Ghajini

The story goes like Aamir Khan suffers an extreme memory loss following the murder of his girlfriend Asin. But the loss of memory is short-lived. He goes to work and slowly but steadily regains the memory .Thus, he remembers his love interest and tries to pursue his lost path. He carries with himself Polaroids that remind him of his past. In this movie, Aamir tattoos them on his body, which constantly remind his mind.After all, one cannot go on weaving innumerable stories. However, he can certainly change the style of narration or presentation. That provides relief to one's eyes and captures one's attention without falling a prey to the repetition. This is the style of 'Ghajini's original, meaning Tamil version director A.R. Murugadoss. He starts off with what happens in the past, comes to the present, falls back in time and thus returns to the earlier theme. Again, the loss of memory in a movie isn't new. Many movies have shown a sort of amnesia. But, 'Ghajini's memory loss is very different inasmuch as the hero recalls events but for 15 minutes only. Aamir has displayed extraordinary skill in the portrayal of a man suffering from short-term memory loss. He doesn't speak but says everything through his eyes - body language. Every narration is full of that's the beauty ! Thus, the movie will be remembered for long. Every expression is strong enough to tells a lot. This saves the movie showing undesirable fighting scenes and turning the movie into a violent one.

Acting-wise, Aamir is superb. We have never seen the actor performing so well. Less said the better about his look, his hairstyle and his physique. The movie may inspire thousands of its viewers to gym for wellness, if not for his memorable body. His body movement is great indeed! Historically, following the success of his Tamil movie, the director was looking for an actor to play his bold character of Shiva. When he met with A. R. Rehman and asked him to name a Bollywood actor for the coveted role, the latter suggested Aamir Khan for the lead role. Aamir accepted the offer but with a rider that he would begin its shoot after eight months.

To do full justice to play this role, Aamir underwent fitness training under his Guru Satya for six months - working in gym from four to six hours every day. In fact, once he broke his knee during the shooting of a stunt and deferred the shoot for a month! Another interesting matter is that the director had first signed Kangna Ranaut but later replaced her with Ziah Khan at the instance of Aamir. Kangna had reportedly leaked out to the media that she has bagged the coveted role. The director had decided to repeat his heroine Asin for the Hindi version, too. She has played her role fabulously and proved worthy of acting opposite Aamir Khan.

She looks fresh and photogenic. Jiah Khan is impressive too. Pradeep Rawat plays an equally successful the villain vis-à-vis hero Aamir Khan. Then follows A.R. Rehman's music. He has left nothing unturned to show his genius. 'Guzarish', 'Behka' and 'Kaise Mujhe' are the notable ones. Ravi Chandran's cinematography is brilliant too. Less said is better as one needs to watch and then conclude. Hence, the movie might prove the best one of the year, both acting as well as money-wise.