Ghajini 15 years later: Aamir Khan’s film, which became Hindi cinema’s first to earn Rs 100 crore, is a challenge | Bollywood News

Directed by Aamir Khan and directed by AR Murugadoss, the film also features hammers, water taps, iron bars, ‘ketchup’ blood and a plot that is unpleasant, contrived and artificial. Of course, everyone loved this movie when it was released on Christmas Day 2008, 15 years ago. Otherwise, how can one justify the fact that this film became his first Hindi film to earn Rs 100 crore in the domestic market and brought him a ‘coveted’ Rs 100 crore box office collection. A club that judges the value of movies? Perhaps you can even hint to budding filmmakers that brutal violence, a few songs, intense action scenes, a sweet love story, and a vengeful protagonist will guarantee a box office win. (Case in point, animal)

Ghajini has an old-fashioned feel. If this were a movie from the 80’s, when masala action, where a morally uncorrupt super hero fights a demonic villain alone, defined Hindi cinema, I would still have given it a pass. Dew. However, it happened in his decade when the audience of Hindi films began to take notice. A wise and accessible entertainer Dil Chahta Hai, Jab We Met, A Wednesday, Omkara, Black, Rang De Basanti and more.

2008’s ‘Ghajini’ made headlines for the transformation that Aamir Khan underwent to play the role.

I borrowed it from Christopher Nolan Memories Ghajini, a remake of AR Murugadoss’s Tamil film of the same name, is predictable and excruciating, with a few funny moments cut short and a background score that gives you a headache similar to the one you get when a child starts hitting you. It is a revenge drama. pot and frying pan together. There are plenty of opportunities in this plot to say “huh?” In the opening scene, a medical professor tells an adult medical student that the brain controls every function in the human body. Well, maybe they missed this information about his 5th grade human body.

Next, we introduce Sanjay Singhania, played by Aamir. He’s a guy with a shaved head and a toned body who punches and taps into the guts of men twice his size. However, while beating them, he was once hit with an iron rod, resulting in anterograde amnesia (a medical term for short-term memory loss) that left him with an attention span of 15 minutes. I forgot why I was doing it. Flashbacks show that before he became this killing machine, Sanjay ran a mobile phone company and always had his entourage at his side. But as Hindi films have taught us,Dukh mein toh apne bhi saath chorr dete hain’, Sanjay Singhania ends up all alone after suffering a fatal attack. His business empire, his entourage, his managers, everything disappears. But why and how? you will never know.

Flashbacks that appear between screeching action scenes tell a typically cute love story between the super-rich Sanjay and the troubled aspiring model Kalpana, played by Asin. Her bubbly character, a style that once suited Kajol, Juhi Chawla and Preity Zinta, no longer suits her, but she has a hard time sitting by. Their romantic sequence where Aamir sings ‘Beheka Main Beheka’ and ‘Guzaarish’ most vividly (don’t hate me, this AR Rahman song is a gem) is a true favorite for the romantic genre enthusiast in me. fans are tired and eagerly awaiting it. A movie that returns to the present. However, tragedy strikes and while Kalpana tries to save the girls from human trafficking, she is brutally murdered by the villain Ghajini (Pardeep Rawat) in front of Sanjay, who survives the blow of an iron rod.

boil up “Badr Ki Aag” Even after Sanjay loses his memory, he tattoos important information such as “Kalpana was killed” and “I found him and killed him” as well as some phone numbers and addresses on his body. His apartment is fully equipped to help the forgetful Sanjay’s belongings and kill Ghajini, which is the sole purpose of his existence. The strong Aamir is adept at drawing out Sanjay’s anger. This film could have been a perfect departure from his filmography, but was let down by a half-baked plot.

Just when you’re expecting the story to go in an interesting direction, you’re disappointed. Imagine Ghajini, knowing that Sanjay is trying to kill her, shows up at his apartment and destroys all his research and clues. They ruthlessly removed all the tattoos from his body, but they did not express Sanjay’s helplessness. Rather than wasting time on Jiah Khan’s unnecessary dance numbers (and if anyone could explain why her character exists in the first place) and Aamir and Asin’s love story yawns, Murugadoss has focused on the details. I wish more attention had been paid to developing the characters.

My recommendation is not to watch Ghajini. Also, the next girlfriend I want to forget in 15 minutes. Christopher Nolan was upset to learn that AR Murugadoss had remade his film Memento in the role of Ghajini without giving due credit. But if I could say to Mr. Nolan, “Don’t worry, Ghajini is nowhere near Memento.”