Superb amelioration of original

When I first saw original Ghajini, of course the dubbed version in Telugu, I felt director Murugadoss had squandered a great opportunity to join the league of big directors. Though the plot is a rip off of Hollywood hit Memento, Murugadoss induced some native elements in the form of a breezy love story and adopted a totally different screenplay for the Tamil version. But the plot went haywire post interval and a poor climax further marred what could have been a very good experiment. This time around with Aamir Khan at the helm, Murugadoss rectifies most of his lacunae in the Hindi version and as a result presents us a good movie that binds audience for three hours.

I couldn't stop comparing the Suriya-starrer with the latest one right from the first scene. A few lead characters - villain, heroine and police officer - reappear, but the major differences are much improved last 30 minutes, brilliant capturing of raw emotions and justification of the title.

My Ghajini Vs Ghajini:

Aamir Vs Suriya


Aamir is better of the two in the patient avatar, but only just. With an eight-pack body to support his role, he got huge response whenever he displayed his newly developed assets. But Aamir looked a bit unconvincing as corporate boss and here is where Suriya overtakes Aamir by a huge margin. Suriya was brilliant, at ease, and seemed more natural than Aamir in corporate outfits. I cannot compare more as they have got very less to choose between them.





Asin vs Asin

Asin was simply breathtaking and she seems to have really got into the character. Her histrionics really take the love story to new heights.

A.R. Rahman Vs Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj's scintillating background music, especially the Ghajini leitmotif, was one of the strong points of Tamil Ghajini. A.R.Rahman though tried his best couldn't recreate the magic. He is a big disappointment in some scenes involving the lead pair, which were brilliantly accompanied by some great background music in the original. Though the songs Guzaarish and Behka are a treat to watch, AR Rahman simply failed to match Harris Jayaraj.

It was great to see Aamir Khan in an action thriller after a long time. The director should be commended for making the movie devoid of any South flavor (goons flying in the air during fights and mass masala songs). The director captured emotions with some brilliant close up shots, didn't introduce unnecessary elements and finally came up with a good movie.