3 years ago, I wrote that Muruga Doss (or did) it.
Today, he Doss it again with Aamir in the Hindi version of Ghajini. Some modifications:
Today, he Doss it again with Aamir in the Hindi version of Ghajini. Some modifications:
- Aamir probably didn’t buy that “Ghajini” in the original stood for persistence of Surya’s character in trying and trying again (as in the famous rule Ghajini Mohammed’s attempt to wage war). So Ghaijini became the name of the baddie. Have you ever come across any movie that had the guts to name itself after the antagonist? Rarely.
- The really quite shoddy ending of the Tamil one has given way to a much better one that gives a closure to everyone watching it. Kudos!
- A number of crew has been changed – cameraman is just as good as the last one, and AR Rahman’s music is also just as good as Harris’. They’ve all done their own takes of Ghajini.
Which brings us to Aamir’s interpretation of the lead character. It was so brilliant that the old version does not come to mind at all. It’s not to discredit Surya or anything – Surya gave life to the character in the first place. Just that Aamir has chosen to explore certain parts of the character in more detail. His simultaneous agony of being unable to save his loved one, and fury against the aggressor and helplessness because of his memory loss is really painful to see. You feel like patting him on his back to console him and also handing him a metal rod to finish his job.
I think everyone would agree that the 5-7 minute scene with Aamir’s character alone in his apartment with no dialogue was truly remarkable. The reminders that he places at all the various locations in the apartment and on his own body reveal a chilling single-minded obsession of a man who is unable to overcome the past, and determined to fight against his memory loss.
Asin just does her thing – everyone’s gonna love her in Bollywood. Jiah Khan looks the part as an amateurish medical student, while Riyaz Khan gets kicked and punched as in the original. The bad guy’s acting was bad. It was so bad the audience was laughing at his poor diction of the English words! “Mimory lost hai…”
ARR does a commendable job for the background score and the songs. I suspect he decided to go with some of Harris’ original scoring for the background bits, simply because it was the most appropriate. ARR gives some really good pieces for the whole confused/twisted mood, and stylish block-rocking beats for the joyful moods. Except for the outstanding “Guzarish”, the rest of the tracks are pretty pop-inspired and standard fare. The picturisation of “Aye Bachchoo” and “Bekha” are superb. Jiah Khan’s “Latoo” started out very promising but was cut after 1 minute to allow the story to unfold.
Overall, a very satisfying movie experience. No wonder then it passed the one-billion-rupee mark in a matter of days.
I think everyone would agree that the 5-7 minute scene with Aamir’s character alone in his apartment with no dialogue was truly remarkable. The reminders that he places at all the various locations in the apartment and on his own body reveal a chilling single-minded obsession of a man who is unable to overcome the past, and determined to fight against his memory loss.
Asin just does her thing – everyone’s gonna love her in Bollywood. Jiah Khan looks the part as an amateurish medical student, while Riyaz Khan gets kicked and punched as in the original. The bad guy’s acting was bad. It was so bad the audience was laughing at his poor diction of the English words! “Mimory lost hai…”
ARR does a commendable job for the background score and the songs. I suspect he decided to go with some of Harris’ original scoring for the background bits, simply because it was the most appropriate. ARR gives some really good pieces for the whole confused/twisted mood, and stylish block-rocking beats for the joyful moods. Except for the outstanding “Guzarish”, the rest of the tracks are pretty pop-inspired and standard fare. The picturisation of “Aye Bachchoo” and “Bekha” are superb. Jiah Khan’s “Latoo” started out very promising but was cut after 1 minute to allow the story to unfold.
Overall, a very satisfying movie experience. No wonder then it passed the one-billion-rupee mark in a matter of days.
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