Ghajini was well packaged for a tamizh movie. Inspiration from foreign flicks + chemistry of the leading pair + really catchy songs + comedy ( from the heroine ) , Did it for the movie.
Inspiration from foreign flicks Memento and Gajini are too far apart in terms of the story. People who have seen both the movies will know this. But the idea of hero suffering the short term memory loss and tricks he uses to remember what was done to him to take revenge on the villain is a direct lift from Memento. Memento is a very complex story to tell and screen play takes a lot on the audience to understand. This is a complex story to tell because the color scenes are told in reverse chronological order while the black and white scenes are done in chronological order. Both the color and black and white scenes are alternately interspersed throughout the movie in a set pattern. This is done by director Christopher Nolan and his crew in order to confuse and bewilder the audience. He states it is to put the viewer in the shoes of Memento's protagonist Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) and experience what he is going through. He crafts the film such that new bits and pieces of information are given out with each color and b&w scene until their time lines meet. Gajini is nothing like that in terms of screen play. It is a regular Kollywood movie. To over simplify things "Hero falls in love ... Villain kills heroine ..Hero takes revenge ... " Chemistry of the leading pair This was a major boost for the movie .. Asin was spectacular in the movie and for the short time she is there , the movie is a breeze. All the funny moments in the movie she shares with Surya comes out pleasing audiences of all ages and taste ... Asin helping the blind man scene is a direct lift from "The Amelie " (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le) - French movie . With gems like that thrown in during the Asin + Surya romance , the movie scored really well. The comedy from Asin was surprisingly fresh and enjoyable. Music I am not going to discuss this , because i guess everything that needs to said about the tamizh gajini music has already been said. In Short A movie with large potential for commercial success and a slightly intelligent movie as well. Hindi Audience / People seeing for the first time in Hindi You definitely will have something to look forward to from the movie for the star power and more importantly for the music from ARR. Tamizh audience who will be repeating the movie in Hindi Apart from the star power , ARR music is something surely to look forward too. Also it will fun to see what differences are there in both the versions ( specially the climax) . Being the movie buff i am , i am curious to see how well the comedy and tamizh centric sentiments ( which are less in this movie ) translate in to hindi ( as it is a major pain point for many movies that crosses this boundary ) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sri ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ghajini as such is not a movie that is out of this world.It is a story of one's vengeance which the director tries to tell in Memento fashion. > And as Aamir said he was not happy with the last half hour and asked for a change which was accepted by director Muragadoss. > But in Tamil it was the protagonist's and the girl's performance with some standout songs that pulled the class audiences to the theatres. > But with Aamir's touch and of course with our "Isai Puyal",the movie should be much more rocking than the original. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Pravinder Sheoran [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, 31 August, 2007 4:38:58 AM > Subject: [arr] Re: Aamir Khan deeply involved in Ghajini remake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > those who have seen gajini > > was it a quality movie? > > please tell me > > > > pravinder > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Thulasi Ram" karokelip@ ..> > > wrote: > > > > > > *Aamir Khan* <http://www.apunkach oice.com/ people/act16/> is > > actively > > > participating in all aspects of the making of the Hindi version of > > Tamil hit > > > 'Ghajini'. > > > > > > It is common knowledge how dedicatedly Aamir has been working out > > to acquire > > > a chiseled physique for his leading role in the Hindi remake of > > > *Ghajini*<http://www.apunkach oice.com/ movies/mov622/>. > > > > > > <http://media. fastclick. net/w/click. here?sid= 18489&m=8& c=1> > > > > > > Besides working on his character, Aamir has also been deeply > > involved in > > > other aspects of filmmaking. He has been taking keen interest in > > the > > > recording of the film's music. In fact, he makes sure to be > > physically > > > present when the film's music director *A R > > > Rahman*<http://www.apunkach oice.com/ people/act63/>works in the > > > recording studio. > > > > > > Aamir has also been very open about giving suggestions and > > opinions to the > > > film's director A R Murugadoss. Whenever the actor is not > > satisfied with > > > some shot, he insists Murugadoss to retake it. > > > > > > It would be an overstatement to say that Aamir is calling the > > shots on the > > > sets. 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