Jun 14, 2009 11:58 PM
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“Kaise mujhe tum mil gayee…zindagi pe aaye naa yakin”Shouldn’t have Kalpana thought like this to get business tycoon Sanjay Singhania as her lover?
Lifes surprises are always not so pleasant and this is what in short the story of Ghajini is. When the rich, polished and sober Sanjay falls for the crazy girl with a golden heart, Kalpana he thinks that life will be nice and beautiful going forward. The girl also says yes to him though she never really comes to know of his true identity. She however remains his Kalpana, throughout. Kalpana means imagination and in Ghajini , Sanjay lives the entire time in memories and painful memories of a shattering past.
Amir’s acting always turns things to gold and this movie is no exception. There are so many errors and realistic vs. imagination hiccups in the story. A few examples:
Kalpana concocts the story of her and Sanjay Singhania. Sanjay becomes enraged and comes to her personally to talk about the matter. A business tycoon finds time for that tomfoolery?
Kalpana accepts Sanjay’s proposal in a way which is hard to believe to be serious. She sells her car and gives him the money past 1 at night. God…think about safety man. Couldn’t she just have transferred the money to his account? Sanjay also collects the money and leaves even before he offers to accompany his lady love to her residence since its so late at night. Ok he has a plane to catch.
Anyone gets into Sanjay’s Hiranandani flat easily. From where has Sanjay done those tattoos on his body? They should make anybody suspicious.
Well, that’s enough. Too much technical observation can turn ice cream into a big fat piece of cholesterol so I stop here. I have watched the tamil Ghajini and have also liked it. Amir has an intensity in his eyes which brings things near to reality. He is at times poignant, at times lethal, at times vulnerable.
Asin is also a good discovery as she brings a freaky craziness to her character. She ends as Amir’s “adhoori pyaas” and also ours as a audience as her absence through out the movie is missed.
The narrative technique in the movie is also commendable as flashbacks are shown as flashes and not continuous. The past and future is interwoven into the fabric of the story. It unfolds itself to the character played by Jiah Khan and also to the audience.
Ghajini movie music echoes the theme of the story in its most beautiful songs, ‘Gujarish’ and ‘Kaise mujhe’. Ghajini is a revenge drama with all its masala but stops short of a tragedy. We have characters thirsty for revengelike that before as well, the most famous and lethal was that of Ajay Sharma played by Sharukh in Baazigar. But the more similar would be that played by Sunil Shetty in Mohra. I also thought about Aditya Kashap, the business tycoon payed by Shahid Kapur in Jab We Met. He also had that down to earth attitude of Sanjay in Ghajini and similarly owned a cell phone service provider.
No comparisons here just Amir and his cool looks which change with every movie and work so well.