Ghajini : First Word Teaser
Doga (442 posts, 363 comments to date)October 23, 2008 at 10:30 pm468 views
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I like what i a seeing, and am optimistic on the body being real.
Ghajini is the name of the powerful and strong villain who destroys everything in Hero’s life.
BTW, any idea who is playing the villain? He is bound to take the best Villain award, such is his role.
Looks solid
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Mohit Alawat, Jiah Khan
This is the only list of star cast that is available on bollywood hungama. So either Mohit Ahlawat plays the villain or the cop. I will put my money on Mohit playing the cop. So the million dollar question still remains – who plays the villain?
Why I am interested in knowing this is that this villain has the role as menacing as maybe Gabbar Singh of Sholay (Okay a little less but still very powerful role). So now you can understand why I am interested in knowing about the villain.
Villian is the same guy who played Villian in the original Ghajini. His name is Pradeep Singh Rawat. He has also appeared with Aamir in two other movies. Sarfarosh (he played the character of Sulstan) and Lagaan (Deva, the sikh character)
Thanks Justafan,
Pradeep is also same guy who played Aswathama’s character in BR Chopra’s Mahabharath serial. He will be good here too and is surprise packet apart from Asin’s charming presence which is going to come as a surprise and shock to many fans of Hindi film heroines. I hope Asin looks as young and refreshing as she did in the original Tamil version. She holds the key here!
This may actually be a surprise hit
I can’t wait to hear Rahman’s music here
These are the first words for Memento remake? LOL
Trust BW to screw up Nolan’s cult classic.
Expect 2 romantic songs (1 dream sequence), One revenge song, one ghajini theme (action packed) and one sad song.
I always hated cheesy written dialogues on film poster’s or even on trailors/previews. And this one is pretty bland too. I hate those voice overs aswell – “this year’s most anticipated movie” and all that rubbish…
Jay: I agree, the lines are bit too simplistic and direct like the Kidnap promo -’Hell is right here, Raina’ or the one describing Sanju’s billionaire status and what not. Looks like Aamir is aiming for a potboiler masala film here. It could mean more business but I’ve never been in favour of mindless stuff.
Could have just left it as Ghajini at bottom. Though overall the first posters of the movie are impressive.
I think I’m missing something here. There’s a teaser out?
I was looking for a teaser too! The villain Ghajini is named after Mahmud of Ghazni, the one who plundered and pillaged? That was the rumor I had heard. BTW – on a complete aside, perspectives can be so different, this same Madmud was the “benevolent” Sultan in the Rubaiyaat!
An older comment of mine on the whole memento/gajini deal:
“I don’t recall saying that Gajini was in any sense ‘better’ than OSO. I was referring to Gajini as a mass product, nothing more. But since you’ve brought it up I expect it to be a much more meaningful film than OSO. Why? Because the original Tamil even though an ‘actioner’ and otherwise masala borrows a very interesting idea from Memento and does it one better in this sense. In Memento the clues are written on pieces or paper or these are photographs and so on. In Gajini it is the body of the protagonist that is inscribed with these clues. For all sorts of theoretical reasons I find this a very interesting idea. Incidentally I am not much of a fan of the Tamil but I expect the remake to be better for a number of reasons.”
And I think that what is being missed by many here is that the effect of seeing Aamir in this ‘guise’ is quite extraordinary.
Guy Pierce from Memento:
Someone clarify – is there a teaser or are we talking about the posters…?
Goodfella: There is no teaser as far as I know.
goodfella – those lines on the poster somehow made the poster a “teaser”.
“In Memento the clues are written on pieces or paper or these are photographs and so on. In Gajini it is the body of the protagonist that is inscribed with these clues.”
on the contrary the entire idea of tattoos on the lead’s body is directly lifted from Memento … nothing original here … unless I have seen a different Memento.
Oops1 from SB “on ghajni : i agree with what Achilles said. The main character had all the most important stuff for his quest on his body. But he couldn’t remember faces too, so he need pictures to recognise people and some notes aside. In fact, whaT Nolan made in Memento is more intersting than what the tamil director made in Ghajni. In Nolan’s film, the guy have the word “revenge” (just an image) written all over his body and can’t escape from it. It’s just logic to think that a man can’t write everything he does on his chest and arms.”
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the tamil version might be interesting in theory, but in pratic if Nolan had done the same stuff in his film, it would’ve been less believable
Memento Trailer :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....g&NR=1
In memento: Body was permament and cards were changing (In the movie Leonard has killed many John Gs (according to Teddy) – two John Gs (in actual) are killed one in start and other at end and he burned the card(s) for self delusion/purpose).
rks: they left it for viewers to interpret
aside aamir has said one usual thing in past he liked the tamil’s version more than the english one
“Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Mohit Alawat, Jiah Khan”
will be unusual to see mohit here in a negetive role this indeed is a big break for him he does have a good screen presence
Oops1 concludes his interesting observations, “To finish : this reflection reminded me of a scary film with Ewan Mc Gregor where a famous writer used a woman body to write his book. Quite perverted, scary but very it provided some profound thoughts about the body considered as an object, a piece of art, or the support of our past .”
All the same Ghajini looks highly engrossing and interesting to me and its first day Ist show for me on 25th Dec. Home ministry ka bhi bahut pressure hai
Waise bhi Kaveeta ji says Tango karoge seva milega mewa !
High command orders are rarely overlooked
I think it’s a bit disingenuous to keep rapping Gajini for not being Memento! The idea of Memento was borrowed for a commercial potboiler in Tamil with the ‘body’ being given even greater prominence (I find this interesting for all sorts of theoretical reasons, I am less interested in what ’seems’ plausible). This does not make the film more intelligent than Memento or anything of the sort. The director is not attempting to do that!
On the Ewan McGregor example (Pillow Book) well that’s Peter Greenaway, again a ’serious’ director. Of course some had plausibility issues even here.
I find the further ‘radicalization’ of the Memento idea (not just tattoos but clues scribbled on the body) interesting in Gajini. This does not make the latter a competitor to the former by any means! I am actually not a fan of either film. I expect Aamir to better the latter though. On the former I have always found this film terribly overrated. I infinitely prefer the same director’s Prestige.
Mohit ahlawat is out of ghajini in the very beginning, he was playing the cop but he disliked how the character was killed.So,
someone has replaced him.
Incidentally a vastly more profound film on the same essential idea is Je T’Aime, Je T’Aime (Resnais). As is the director’s more challenging, more ambitious (though also perhaps more obscurantist) Last year at Marienbad.
Riyaz gets busy
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oops1: Response to satyam : well it’s true that we are a bit harsh on gajhni because of the original material but hey… Aamir is the factor X so it’s increasing our expectations right ?
. An it’s true that bein logical in a masala flick is not important at all but the difference in Nolan’s movie is that he also describe a real psychitric case to give to his story some color of truth and realism. About the Prestige, i liked the film. the only thing that dispointed me is that both magicians failed to impress with their last trick
Aamir for me raises expectations only in terms of the quality that I expect from the film. To be fair we are supposed to distinguish between genres. We can’t expect from Gajini what we expected from TZP. The film is meant to be a commercial potboiler. And there’s a Hollywood inspired angle to it. That’s all.
Also I think that masala films as opposed to being ‘illogical’ have their own logic. I think we often forget this. Shakespeare is about as ‘illogical’ as a masala film. Which is to say that he’s not!
Actually I am only interested in this film because of Aamir. Abhishek’s the only other star who would have done the same thing for me. With anyone else I would have checked out a big enough film in the theaters but wouldn’t have been too interested.
**Edited**
These dialogues somehow doesn’t look like the official ones… I think it is the work of the bollywoodhungama team. but the first look is awesome..
“Hope while watching ghajini you manage to get the orgasm you get while watching abhishek films”
Certain SRK fans never disappoint me with their nastiness! I could answer in kind but it would be infra dig..
This would be very similar to a certain “wet-dreams” comment from a Big B fan. Bottom line is that certain fans will never disappoint, no matter whose fans they are. To type them as SRK or Big B fans would be extremely foolish, they are just people for whom nothing is infra-dig. To have that you have to start at the level of “dig”.
Neelu: While I understand you and the gentleman who just made that comment are sworn to defend even SRK’s cereal choices while attacking Bachchan and his fans all day long, as a matter of logic I am unsure what anyone else has to do with the comment addressed to me here. Or are you completely unable to think clearly and logically without hopelessly confusing things all the time? You are another candidate here who would get my ‘nastiness’ award. I am so glad you therefore showed up of your own volition. Now we have a joint winner for today!
Is this board reserved for you? I know that many on this board feel you have ownership of some sort here, but from my SB immigrant upstart perspective, that false sense of ownership must be challenged. Yes, now I am directly addressing you. Thank you for that nastiness award – I gladly accept any such award but it would be infra-dig for me to reciprocate in kind.
If you had utilized that famous sense of “clear thinking and logic” and not been confused you would know that I was in no way defending that poster. But you were too busy trying to figure out what cereal SRK had for breakfast today and how that somehow challenged Big B, and also Abhishek’s right to the legacy.
rks – please let me know if I need an invite to show up on any other thread. Until then I will show up ‘of my own volition’ and without invitation.
Satyam and Neelu:
1. Ignore each other.
2. No direct comments.
3. No indirect references.
4. Please, no member support.
Thank You.
JohnnyBrutal: No direct or personal comment(s). Please consider this as a warning.
Rks: I try to avoid responding as much as I can but note here how Neelu clearly references my comment. Now she’s pretending to be a victim here but she is responding to my comment. And the ‘infra dig’ reference makes this very clear.
Johny, hey johny, johny dumdaar… What did u say? Someone seems to have edited it
Btw neelu/satyam – what does infra-dig mean? Something very copasetic abt it…
rks – I try to stay away from all the Bachchan bhakti as much as I can, so I am avoiding too, as much as possible. But you will note that I do not call anyone nasty or unable to think clearly or illogical or any of that. Nor do I type people’s bad behavior to reflect on who they admire. What did poor Big B or SRK do to deserve such brickbats? As for commenting on statements made on NG – I reserve the right to do that as long as they do not insult or abuse anyone. If you want to “moderate” me for commenting, then so be it.
Beld – Any one who makes “edited” comments is behaving in an infra-dig manner. To behave in an infra-dig manner one needs to start with some dignity in the first place. If you want an even more precise definition I can provide it
Some people here are Hakke- Bakke , Zindagi se Parshaan
Har Baaat mein argue karna, Har baat ko spin Karna,
Har baat main unka word last word hona chaiye, otherwise woh apnee nazar mein hee Gir jayenge ( kind of like the Saas )
Always looking for a reason to pick a fight
as if they get sadistic pleasure from arguing..
Irritating and Annoying as hell !
I try and visit NG for fun
Lekin Nahin ek ke baad ek Saala sarcastic comments.
Saala Dimaag Khraaab Kar dete hain !
Smile Please things will get better !
I hope !
Rock – were u referring to me
Isi baat pe ek gaana haazir..
‘Mein zindagi ka saath nibhatha chala gaya..
Barbadhiyon ko shok manana fizool that…
Barbadiyon ka jashn manatha chala gaya……,
Rocky – if that comment is directed at me then you can come out and say so. That way there is a chance for rebuttal. I am not the type to get sadistic pleasure out of calling a woman a “Saas” of the “sadistic” kind. And your advice about smiling is an excellent one – it would have been more appropriate as the only comment you made here, in my humble opinion.
I will finish with a couplet from Daag:
Zeest se tang ho ai dost to jeete kyun ho?
Jaan pyari bhi nahin jaan se jaate bhi nhain!
Getting back to Ghajini…
I know some people here have a time wrapped opinion when it comes to definition of masala …
Ghajini is a kind of masala typical in well made action films of Tamil film industry.
Its gotta slightly different theme mixed up with the usual manipulative soggy stuff …
If you are expecting a movie with all loose ends tied, its not gonna be of that kind.
Certainly people who can figure out points to spread and preach as failures of CDI, can rip it apart if they want to.
rocky is best when he writes about himself. So apt!
nothing new
rks: anyway looks like some people have the license to call others ibos agents , keshtomukherjee , hellucinating dog who keeps on barking
aside any of those freaks will post a personal comments on me rest assure i will reply in same way
I think rks can read, I hope he is reading! And I think he can figure out that Shashikala/Bindu/Lalita Pawar often had Keshto Mukherjee as a co-star
Freaks often keep like company 
Is it necessary to comment on others views on movies or stars?
Agree or disagree or ignore is simplest thing to do.
This thread is closed now.