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Ghajini is a 2008 Indian Hindi-langauge action thriller directed and written by A. R. Murugadoss, produced by Allu Arvind through Geetha Arts and distributed in India by Viacom18 through Indian Films and internationally by Reliance through BIG Pictures. The film is a remake of the 2005 Tamil-language film of the same name also from A. R. Murugadoss starring Suriya, whose place is taken by Aamir Khan in the film.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Despite being plagiarised from Memento, the film is very faithful to the original 2005 film.
 * 2) Great acting, especially from Aamir Khan, who manages to pass off a performance which was considered to be superior than Suriya in the original film.
 * 3) * Speaking of the original film, Asin Thottumkal's performance was also good for her debut in Hindi cinema, as she also played her Tamil counterpart.
 * 4) Decent soundtrack by A.R. Rahman, such as the score and the songs "Guzaarish", "Aye Bacchu", "Behka", "Kaise Mujhe" and "Latoo".
 * 5) * The remixed versions of "Guzaarish" and "Behka" are also good alongside the instrumental version of "Kaise Mujhe".
 * 6) The tone is pretty good as it balances comedy, action and thriller perfectly.

Trivia

 * Like the original 2005 film, the film was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento, which is based on the short story Memento Mori.
 * Some scenes are copied from various films.
 * The scene where Kalpana helps a blind man is inspired by a scene from Amélie where the titular protagonist helps an old man.
 * The intro sequence taking place supposedly in a human brain is inspired by a similar scene from Fight Club.
 * Some of the humorous moments are taken from Happy Go Lovely.
 * It was the first film to reach ₹100 crore ($2 million) domestically, thus forming the ₹100 crore club, where films gross over that amount.
 * It was the highest grossing Indian film at the time, before 3 Idiots surpassed it, before Chennai Express surpassed it, and finally, it was dethroned again by Dangal, another film starring Aamir Khan.