Ghajini....Aamir's splendid show

Ghajini is Aamir’s way of showing that he can do what shahrukh and salmaan can do. And can even surpass them by leaps and bounds. Ghajini, a remake of the Tamil film of the same name is a movie which one normally doesn't expect of Aamir but after watching one is bound to love the movie and adore Aamir.

Ghajini, loosely inspired from Hollywood Classic 'Memento' (Polaroid concept and tattooing of the body completely lifted from the movie) has been adapted well to suit the Indian audiences by Murugadoss. The story revolves around a patient (played by Aamir) suffering from short term memory loss, in search of his girlfriend's killer.

Aamir has brilliantly portrayed the character and his eight pack abs made him look more convincing in the role. The love story between Asin and Aamir is quite refreshing and likeable. Asin has an undeniable screen presence and one is bound to like her. A.R. Rehman once again scores with his great music with the song Guzarish leading the pack. Jiah Khan is quite tolerable as the medical student. Pradeep Rawat as the villain is quite convincing but is not at all the best choice for the role. There are quite of loopholes in the movie such as Aamir being such as big business tycoon yet no one has seen his photograph ..which is actually not acceptable in this internet age. But these loopholes are worth missing for the overall experience of watching Ghajini

Ghajini is a complete masala Bollywood movie with great music, romance, action and above all an eight pack Aamir Khan. All of these make a three hour and fifteen minute long ghajini worth watching and enjoyable.

Rating : ****

Rab ne bana di Jodi...SRK' s classic cliche

First thing first, be it a good review or a bad review, this movie is going to be a hit for sure. Secondly, you are in love only when you are able to see Rab (GOD) in other person (Adi’s way of finding true love). The much hyped duo of SRK and Adi chopra have come up a classic cliché of the 90’s (may be a 10 years late) but it is the portrayal of Surinder Sahni by SRK (a realistic Indian common man) that really works for the film.

The film showcases SRK in a double avtaar. One as the lovable Surinder Sahni and other as the irritating hunk, Raj (YRF films does not seem to get over DDLJ). The flim revolves around a dance contest which the reinvented SRK (Raj) uses to woe her wife (Anushka). While Adi scores in depicting the innocence and cuteness of Surinder he fails to strike the same chord in case of Raj. Debutante Anushka is good and fits the role of a Punjabi girl. But, the scriptwriter does not etch out her character well. Vinay Pathak as SRK’s friend is excellent and scores again with his brilliant acting. It is more or less a feel good film

The other positives of the film are its good music (not as good as a regular SRK starrer), art direction and Adi attempt to make it a complete masala entertainer.

The negatives of the film include is a loose storyline, too much of referral to SRK’s old films (OSO has already exploited to the limit), emotions are more or less contrived and reluctance of Adi to get over DDLJ, which is evident throughout the film.And yes, too much of referral to Rab is frustating...

And yes, the end credits is something to talk about and is quite lovable and it adds to the feel good factor of the film

Rating: **1/2