Monday, January 19, 2009

Ghajini - The phoenix!

The long pending review of Ghajini! Here we go..

I watched the movie at last and I want to tell the world about it! Its a must watch movie! The Director A.R.Murugadoss has analyzed the Tamil version enough and has eliminated all the flaws in the much better Hindi version! Aamir Khan as a man with seething anger and vengeance for the killer of his ladylove has done a good job!All credit should to the director and Aamir Khan! Aamir Khan has gone the "six-pack" way though there was no need for it in the movie!



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All the actors have done their job! Aamir is awesome as a man with unquenchable anger! But, he is starting to look old! He looks quite old against Asin. Asin looks very innocent!She is an odd one in the Bollywood film industry! Doesn't look like the usual size-zero waif-like heroines found in the North! More like the "healthy" Southie Heroine! She better return back to South Indian Film industry before committing a harakiri of her career in the North! Jiah Khan is also convincing! She comes as quite a daring lady in the movie..unafraid neither to meet a psychopathic-looking hero nor to meet the underworld goons! Quite a lady of this century, I shud say!

I liked Surya better for the first half of the movie..for the romantic scenes! But, the Hindi climax was way better than the Tamil version! I personally don't buy the twin-theory in Indian films! So, I was happy that the twin-element was not there in the Hindi version! The climax is fast-paced unlike the Tamil version dat dragged a bit! The scenes where Aamir looses his memory again in the presence of the villain were awesome! One kept praying for his memory to come back somehow and wreak a havoc to the villain! Finally, he gets his revenge as the villain himself digs his grave!

AR Rahman has done a good job with the songs though the Tamil version had better and more haunting songs by Harris Jayaraj. The background score is good! But, the songs are no match for the Tamil version!

The final scene shows an Aamir living a quite life playing with a few kids , still the same "short-term memory loss" patient ... but,with no unspent anger...with no need to remember a gory incident..no need to avenge a death...with a memory of only his lady-love! An out and out commercial entertainer! A Hindi movie I watched after quite a long time and I am glad I watched this movie! A movie to be watched in the theaters! All credits to Aamir and AR Murugadoss!