My Review on ‘GHAJINI’

I saw Ghajini last evening. I loved the movie unlike what some of the critics wrote. The movie is ‘a commercial movie’ and has no moral take away. But, the entire film is gripping. The direction is brilliant. In fact, each and every person involved in the making of this movie deserves a great applaud.

What appealed to me the most about the film is the continuity. The establishing shot too smoothly transitions from the neurons inside the brain to zoom out into an X-ray of the brain in the psychiatrist’s X-ray monitor where he is discussing Aamir Khan’s case with his students.

The other two instances which I can clearly recollect is when Aamir meets Kalpana (Asin) for the first time, and the other one is when he proposes to her and is awaiting her answer.

The other touching shot which I have not been able to get over is where Asin is brutally murdered before Aamir Khan’s eyes. The way the shot has been executed, simply touches you. I do not want to reveal it to take away the credit. Besides I feel, you should see it to feel it.

The director has been successful is engaging the audience with this mastery. You can actually hear the audience sighing at the misfortune of Asin before she is killed by the goons. And the second time is an exhilarated cry of victory when Aamir kills Ghajini the way he (Ghajini) killed Asin.

The subject has been convincingly handled. There are loose ends in every movie, and this movie is no exception. One must overlook them and see the effort. Aamir Khan is his usual best, and Asin too has done a good job. The movie is undoubtedly a masala movie, but is surely worth the hype and a watch.