Ghajini (2008)
Action, Drama, Mystery |
Ghajini is a Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Allu Aravind, Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena. A remake of Murugadoss’s own 2005 Tamil film of the same name starring Suriya and Asin, which in turn was reported to be inspired by the 2000 film Memento and the 1951 film Happy Go Lovely, it stars Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan and Pradeep Rawat in lead roles, with Tinnu Anand, Sunil Grover, Khalid Siddiqui and Riyaz Khan in supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, while Aamir co-wrote an altered climax.
Set in Mumbai, Ghajini follows the story of Sanjay Singhania, a businessman who develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest, a model named Kalpana, was killed. He tries to avenge the murder, committed by the eponymous gangster-turned-public figure, with the aid of photographs from a Polaroid Instant camera and permanent tattoos on his body.
Sunita is a medical student working on a project about the human brain with her classmates. When she was denied access by her professor to the curious case of Sanjay Singhania, a Mumbai-based businessman who has anterograde amnesia, because it is under criminal investigation, Sunita decides to investigate the matter herself.
It is later revealed that Sanjay loses his memory every 15 minutes. He uses a system of photographs, notes, and tattoos on his body to recover his memory after each cycle to remind himself of his mission: to avenge the death of his girlfriend Kalpana. He systematically kills the people who were involved in the murder. His main target is Ghajini Dharmatma, a notable social personality in Mumbai, and the man directly responsible for Kalpana’s death and Sanjay’s condition.
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Writers: Piyush Mishra (dialogue), A.R. Murugadoss (story and screenplay), Christopher Nolan (based on a screenplay by), Jonathan Nolan (adapted from the short story by)
Stars: Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan, Pradeep Singh Rawat, Tinnu Anand, Riyaz Khan, Vibha Chhibber
►Cast:
Aamir Khan | … | Sanjay Singhania / Sachin |
Asin Thottumkal | … | Kalpana Shetty (as Asin) |
Jiah Khan | … | Sunita |
Pradeep Singh Rawat | … | Ghajini Dharmatma (as Pradeep Rawat) |
Tinnu Anand | … | Satveer Kohli |
Riyaz Khan | … | Inspector Arjun Yadav |
Asif Ahmed | ||
John Cardiel | ||
Vibha Chhibber | … | Havaldar Vijyanti |
Neville Dadachanji | … | Mr. Mehta |
Salim Fatehi | … | Aamir’s bodyguard |
Mahendra Gole | ||
Sunil Grover | … | Sampat / Sanjay Singhania |
Simon Hewitt | ||
Kiran Deep Jagi | ||
Raj Jamdade | ||
Firdausi Jussawalla | … | (as Firdaush Jussawala) |
Mugdha Kalra | ||
Abhishek Khanna | ||
Vaibhav Mathur | ||
Kapil Mehta | ||
Rahul Pendkalkar | ||
Anjum Rajabali | … | Dr. Debkumar Mitra |
Sopreet Redot | ||
Sonal Sehgal | … | Sonal – Model |
Fayaz Ahmed Shah | ||
Khalid Siddiqui | … | Manager – Air Voice |
Viniishaa Siingh | … | Child |
Dharmendra Singh | ||
Jitendra Singh | ||
Vinusha Singh | ||
Sai Tamhankar | … | Sunita’s friend |
Taufiq | ||
Nidhi Tuli | ||
Vikraal Vij | ||
Kunal Vijaykar | … | Mayapuri Journalist |
Yusuf | … | Man who picks up fight with Sanjay in the mall |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia