Friday, December 26, 2008

X-mas with Aamir

After going through all the hoopla and controversies surrounding it, i reluctantly decided to watch Ghajini over the X-mas holiday. Despite its terrific AR Rahman music and presence of 'Mr perfectionist', i had a substantial doubt whether this movie will be able to live up to the expectations created around in last few days. Being a great fan of Aamir and Memento, it was more difficult to see the downfall of both at once if somehow movie comes out to be a nightmare. But i am happy that i escaped both traumas.

Its not Memento - Although it is highly inspired from Memento in terms of Aamir's characterisation but it is not a Memento redefined. Keeping the basic plot same, director has very well merged storyline in chronological order keeping Indian audience in mind and see what, it works. It has a glimpses of Memento at some places but the entire story looks pretty fresh.
Aamir khan is a little bit of Guy Pearce minus dance, CEO and an amazing haircut.

Flawless Aamir  - Phew, what to say about him, looks like this guy is giving nightmares to SRK. When i thought Swades was better than any other Khan movies, he came out with TZP. SRK's six packs is pretty ordinary compared to 8 packs by Aamir, Paheli was nowhere in Oscars but Lagaan was. Not going into 'Who is the number 1 khan' crap, Aamir has done phenomenal work with his character, an intense but lovable performance. It doesn't matter if the film sinks at the box office but Aamir has definitely gained more applauds from his fans and critics, one of the best Aamir performance ever. Maybe the film has some flaws and loopholes but there is not a single finger on Aamir's performance and commitment.

The Love Story - Looks like a little bit too much as far the intensity of film is concerned, but Director has wrapped it around in a nice nutshell. Unexpectedly for me, that new Tamil gal has done a decent job although its little loud at the times but Jiah khan is disappointing and totally unglamourous. Why the hell she was wearing 90's costumes all the time ?? The love story definitely lacked a spark but Rahman has come up as a saviour with cool on screen and background scores. Aamir has done TZP again, he has given more screen presence to Asin in most of their love chemistry part.

The Hate story - Named Ghajini, the villian is again a weak link. i love that Rajasthani accent of his but he was not convincing at all. I would have loved to see the Rahul Dev here but maybe he is too hot to be given the name 'Dharmatma'....sigh sigh sigh. The last half n hour Run and Chase sequence is amazing, full credit to cameraman, looks fairly original and digestible with little analogous to Korean classic OLDBOY. Definitely Aamir khan has taken 'How to fight fifty at once' from Prabhuji but obviously he had more funds to spend.He fights only one at a time.


Overall, i will say

Aamir Khan fans - Must watch !!
Asin fans - Watch it !

Memento fans - Its a new experience, don't expect it to be a Memento.

Jiah Khan fans - If you like Jiah Khan, go for it. If you like 'Hot jiah Khan', please don't dare to see.

Bollywood fans - A cool breeze for you !!

Critics - Doesn't matter, they are anyway going to watch it to criticize it.


Definitely going to be in my collection sometime soon.

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