Ghajini (pronounced [gadʐini]) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Salem Chandrasekharan. The film stars Suriya, Asin, Nayanthara and Pradeep Rawat. Harris Jayaraj composed the soundtrack and background music, while R. D. Rajasekhar and Anthony were the film's cinematographer and editor, respectively. In the film, a once eminent businessman develops anterograde amnesia due to a head injury he sustains while attempting to save his fiancee Kalpana from getting murdered by a gangster. After that, he sets out to avenge her murder with the aid of photographs from an instant camera and permanent tattoos on his body.
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| Directed by | A. R. Murugadoss |
| Written by | A. R. Murugadoss |
| Produced by | Salem Chandrasekharan |
| Starring | Suriya Asin Nayanthara Pradeep Rawat |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | Anthony |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
Production company | Sri Saravanaa Creations |
| Distributed by | Sri Saravanaa Creations Overseas Khafa Exports |
Release date |
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Running time | 175 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹7 crore[2] |
| Box office | ₹50 crore[3] |
The film's production began shortly afterwards in April and was completed by September on the same year. The film was shot at Chennai, while two song sequences were filmed in Switzerland. It was dubbed and released in Telugu by Allu Aravind in November 2005, and received positive reviews with praise for the performances of the lead pair and the plot. It was remade into a Hindi film by Murugadoss again in 2008, with Asin and Rawat reprising their roles, with the former debuting in Bollywood, and Aamir Khan in lead. The film's story takes inspiration from the Christopher Nolan film Memento (2000) and the 1951 film Happy Go Lovely.[4][5]
Plot
editChitra is a medical student, who along with her friends are working on a project about the human brain. Chitra wants to investigate the curious case of Sanjay Ramaswamy, a notable Chennai-based businessman who is reported to have anterograde amnesia. Her professor denies access to Sanjay's records as it is under criminal investigation. Overcome with curiosity, Chitra proceeds to investigate the matter herself in secret.
Sanjay loses his memory every 15 minutes and uses a system of photographs, notes, and tattoos to recover his memory after each cycle. It is revealed that Sanjay is ultimately out to avenge the death of his lover Kalpana and that he is systematically killing the people responsible. Sanjay's main target is Lakshman, the head of a Kolkata-based human trafficking network and a notable socialite in Chennai. Inspector Ravi is on the case of the serial murders, who tracks Sanjay at his flat and knocks him unconscious. Ravi finds two diaries titled 2002 and 2003 where Sanjay has chronicled the events of his life.
In 2002, Sanjay Ramaswamy is the owner of the AirVoice mobile telephone company, who meets Kalpana, a struggling model, and secretly develops romantic feelings for her while introducing himself as "Manohar". Eventually, both of them spend time together and gradually develop a liking for each other. The diary ends with Sanjay proposing to Kalpana and promising himself that he will reveal himself as Sanjay Ramaswamy if she accepts.
Before Ravi can read the 2003 diary, Sanjay regains consciousness and ties him up. He tracks down Lakshman to a college function where Lakshman is the guest of honor. Sanjay takes pictures of Lakshman and decides to kill him. However, Sanjay mistakenly attacks and kills one of Lakshman's goons in the parking lot. Lakshman is perplexed and fails to recollect the incident. He decides to find and kill his enemies one by one, but Sanjay is not among them. In the meantime, Chitra visits Sanjay's flat and finds Ravi, beaten and bound. Chitra finds the two diaries and frees Ravi. Sanjay arrives suddenly; he remembers neither of them and chases them out. Ravi is eventually hit and killed by a bus, while Chitra barely escapes, going into a phone booth.
Believing Lakshman is in danger, Chitra informs him that Sanjay is after him. Sanjay discovers that Chitra had warned Lakshman and goes to her dormitory to kill her, where Chitra calls the police and Sanjay is arrested but later freed. Lakshman discovers about Sanjay through a police inquiry and arrives at Sanjay's flat, destroying all the photographs, and notes, and scratching off Sanjay's tattoos. Chitra reads the 2003 diary, which states that Kalpana accepted the proposal, but on the condition that she marry only after she completes her past commitment. The diary ends abruptly as Sanjay left for a business trip. Chitra investigates further and discovers that Kalpana was traveling to Mumbai for a modeling assignment by train when she rescued 25 innocent young Tamil girls being trafficked to Mumbai and Kolkata.
Lakshman, who is the ringleader of the racket, killed two girls who recognized him and goes in search of Kalpana. His goons broke into her apartment and tried to kill her, only to be overpowered and fought off by Sanjay, but Lakshman attacks Sanjay and kills Kalpana in the same way. Now aware of the truth, Chitra finds Sanjay in the hospital and tells him the truth. Sanjay tells her to lead him to Lakshman. Lakshman's twin brother Ram arrives from Kolkata to help him pursue Sanjay. Arriving at Lakshman's lair in downtown Chennai, Sanjay confronts all of Lakshman's henchmen and manages to disable them. Sanjay fights Lakshman and Ram, overpowering and killing the brothers. With his vengeance fulfilled, Sanjay drives Chitra back to her dormitory, where he stops at a crossing to let young children cross the road. A young girl smiles at him and he returns the smile.
Cast
editAs per the film's opening credits:[6]
- Suriya as Sanjay Ramaswamy / Manohar
- Asin as Kalpana
- Nayanthara as Chitra
- Pradeep Rawat as Ram and Lakshman
- Ravi Mariya as Vetrivel
- Manobala as Kalpana's advertising firm owner
- Bose Venkat as Narayanan
- Riyaz Khan as Ravi[a]
- Singampuli as Poonai
- Sathyan as Sanjay Ramaswamy's impersonator
- Raneeshkumar as Sanjay's coworker
- Uncredited
- Ramanathan as Professor D. Ravindran[8]
- Karate Raja as Lakshman's henchman[9]
- Raviraj as Sanjay's auditor[10]
- Pondy Ravi as Bus conductor[11]
Production
edit"I found the basic story — the part about the memory loss — very interesting. It was something not dealt with in Tamil before. I thought even a layman could understand the medical problem. The screenplay was very exciting too".
— Suriya spoke about Ghajini in an interview to Rediff in 2009.[12]
In 2004, AR Murugadoss began work on a film titled Mirattal, with Ajith Kumar and Asin starring, NIC Arts producing and Shankar Raja as the music composer. However the project fell through and negotiations with Madhavan also collapsed.[13][14] In November 2004, it was announced that the project was revived by Salem Chandrasekhar and that Suriya would portray the lead role.[13][15] Suriya subsequently had to tonsure his head for the film before production,[16] with Asin retaining her role while Shriya Saran was selected to play another roles in the film.[17] Murugadoss said that he had narrated the script to 12 actors but none of them agreed, Suriya was the 13th actor.[18] The name of Asin's character Kalpana was inspired by the late Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.[19] Saran was later replaced by Nayanthara.[20] For the character of the rich tycoon, Suriya closely observed the garment exporter, Tagore Bakshani.[21]
The film was launched on 11 February 2005 at AVM Studios in Chennai with the cast of the project in attendance.[22] In early April 2005, two songs for the film were shot in Switzerland with costumes brought in from Paris for the shooting.[23] Shooting continued and the film finished production in July 2005.[24]
Themes and influences
editGhajini was inspired by the American film Memento,[25] which itself was adapted from the short story Memento Mori. In response to allegations of plagiarism, Aamir Khan noted "Murgadoss had heard about a film called Memento and the concept had really fascinated him. Without having seen the film he went ahead and wrote his own version of the script and screenplay. Having finished his script, he then saw Memento, found it very different from what he had written, and went ahead and made Ghajini."[26] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu stated that: "Those who have watched Memento, will not miss the similarities between the English flick and Ghajini. Yet Murugadas's ingenuity lies in adapting the inspiration to suit the taste of the audience".[27] Murugadoss stated, "I had written half the story of Ghajini when I saw Memento. I liked the character in the film who remembers things for just 15 minutes. So, I used just that character."[28]
After the release of the Hindi remake, Christopher Nolan was reported to be upset when he found out that Murugadoss had borrowed elements from Memento without giving him due credit.[29][30] However, later he spoke fondly of the success of the film. He said, "I have heard it was very successful, I heard people liked it. So I will watch it at some point. I was aware of it, and I am very honoured".[5]
Several comical scenes in the film are similar to Happy Go Lovely (1951). The film's title is a reference to Mahmud of Ghazni, the tenth-century Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire whose name is pronounced "Ghajini" in Tamil.[31]
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack features five songs composed by Harris Jayaraj.[32] Regarding the song "Suttum Vizhi", Harris said that when Murugadoss narrated him the situation in which the hero is full of admiration for the heroine's attitude and compassion and he dreams of her. Initially, he thought of a peppy song but after hours of discussion, he decided on a melodious tune.[33]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oru Maalai" | Thamarai | Karthik | 5:55 |
| 2. | "Suttum Vizhi" | Na. Muthukumar | Sriram Parthasarathy, Bombay Jayashree | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Rahathulla" | Thamarai | Annupamaa | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Rangola Ola" | Kabilan | Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha, Ranjith | 4:27 |
| 5. | "X Machi" | Vaali | Mathangi, Nakul | 4:13 |
| Total length: | 24:45 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oka Maaru Kalisina" | Veturi | Karthik | 5:53 |
| 2. | "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" | Vennelakanti | Harish Raghavendra, Bombay Jayashri | 5:16 |
| 3. | "Rahathulla" | Bhuvana Chandra | Annupamaa | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Rangola Ola" | Veturi | Tippu, Sujatha | 4:22 |
| 5. | "X Pichi Y Pichi" | Chandrabose | Mathangi, Nakul | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 24:29 | |||
Release
editGhajini was censored with a U/A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification, with few minor cuts.[36]
Reception
editBox office
editThe film and its dubbed Telugu release opened to high critical acclaim. Ghajini was a commercial success[37] and became among the highest grossing Tamil films of that year.[38][39] Ghajini, together with Chandramukhi and Anniyan, earned more than three times their combined cost of production.[38]
The Telugu dubbed version, which was released on 4 November 2005,[40] was also successful[41] and did better business than many straight Telugu films.[42][43] The film's success earned Suriya a fan following in Andhra Pradesh. It also prompted producers in the Telugu film industry, to acquire the dubbing rights to Suriya's Tamil films and release them in Telugu.[44]
Critical response
editSify wrote: "Full marks to the director and Surya for coming out with one of the best edge-of-the-seat racy thriller seen in recent times.[45] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote that "Ghajini is recommended for those who seek extra strong, stylish, over-the-top entertainment" and also wrote that "it is an action film with plenty of intense, dark and suspenseful filled moments".[27] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised the performances of Suriya and Asin, Rajasekhar's cinematography, Jayaraj's music and Murugadoss's direction.[46]
Accolades
editRemakes
editAamir Khan who saw the original film decided to remake the film in Hindi. Murugadoss again directed the Hindi version.[50] Asin reprised her character and the film marked her debut in Bollywood.[19] The climax in Hindi version was altered, with Murugadoss revealing that Khan rewrote the climax portions.[51] The remake version was released in 2008 to positive reviews and became a successful film at the box office. In 2006, Munirathna announced that he would remake the film in Kannada with Upendra and Ramya.[52] However the remake failed to materialise; instead the Telugu film Manmadhudu (2002) was remade in Kannada as Aishwarya (2006) and a few scenes were borrowed from Ghajini.[53]
Legacy
editThe film's success established Suriya as an action hero and Asin as a top actress. Asin described Kalpana in Ghajini as "a life-time role" for her.[54] Nayanthara, who appeared in a supporting character, later said that appearing in Ghajini was a big mistake and the "worst decision" she ever took.[55]
In a comedy scene from Kovai Brothers (2006), Ganesh (Sathyaraj) parodies Suriya's looks from Ghajini to impress Namitha.[56][57] In Pokkiri (2007), Body Soda (Vadivelu) imagines himself dancing for the song "Suttum Vizhi" with Sruthi (Asin).[58] In Thamizh Padam (2010), Shiva (Shiva) remembers that he has to kill gangster Swarna when he looks at a Polaroid photo of her.[59] In the Telugu film Dubai Seenu (2007), Seenu (Ravi Teja) plays a prank on Inspector Babji (Sayaji Shinde) by calling every women and singing "Oka Maaru" (Oru Maalai) and also getting him beaten up.[60] In Nuvva Nena (2007), Aaku Bhai (Brahmanandam) imagines himself dancing for the song "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" (Suttum Vizhi) with Nandini (Shriya Saran).[61] Siva Reddy's character in Kousalya Supraja Rama (2008) is called "Ara Ghajini" (transl. Half Ghajini) and loses his memory every half an hour.[62] In A Aa E Ee (2009), amnesia patient Rajini (Ali) runs into a nurse and the song "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" (Suttum Vizhi) plays in the background.[63] In the 2014 Kannada film Kwatle Satisha, a remake of Tamil film Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), the first look poster featured the film's actor Sathish Ninasam in the look inspired from Ghajini.[64] The 2018 film Ghajinikanth was named as a blend of the words "Ghajini" and "Rajinikanth",[65] and was titled so because of the forgetful nature of Rajinikanth's character in Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988) and Suriya's character in Ghajini.[66]
Notes
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