a feeling of watching a movie like “Shiva” in early 1990s.
I feel Jiah Khan was pathetic, poor expressions and lack of spontaniety in acting. One or 2 songs too many in the movie.
This movie will not disappoint. Its good. It might be a superhit because of awesome marketing.
Its not in the class of Tare Zameen pe or Lagaan or Rang De Basanti, but its different. And it will be a Hit for sure. Go watch it, its worth it.
December 26th, 2008 at 3:16 am
Ajay, NY: well Ajay.. sorry to tell u that u r wrong.. Shahrukh’s fans aren’t gay.. shahrukh’s fans are (human) they use their brain, but not their body.. always ppl who love action and violence are tough & big ppl.. got big body but small brain!!
And let me tell u one thing Ajay: Gay ppl sometimes are much better than straight ppl.. I know lots of ppl who are gay but they are so good as humen, helpful, loveable, and are very smat guys ( and one of them is Karan Johar who’s is so good as a humen being and smart) so sharukh is known that he’s very intelligent, smart.. so to be smart & gay is much better than to be straight with violence, with big body but a dumbo!!
And.. can u prove that Shahrukh is really gay?! If u said yes.. u got a prove which no one have yet.. so this means that you (Ajay) r a gay too for sure! probably you dragged shahrukh into your bed therefore u r saying that he is.. a gay!!
December 26th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Hi, Bollywood people. This is a copy of Momento. it will be flop. Don´t waste your money. Watch Momento on DVD.
December 26th, 2008 at 3:35 am
When will people realize that the concept can be the same for 100 different movies and yet all could be interesting and different to watch. Its the treatment thats the key guys.
Arent all love stories same in some way? Arent most superhero’s same in some way? Its all about the treatment rather than the concept isnt it?
Momento.. wouldnt work in India even if it stars Aamir Khan..
The rights of Munnabhai has been purchased by Hollywood.. Will the treatment be the same as that of Rajkumar Hirani? If it is, will it work there with the US audience?
December 26th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Fathiya, banning someone isnt possible. As of now we do not have a registeration system in place (which will be coming up soon). Their IPs could be blocked but they could as well access the website from some other computer.
Have you seen Ghajini? Watch it and post your review!
December 26th, 2008 at 4:10 am
I have seen Ghajni yesterday,the most awaited movie of year after RNBDJ.
Direction of the movie is just average,songs picturization is also not very good only guzarish is well picturized.
Amir Khan is such a talented actor no doubt and he act well but why he dont have any dialogues in this movie,overall his face expressions was good and the role also suites him very well.Asin is a confident actress and she act very well but we cant compare Asin with Anukha because Anukha role was much more stronger than Asin role in this movie.Jiah Khan has to improve alot,overall she was just ok.the villian in this movie act natural,but i personally think Asutosh Rana or Irfan Khan are the right choice for the negative role.
back ground music in action scenes is horrible,Music of Ghajni is just average,Story is simple and nice.
overall Ghajni is not big like Sarfarosh,Lagan,Rang De basanti,Tare Zameen pe,Dil Chahta Hai,but i think only Amir Khans star power will save this movie.
2.5/5 “Above Average”
December 26th, 2008 at 5:17 am
Amir has proved 2 things in front of audience one is they make 8pack abs in this movie to get locked on rest of khan’s in industry and they also promote asin as depika padukone to get succes in debut hindi movie
December 26th, 2008 at 5:25 am
FINALLY the waiting is over So here we go ppl. Actually donno from where i should start. well This is My Second Aamir Movie in a Theatre after TZP. have been waiting more than one and Half year for GHANJA and Finally here we go. So after hearing all great things about the Opening and Advance Booking from BO soruces i have no option had to Book the Tickets for First day Night show yeah i Took My Momma and Poppa with me also my Brother.
And WOOW Yet again Aamir completly Shoked me in the Theatre, last time as a Director & prducer & Actor, this time As an ACTOR with his unbelievble never seen Performance.
I dont wanna Talk about The Original TAMIL Ghajini and the Momento here, But i will do the compare Very soon after when i saw both movies. So till then i will just SKIP It. This Movie is Very Special for Aamir, after Cricially acclaimed BLOCKBUSTER TZP ppl were dying to see him on Screen again. And Here he completly do justice to his Fans with Ghajini.
What i liked in the Movie -
# It’s not a Typical Tamil Masala ACTION Type Film. There are no Such Flying and Jumping Rajini Kanth ACTIONS in this. All The Action Scenes were TOP NOTCH. Very relastic. and Aamir’s Character is a Very Powerful one, as u can see in the Movie he is a Very Strong person and he can beat sh1t out of anyone that comes his way. when u see him on screen u can Feel what kind of person he is, he is a guy who has only one thing in his Mind that is REVENGE. That’s his one and only Ambition. i really liked the way they presented his Character in the Movie.
# Actions Were TOP. Not over the Top as most of ppl thought it would be. The Director doesnt seems like a Typcial Tamil Director, u wont feel like u are watching a Tamil Director’s Movie.
# The Screenplay. How the Director presents the movie to u, The way the Movie goes is just EXCELLENT !
# Aamir’s Character. one word BRILLIANT ! someitmes u feels that he is like Bollywood HULK Sunny deol who has Super Powers but Trust me u wont Find anything wrong with that. coz This Sanjay Singhania isnt just a Normal person He is Completly SICK and Very Strong like Amstrong with a Powerful Body. He Works out everyday and with Revenge He becomes even More Stronger.
# The Romantic & Comedy Scenes Between Aamir & Asin in First Half. Very Entertaining !
# The 2 Diaries. After The missing END in Second Diary u will starts to Guessing what has Really happend. Good Suspence !
# Aamir’s ENTTRY. AWESOME !
# The scene when ASIN getting Killed. CLASSIC ! it’s very realstic, u will feel that ur also in the same house with Asin. Without doubt The BEST Scene in the Film.
What i didnt like in the Movie -
Just coz i’m an Aamir Fan I cant being Blind here, as in any other Bollywood Masala Movie There are Flaws in this one as well.
1. Like After the police officer locked up in Aamir’s Closet ( in the Morning Time ), Untill Afternoon no other Officer comes to Find what happend to that P Officer. Here we have a Doubt that did he he Informs other Police Oiffcers about the Case or he is just Investigating the Case alone Or Not.
2 And After the Police Officer’s Get Killed on the Road noone From The Police going to FIND out how the hell he died. Thats kinda Stupid.
PLUS i think Some scenes Revoles with ASIN in First half werent needed. like Her scenes in her Working Place. Instead those Scenes they could have added Scenes Revolving Police with Aamir More. Then it will give us a proper idea. and Also Asin’s Introduced SONG suddenly comes from nowhere. Those things could have been Edited.
Also before the Climax after Aamir’s fight with the Villian Ghajini i thought Aamir was going to Die, but Then like in any other Typical BOLLY Movie suddenly Aamir gets up and beats the villian. Common now if they wanted to Keep Aamir Live then they didnt had to do that. They could have do that Very Differently.
Apart from those things I didnt FIND anything wrong in the Movie. and i know since its an Aamir Movie Most of ppl always Looking for LOGIC and even expecting comedy, Action scenes to be 100 % Perfect. This is why his Comeback Movie MP also got critized too much which wasnt that BAD Movie. If u compare this Movie with all other Typical Bollwyood Masala Entertainers we have seen in this Decade u wont Find Many FLAWS as u finds in other movies.
PERFORMANCES -
Aamir Aamir Aamir and Aamir. WOOW What a performance. As some reviwer said he will complete blow u away. when u see him on Screen u wont Take away ur eyes off him. After Kamal Hassan’s Role in ABHAY this is the most SICK, Craziest role i have ever seen in Indian Cinema. Yeah u heard that rite EVER. He is Natural as FUK. This is what we called Acting. Watch him in the Scene when Jiah khan Reminds him his Past, and When he is calling Ghajini. His Expressions… PURE CLASS ! ppl who have seen Tamil Ghajini will compare him with Surya, as i havent seen it i cant say that yet. But in my opinion no other Actor in bollywood Can do this role like the Way Aamir did. this is why he is the BEST when it comes to Acting. he doesnt have many Dialogues to speak in the movie but when u see his Expressions how he Acts Through his eyes u feels it’s better without watching him speaking Dialoges.
As the Rich businessman Sanjay and The Kiling Mahcine SANJAY u will see completly two different Aamirs at the same time. Man What an ACTOR He is. really he belongs to Hollywood not Bollywood. i would say he is as GREAT as Kamal Hassan when it comes To VERSATILE. If u loved him as Nkiumb so kind Teacher in TZP u will even Love him more in Ghajini As the SICK Killing Machine. He will completely SHOCK U. Yeah thats My word SHOCK. 10 / 5. One of Aamir’s BEST Act ever. it will easily goes to his TOP 5. Wont mind comparing it with Lagaan’s performance which i thought his BEST performance.
ASIN was too good. her comic Timing is Perfect. reminds me of Juhi chawla in 90’s. She is a FUN to watch in First half. and at the same time she is GREAT in emotional side. watch her in the Scene when she rescuing 25 childs in the Train and before She gets Killed. AMAZING ! 4 / 5
The Villain Ghajini was good too. He has Scary Thug Gangsta LOOK thats the role need. i think he suited the Role Very well. Jiah khan did her job well too. She was really good in the scene when Aamir was Trying to Kill her. Though still her Debut performance was better.
DIRECTING - Good job Murugados ( Lolz whatever murgados or maragados ) he has handled most of Scenes Very well. Specially the Scene when ASIN get killed. That Scene was just PERFECT ! he definietly know what he does. With this Film I would say he is one of best Masala FILM director in bollywood.
MUSIC - Good. Songs are NICE. i didnt like Aye bachu earlier but it’s COOL and Asin looks beautiful in there. Also Latto Song Jiah looked HOT. wish the song was more longer that. BEHKA is like one of most coolest song i have ever seen I’m sure everyone will Love it. Ghuzarish is kinda Overrated. And the BEST song of the movie has to be Kaise Mujhe. LOVED IT !
OVERALL - A Very good Entertainer. One of best Masala ( Romantic, comedy, Action ) FILM I have ever seen. One of this year’s BEST. but definietly not the best, Rock on and A Wednesday are better Movies.
As An Entertainer i would rate it 4.25 / 5. OVERALL As a Movie - 3.75 / 5
It’s a MUST WATCH ! specially for Aamir Fans, It’s a Threat to watch Go watch it in Theatre.. CHEERS !
December 26th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Fathiya, you said it. I don’t know why people are using such bad words. Really a great job!!
Now Ghajini. Aamir done it again. I have seen the tamil version long time back. A brilliant performance by Surya. Actually surya is known as South Aamir. His dedication and perfection.
When you remake a film, its a big challenge. It will compared to its original. Here most of the shots are same. But even then you won’t get bored. Let me tell you some thing about the tamil version. An unbelievable performance by Surya. His gestures and postures those were simply beautiful. His hair style and wardrobe as the business magnet Sanjay Ramaswamy was superb.
Songs and picturisations were nice. When you watch this movie, you can’t imagine any other actor in place of Surya.
But here Aamir done it. It is difficult to say who is good. Aamir and Surya has all the praises. Both ‘ve done a great job. Who ever watched the Aamir’s Ghajini, I have a request. Please watch the Tamil version as well ( not the dubbed version in Telugu or …) You should hear Surya’s voice. So try to watch the tamil version. It released 2 years back So you may be losing the richness. But it still great.
Once again, I don’t like to say this Ghajini as masala. Obviously it has everything with it. But it is not an usual hindi film. Brilliant narration and nice screen play…
Great Movie……..
December 26th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hello Indicine Team: I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m planning to do this week, maybe tomorrow.
Last night I was watching NDTV Channel and the announcer said about Ghaajini: Ii’s not a great movie for Aamir but watch it.. she meant for a change, as it’s a different script.
And while another guy asked an audience if he loved the movie he said: It didn’t offer us what RBNDJ offered, means that some ppl didn’t find it that interesing.
I can’t say anything only after watching, hope it’s a good one.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
i cant believe all the shit people write and how they ridicule one movie or actor without noting the quality in another movie. its just sad indian shit as always. habit of just belittling each other.
and hmmmm, u sick fuck, mention my family again and I’ll rip your limbs off ghajini style. and my family dont have to worry about that fagger srk. they will be safe from that shit you call srk. the only thing good about him, is his wife. she is sooooooooo hot!!!
ghajini to CROSS 100 CRORES (whatever that indian unit is), in ONE WEEK!!! then we talk. ghajini is an action film, and anyone complaining about violence is not a man. go watch RN BDJ movie. it suits srk fans.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I am so disappointed with this movie. no doubt aamir is one of the best actors in the counrty but, after watching the movie i felt this movie was a waste of money and time. instead of going DAMN! people were laughing at the fight scenes, the climax scene and many others. lot of over acting by asin apart from the death scene.
Perfectionist mr.khan has completely lost the plot here. the kiddish romance, anachronic dialogues ,terrible screen play and the length are enough for me. apart for the cinematography nothing was great about it. i was disappointed. having a wonderful and exciting theme i had high expectations.
this movie may be a HIT but not a BLOCKBUSTER, the second week will be about 20 crores tops crore only And theres no way 45 crores can be recovered theatrically on this film. . should have realised this when aamir was doing too much of extensive promotions.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
btw, who are the 2 REALLY HOT women in that youtube video. kangana and the other one is nice too ;)
December 26th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
its amirs unbelivable performance.outstanding performance.
king khan vs perfectionist . “ab ayega moja”.
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has done business of around 67 crore nett in 13 days. The second week has been rock steady until the release of Ghajini today as collections fell due to much lower screenings.
The film is the biggest hit of 2008 and the first universal blockbuster of the year. The film is the biggest hit in every circuit of India apart from Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Bihar and Rajasthan but of course things may change with the release of Ghajini.
December 26th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
hey folks,
Finally i got the chance the movie today… and my expectation didn’t go in vein (from hindi version)…. Superb acting by amir.. It wouldnt have been great without amir and Asin together….I really liked the climax…
Amir showed that he has got a pair…… not like chocolate heroes or other crying animals..or not like comic heroes!!!
Well the fact is that i have watched the Tamil version of this movie…. great performance by Surya… i became his fan after that… I seriously like some tamil movies (i mentioned some movie).. they got talents man… they dont minding ending life of main charecters….so as Asin’s case in Ghajini….there other good movies (7/G Rainbow colony.. man u should watch that movie… how a notorious guy falls in love with a gal and looses her….)
I have watched momento also…
This movie (Ghajini) is the right combition of indian films with hollywood concept…
Most touching part of the movie is how Ghajini kills Kalpana…..
Brilliance part of the was though guns were shown in the movie, no bullet was fired….
Asin gave stunning perfomance…. i didnt expect it
Well this movie is simple awesome…. go and watch in theater…..
December 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
i m witing this movie to watch for a long time ………….but i hv no time to take the enjoy of the moment of watching the movie ‘Gajani’, but very soon i will go to the theater…………….best off lck Mr. Amir……………..
December 26th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
the movie is great ……………….. Amir is a great actor…………..wawooooooooooooooooo
December 26th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Indicine team you don’t get it even though the movie is hit Fathiya makes false/wrong statements that Ghajini didn’t live upto expectations this/that cause aamir is a threat to srk. >_>
December 26th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
ok i just saw the movie this morning . amir is fantastic. but the movie had too many flaws.
frankly it should have been for adults due to the graphic violence in the movie . after watching ghajini frankly i was in the mood to watch rnbdj since its a light and cool flick.
front benchers are going to really love ghajini since they like to watch violence.
i enjoyed parts when amir has his affair with the heroine he was at par with srk in those romantic scenes no doubt.
the movie is definately going to do well. but definately cant watch it again.
i believe a true hit movie is when it has repeat audience. like ddlj or sholay. or hum aapke hain kaun
December 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
this faathiya is back to her old vehemently bossy and nonsubmissive self..shes ruined the website wit h her vitriolic comments ..we will just ignore her here
i thought the movie had too much of south indian flavour ..the background score ..the junior artists and the usual chatter of heroine which we so often in the south movies being aired on zee tv every other day..the love story took away a lot of time from the main narrative and i was yawning at that point.. asin resembles juhi chawla and was made to pratter like her.. that is the problem with south directors they are a little over the top..asin looks good but will not make it in bollywood .she just doesnt gel in the usual sense ..big butts which are liked in south do not find favour up in north…
i wish they would just remove the south indian flavour and then it will work
December 27th, 2008 at 12:02 am
hello friend i saw both movie rab ne and ghajini……there is no need to compare both movies. because they have diffrent subject..i m happy to say now the level of bollywood is going to change. nw we can show to hollywood peoples that we have also lot of talent . if u see in the last 1 and 2 year lots of bollywood movies like ghajini,rabne,oyeluckyoye,sorrybhai,mukhbir,maharthi,dostana,wednesday,rock on and many more they all did a blast at this boxoffice……..in ghajini really aamir did a great job. noone can replace him . he always come in front of us with a great surprise how we can forget his great contribution to bollywood dil chahta hai, rang de basanti, taarein zammen pe, lagaan,and m favourite andaj ana apna and now ghajini..superrb man …..its bad for our bollywood as we can saw boxoffice is divided in brands like salman, aamir, shahrukh, amitabh….if these all people will leave there igo and will do their work than oneday we will show the hollywood that if they have tom cruise, braddpitt,john cusak,tom hanks than we also have lots of true artist who create history, who design history ……….in last finally i will congrates to aamir and will wish u a merry xmas. and will hope frm him that in future we will alse see some unforgatteble movie again…………….merry xmas to all of u who are the fans of bollywodd dosn matter who is srk, aamir, akshay, amitabha fan………….good luck 2 u………
December 27th, 2008 at 5:42 am
to Fathiya, Skal & Jackie Flown…
I totally support ur views about how immatured are the people who have no patience to react alongwith others’ ideas, but simply they waste their time to just show that they are narrow minded.
December 27th, 2008 at 7:48 am
people like faathiya are telling others to behave whereas she has been abusing all and subdry in this forum for the last 15 days .. i read her comments in rnbdj where she was abusing every in dian actor and later some writers here .. iwish she would just shut up and let people write what they wanna write . simply by saying someone is bad will not make him bad Na!!!? so let people say what they want to..without people like faathiya coming in the way of your expression
about the movie ..well all south indian movies are made gruesome .. the southies like it that way with lot of punches and people flying the heroine is always a nonstop chatterbox…so repition of south indian film is seen here .. as jaanu said there was too much of southie effects ..the policeman was played out by a southie ..and police was never seen at the horizon.. its as if didnt exist..
all in all an average movie ..
December 27th, 2008 at 11:18 am
IT IS TOTAL WASTE OF TIME ….DONT WAST TIME IT IS A COPY OF AN HOLLYWOOD.. MOVIE…WHAT KIND OF ACTION CAN 4 FEET GUY CAN REALY DO..ACTION PEOPLE REALY DONT HAVE GOOD TASTE…PEOPLE IN INDIA ARE SO IGNO…POOR PEOPLE DONT KNOW ANY THING …ANY ONE CAN MAKE COPY..ONY IF ALL OF PEOPLE IN INDIA KNOW..THAT IT IS COPY OF HOLLYWOOD…
December 27th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I’ve had this in college too, this thing that makes people divide our one united India into northie and southie. Very very sad. I’ve got those idiots in my college taught a lesson for consistent disrespect of other people. South it seems. Deepika Padukone, Aishwarya Rai, Kamal Hassan, Priyadarshan, AR Rahman, I don’t want to carry on, many are from this part of India. They are all Indians. I don’t think there’s any necessity to give the impression that South Indians are inferior. No wonder India is getting screwed up. Idiots like this exist everywhere. Its a cancer that has spread beyond recovery and it is very distressing to see it.
December 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Ghajini Opens To A Phenomenal Response All Over
Saturday 27th December 2008 10.00 IST
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Ghajini opened to a historic response all over India. The collections were a huge 21.50 crore on Thursday and Friday. The weekend is expected to be over 45 crore and the first week to be in the 60-65 region. The film is setting the box office on fire all over and is a sure shot superhit and may eventually turn out an blockbuster as business is likely to cross 100 crore nett so the high price will be justified.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is excellent all over with 23.50 crore nett business in week two taking its two week total to 68 crore nett. The film is doing exceedingly well all over with areas like Delhi and Punjab being rock steady. The film is probably the biggest money spinner ever in terms of profits as Yashraj Films will make a profit in the 50 crore region on the film. BLOCKBUSTER
December 27th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Minu: My only mistake is talking to some stupid ppl here like u are!! If yet.. u don’t know the difference between the slang and bad language which I’m requesting ppl not to use and between expressing opinions about movies and actors.. that’s yr problem dear.. I can say this actor is so talented, this one is not.. this movie is good.. this one is not.. this singer’s voice is no good any more.. that’s not abusive.. that’s what some of you (don’t) accept but u do accept when someone call shahrukh as: Bastard!! so that isn’t abusive!
If I said for example: Aksahy is a good actor but he’s not so special.. that’s not a bad thing to say.. that’s an opinion, but the bad thing is when ppl visit the wab site and say: this actor is gay with no evidence.. or say: he’s bastard, dog, whatever and describe him with the worstl
So Minu: You need to go to school again to learn all this!!
December 27th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
as usual ms faathiya has set the guidlines and those who dont follow her guidlines will not be allowed to stand for elections!!!! ha ha ha.. also their tongues will be cut off and they will have to go to nursery schools request their teachers to take special classes in etiquete .while all the time ms faathiya will snooze and when you have been certified by the agency and also after incdicine team approves of your credentials will u be allowed to say what you wanna ..im just waitingher to gleefully come back after the movie and tell us how well she has appreciated aamir sirs work and what else was good /lacking in the movie cos her comments will be preserved at the oscar library
coming to the movie it is very gruesome just as all south indian movies are ..asin is too big built to make it in hindi film industry where the emphasis is on being wafer thin..the songs keep interuppting the narrative which i think got too long withe lovestory…and why the interest in this subject of temporary amnesia by a final yr student ? idont understand cos this is not the subject tin the final year!!
aamir was fine but the distiction between when he remembers and forgets is not very clear at times.. when he is normal is he sanjay then? if he is then why doesnt he stay in his house ..but when he loses it does he become sanjay then? cos that is the time when he is full of rage!!..something which was not easy to understand..this is a movie which you will not like to see again for sure..
December 27th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Watched the movie yesterday… its gr8..! Better than the tamil version.Asin was suuperb ,But suriya stood a footstep above aamir.Its a cent percent entertainer.Now next…FATHIYA..See the movie and post ur review… i want to know how will u rate the movie as u r a person who said Rab Ne (One of the crapiest film i’ve seen) was suuperb!
rating :4/5
December 28th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Indicine Team: I planned to watch Ghaajini today, but I changed my mind at the last moment.. while getting the tickets.. as I was not in a mood to watch violence.. and needed to watch a nice “happy & funny” movie, something similar to RBNDJ but a hollywood flick.. so I’ve selected “Twilight” as everyone was praising the movie.
What a sweet vampire movie.. about a romantic vampire.. haha.. really nice movie, it’s different, clean, innocent and nice.. if all of u r interested in hollywood movies, so watch this one, worth watching on a big screen.
I will come back with my review about Ghajini this week as for sure I will watch it on Monday or Tuesday.
December 28th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Guys, this page is for Ghajini reviews. Please stay on topic, discussion is strictly limited to Ghajini and Aamir Khan.
Any comments on other movies, bashing other stars or usage of foul language is strictly not allowed and will be deleted henceforth. 2 Comments by Aryan and Fathiya’s response - Deleted!
December 28th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hi People,
Yeah its true this movie rocks, I was afraid that if it would have been a complete momento (the original version) then it might have been a bit confusing, but the movie is different and nicely made. Aamir and that new girl asin rocks ( correct me if a spelled her name wrong). About Aamir after his flops in the 90’s including mela etc he has completely changed and has won for himself the title of mr. perfectionist and it can be seen in his role here. Great movie ( although a remake of the english –> tamil). Ha Ha Ha and Fathiya the movie is good although it contains violence but again I believe not good for ur sis).
@Yamini: Have you seen momento, if you have then you will find ghajini far more easier to understand ghajini.
Nonetheless It IS A GREAT MOVIE TO WATCH I GIVE IT 4.5 COZ OF THE FACT THAT I’M A GREAT FAN OF AAMIR ( HEHEHEHE).
And one more thing why you people always start fighting while writing the comments ( This goes for FATHIYA,YAMINI etc)
December 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hello Aadil: let me ask u first s a question.. u guys mentioned many times about a movie called “momento” is it a hollywood, bollywood or s tamil movie?
I will watch Ghaajini for sure coz I loved most of Aamir Khan’s movies which I saw during 7 years : Dil Chata Hai, Lagaan, Mangal Pandey, Fana, & TZP ( except Rang de Basanti) and I’m sure that Ghaajini is a good movie, but u said it’s not good for my sister..means there are some vulgar, love scenes or nudity?
And I’m not fighting anymore with Yamini or some others.. I’m just ignoring their comments.. I even don’t read them.. I ignore ppl who use bad language.. let them write whatever they want coz their comments will be deleted for sure.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Fathiya, Let me answer your questions.
Momento is a Hollywood movie with a similar concept i.e A man, with short term memory loss problem is in search of a killer who killed his wife.
By saying its not good for his sister, he probably meant because its slightly violent. Killing, a bit of blood etc.. I didnt personally find it too violent.
Regarding Vulgarity, Nudity or love making scenes.. There is nothing.. Its a clean family entertainer.