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No script, no editing, no acting. Only one superstar actor capturing most of the screen time.

This movie shows everything wrong with Bollywood movies today.

No script - check.

No character development - check.

Superstar - check.

Superstar having major screen time with other actors/characters for only supporting this person - check, Character behaving abruptly just to take movie ahead - check.

Good looking female lead only for skin show and supporting dance moved of superstar - check.

Another very well female actor for item song - check.

Use of VFX to make the image of superstar larger than what it is -check.

I can go on and on.

The worst for me is the role and character of Jackie Shroff. Seems like they had someone else in mind and then offer it to Jackie Shroff. It doesn't suit Jackie Dada at all. What people does on the name of Comedy these days.

And did Salman watch his shirtless scene? I doubt, if he had, he himself would have said to remove it. It clearly seems fake and doesn't server any purpose.

The only good point is Randeep Huda along with few side actors. They have made this film barely watchable. A bit of pat on back for action master. Action is bearable and much better than that fake action stunts using ropes and strings.

Overall its only for Salman's fans. And I doubt even they can watch it till end.

This is an average Bollywood movie and from the beginning to the end go as audience will expect. The movie has good suspense which makes us watch it till the end, but fails to make an impression which will last longer. The movie is good to watch on TV for free for more than once. But if you pay for this it may not be a good experience. The good thing about the movie is the main storyline, which is new to the bollywood and has the potential to make the drama interesting till end. Ray (Neil Mukesh) got his hands on a camera, which can forecast future. He uses the camera to earn money. Troubles started when he becomes greedy. Eventually bad guys find out about the camera and wants to gain it at any cost. It is the duty of Ray now to keep the camera away from bad guys, and also saving his and his girlfriend Simi's (Bipasha Basu) life. Though the narration and the speed is good somehow the movie doesn't make a strong impact. At the end the moral of the story is don't be greedy. Screenplay, scripts, direction and actings should have been better. Some characters (lady agent played by Sophiya) are totally wasted and some scenes (Malaysian thieves capturing the couple) are totally useless. Also the car chase and the over all action fails to impress. These and some other facts helps killing the spirit of the movie. At the end everything is goodi goodi and everyone is happy. Not many songs in the movie, but still the music makes a good impact. Also some small concepts like blank photo were used nicely. Not much romance drama and not having any unnecessary parallel story line are some more good points. Over and all not a bad movie to watch if to be watched for free. One may even buy the video song CD containing the "Gazab dhayo" song.

I have seen Memento. I have not seen the Tamil and Telugu versions of this movie.

Short term memory loss. In the movie Memento the concept was used intelligently. The audience can feel the difficulties of the person going through this disability. Memento is like solving a puzzle. While watching it we have to try to make connections between the previous scene and current scene. It is without any doubt a masterpiece in motion movies.

Ghajini, though is mentioned as a story of a man with the this disease is more of a revenge story. The main character mimics to a psychic killer who has lost his love, than a person who is suffering from short term memory. A simple advice is not to go for this movie keeping memento in mind.

The movie is certainly above average than the current bollywood movies. You can watch it till it end. First half is simply beautiful and heart lightning. It puts a simple fun story of a girl (Kalpana played by Asin) who tells everyone that she is girlfriend of a famous business tycoon. The actual fun begins when this business tycoon (Sanjay Singhania played by Amir Khan) itself becomes part of her lies. This love story continues after some time but again in flash back. It is this story which makes us smile and make the movie pretty.

The other half is exactly opposite of this and is extremely violent. Sanjay who is now having short term memory loss, searching for guy named Ghajini to kill him and to revenge the murder of Kalpana. This part is over dramatized. A typical villain, who carries with him half dozens of goons, and a typical Indian (more of south Indian) hero who easily picks up and throws a guy of double his weight. In fact the last action sequence kills the entire mood of the movie. When the audience is hoping some twist to happen, this elongated action scene doesn't stop at all. Also the very end of this scene goes in typical bollywood fashion, and audience make ridiculous faces. It is the end and climax which has gone totally wrong and had killed the movie.

I feel the overall movie is just a revenge story, and short term memory concept is not used very wisely. Only in two scenes audience can feel the pain of the person going through this trauma. Even if the main character would have been normal it would not have made much difference. It is the love story and songs which comes in as flash back makes more impact than the revenge and short term memory concept.

All the actors have done good. Amir as usual at his best (though I will not say award winning performance). His blank expressions has given more edge to his role. Asin, whom I have only seen in songs did the role naturally. She is fresh, good looking and make a hell of good impression. She is very talented without any doubt. Jiah Khan do not have much role. Same goes with her acting and expressions. Instead of her, if the director could have just put her photo with lips moving, it could not have made anything better. The villain has done his part nicely. No -ve points for him. He even succeed in making our blood boil.

Just some points which could have made movie better.

1) Why the movie is named after the villain? Doesn't make much sense at the end.

2) Jiah khans character could have given some more scope and a different actress could have been used. Jiah is too amateur to be actress. (Can certainly be used in item songs though.) 3) More stress could have given on the short term memory loss concept than the action and love story.

4) Some guns could have been used in the last action sequence. Amir doing so much of action with bare hands is not comfortable.

5) The inspector at the beginning - This role could have been used more wisely, or could have been removed at all. As current version, this role just looks like a filler.

6) The very last scene could have been shortened.

7) The scene at the end where Amir gets injured and rise again could have been removed. Some other twist could have been introduced here.

8) The flash back could have been cut into more pieces. That would have made good combination of emotions.

9) Amir is shirt less in songs but not in the end action. Something that should be thought of as a director.

10) Finally let the audience feel the pain of short term memory loss. This is the reason why Memento is a reverse movie. Something like some scene at the beginning making sense at the end. The full journey of the Sanjay for finding Ghajini could have been interesting.

Overall, it is much better movie than the current bollywood movie, with good acting and songs. But please do not watch with Memento in mind.