AR || Ghajini | A.R.Murugadoss | Aamir Khan ||

I have not seen the Tamil version but the romance was the same old contrived stuff from Tamil films, and it took up too much of the screen time. Its one thing to establish the relationship so we care about the rest of the film, but it took too long and wasn't very good. The opening that established Sanjay's apartment and his daily ritual was good, but the action scenes needed some more suspense and a few more twists. This is just the usual Tamil masala film, but in Hindi.

ARR's BGM was good in the action scenes, but he reused the Guzarish humming way too much for some of the romantic scenes.

B.O. update:- 'Ghajini' has unprecedented start, collects Rs. 10cr. to Rs. 12 cr.
- By Taran Adarsh, December 26, 2008 - 11:41 IST

The keenly-anticipated GHAJINI fetched the biggest start ever, shattering the record held by SINGH IS KINNG and GOLMAAL RETURNS, the two big openers of 2008. The paid previews were packed to capacity on Wednesday night and the film ran to almost 100% response throughout the country on Thursday.

Studio 18, the distributors of the film, were in for a pleasant surprise. Having released two of the biggest openers this year -- SINGH IS KINNG and GOLMAAL RETURNS -- and also one of the biggest openers of 2007 [WELCOME], they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the figures pouring in from all over. Exhibitors across the country were going into raptures, stressing on the cent per cent occupancy on Wednesday night [paid previews] and also Thursday [Christmas].

This writer was in constant touch with several exhibitors, who couldn't hide their excitement. The common feedback is, the crowd was uncontrollable, that the crowd inside and outside their theatres was the same, that the film was packed in advance for the entire weekend.

Talking of numbers, the film collected approx. Rs. 2 cr. + in paid previews [a record], while the Thursday numbers were approx. Rs. 9 cr. According to early indications, the film collected between Rs. 10 cr. to Rs. 12 cr. nett, as per Studio 18. It's a new record, it's creating history

Ghajini, King on top
IndiaGlitz [Friday, December 26, 2008]


Move over Tamil movies, it is now time for Telugu and Hindi films to do bumper collections at the box office in Chennai.

Amidst a slew of releases including Silambarasan's 'Silambattam' and Prakashraj's 'Abhiyunm Naanum', two films from other states 'Ghajini', a Hindi remake of the Tamil film with the same name and 'King' a Telugu film featuring Nagarjuna and Trisha released recently.

Interestingly both movies released in maximum number of theatres in Chennai and have reported phenomenal collections so far. 'Ghajini' especially has won rave reviews and the fact that Aamir Khan is a popular hero even in the South has won the film a grand opening.

Also many a theatres in suburban Chennai are screening both 'Ghajini' and 'King'.

Ghajini with English subtitles for hearing impaired

IANS | Friday, 26 December , 2008, 15:57



BIG Cinemas, the exhibition arm of Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd (RBEL), will screen Ghajini with English sub-titles in select cinema halls here from next Friday for the hearing impaired and for those who don't understand Hindi.

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"We have decided to do this especially for the benefit of the hearing impaired and those who don't understand Hindi. The idea is to ensure that the movie is viewed by maximum number of people," Tushar Dhingra, COO of BIG Cinemas, said in a press statement.

According to Dhingra, BIG cinemas will continue with the sub-titles facility in the company's future releases as well.

The sub-titled digital prints of Ghajini will be screened at BIG cinema's property at Vadala in central Mumbai and at the Metro Big Cinema in South Mumbai.

"Digital cinema technology makes it easy to introduce such innovations," said Patrick Von Sychowski, COO, of RBEL's Adlabs Digital Cinema, which provides the DCI-grade digital cinema services, hard drive and optic fiber connectivity and distribution.

NU Nayak, deputy director of Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Blind, has welcomed the initiative.

Starring Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal, Ghajini hit screens on Thursday.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

Do Hindi films get released in Salem generally :?

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boss... what do u mean...
salem dhaan oru kaalatthula adhiga theatres irukkura idam...
even now... i remember it had around 78 theatres...
now many of them been transformed to shopping complexes and marriage halls...

Theriyaama kettutten :oops:

Yes, GHAJINI is all set to be India’s first 100 crore film
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By Joginder Tuteja

While it’s obvious by now that GHAJINI would break the opening record (currently held by SINGH IS KINNG that made 44 crores at the end of the first week), talks have steered towards a speculation if at the end of it’s run, this Aamir Khan starrer would go on to be country’s first film to net 100 crores. Well to put this speculation to rest, after observing the GHAJINI mania closely for the last 10 days, I can safely presume that we are indeed looking at a 100 crores milestone being comfortably crossed.

If one looks at the figures pouring in, it isn’t rocket science actually to be able to deduce such momentous figure for the film. Wednesday preview shows, Thursday’s limited shows and Friday’s full fledged release (with RAB NE BANA DI JODI and other films in the running vacating some shows after Thursday) have brought in a mind boggling 20 crores already (this number could go up to 22 crores pending confirmation). With better collections over Saturday and Sunday, considering the fact that advance booking has already broken records all over), the 44 crores first week record of SINGH IS KINNG is all set to be broken by GHAJINI in it’s weekend itself.

Even with a 50% fall in collections on the weekdays (which is on the higher side though considering this is a festive season all the way into the New Year and quite a few patrons are already on a vacation mood), 20 crores more are comfortably expected to be added on between Monday to Thursday. Add them all up and first week of GHAJINI could well be heading towards the 65 crores mark. Conservatively speaking, with a fall steeper than 50%, 60 crores first week is given.

With two more open weeks to follow before the release of CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (on 16th January), it is inevitable that GHAJINI would go on to add at least 40 crores more. Though probability is that this number would be achieved in the fortnight to come at least, even in the worst case scenario we are looking at 100 crores milestone being comfortably met before the film’s run comes to an end.

Aamir Khan has done it. And he has done it in a BIG way!

Ghajini is still not released here..Guys any info?

biggest movie of the year so far is Jodha Akbar with ~Rs.138cr collections.........now Ghajini is all set to erase that record..........i think 2008 beats 1999 for ARRahman bcos we didnt see this level of BO success in 1999 :) add JTYJN to this and SDM which is still rocking in UK/US markets :phew: 8-)

Watch Ghajini as Aamir hit the bulls eyeAhad, 28 Disember, 2008 01:36

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