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I think Kajri is only a working title . They might have a new name later.Quote:
Originally Posted by SVN
sari ramakrishna sir,konjam unachi vasappatuten :) enna kodumada ithu!!! :lol:
to all rahmaniacs!!..aamir about ghajini in his blog
http://www.lagaandvd.com/blog.php
Guess where I am as I write this? I'm sitting in A.R.'s studio in Chennai!!! We are here to work on the songs of Hindi remake of GHAJINI. Rehman is sitting to my right leaning against his piano, Prasoon Joshi, who is writing the lyrics, is to my left, and in front of me is Murgadoss, the director. Quite appropriate that I should be doing my post on GHAJINI today. Usually I wouldn't be here but Murgadoss wants me around as he is relying on me to guide him about the Urdu lyrics. So I'm here more as a translator. When I was offered GHAJINI I didn't take it very seriously as I'm not usually keen on remakes. But when I saw the film I really loved it. I did not like the last 30 mts of the film but despite that the film had worked for me. I was not sure that I shoiuld do it as I had a problem with the end of the film, also I was not sure that it was my kind of film. The person who persuaded me to go for it was Surya, the hero in the original. I had called him to congratulate him on his performance. While discussing the film I expressed my doubts, I felt that maybe I was not the right actor for the film. He just brushed aside my doubts and insisted that I was the right person for the Hindi remake. But what sealed it for me was my meeting with the director. He is a really spirited young director and I was very impressed meeting him. He has a really nice vibe around him and a very sharp instinct towards his work. Importantly, when I expressed my reservations regarding the end of the film he did not hesitate in seconding that he too was not very happy with that portion, and that in the remake thats the portion that he felt we needed to rework. Having made sure that we were on the same page and feeling a great amount of comfort in Murgadoss I went ahead with my decision. In this meeting I got to know how the story came about. Murgadoss had heard about a film called MOMENTO and the concept had really fasinated 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 MOMENTO, found it very different from what he had written, and went ahead and made GHAJINI. I had not seen MOMENTO myself untill then and was very curious to see it. On seeing it I thanked my stars that he had not seen MOMENTO before having written his script. I preffered GHAJINI any day. Momento I just couldn't understand. For those of you who have asked me why I don't have any problems doing a remake of a Hollywood film..., its NOT a remake. Watch both films and see for yourself. In my opinion this is a GENUIN case of 'inspired from', and nothing beyond that. Murgadoss has written a completely different and original screenplay and he should get the due credit for his work. Its being produced by Allu Arvind, Directed by Murgadoss, Music A.R. Rahman, lyrics Prasoon Joshi, cinematography Ravi K Chandran, sound Rassul. The two female roles are being played by Asin and Jhia Khan. I thought Asin was stunning in the original so she was the natural choice for that role. For the other role a number of actresses were auditioned, the director found Jhia the best suited and so she has been finalised. I have not seen Jhia's earlier film but I did see her test and I agreed with the assesment of the director. We have begun shooting for the film and should complete the shoot by the end of the year. So I would guess it should be a 2008 May or June release. On the script level while we have stuck to the Tamil original for the most part we have made changes to the villian track, and have changed the last 30 odd mts of the film including the climax. I was telling Rahman about this blog and told him about the various posts you guys had made criticising his work.... relax just kidding, told him you'll love him, got a big grin out of him, he sends his regards. Couple of questions I have for those of you who have seen the Tamil version. What should we call the film in Hindi? Any ideas? And who is the right cast for the role of the villian? Those of you haven't seen the original please wait and see the Hindi version. Met someone I am a huge fan of on my flight here... Rajnigaru! He is so cool, I just love him. He is the guy who really rocks.
Bye for now. Love.
A scoop from Aamir Khan's blog
Its Memento not Momento!!!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Hello, hello, hello. Took a few days to recover from my sessions with A.R. He works through the night so I'm still jet lagging. By the way the work went really well and I'm really liking how the songs are turning out.
As you can see the paragraph problem has been solved, so no more going squint eyed.
Thanks a ton for the imputs on casting and title, some of them are really interesting and I've passed them on to the director.
Hey those of you who have not seen the Tamil version please don't feel obliged to see it. I'd rather you'll wait for the Hindi version. At this rate there wont be anyone left to see what we make in Hindi.
Guys, Mira, its MEMENTO not MOMENTO!!! Relax just kidding, I know I need to do a spell check but I'm really lazy and at 3am I'm not at my best. Ok while on Memento let me also clarify that I said that - 'I did not like Memento', which is very different from saying that - 'Memento is not a good film'. I sincerely believe that film making/viewing is extremely subjective, and that each person has his/her own opinion. And each person is entitled to his/her own opinion. So I usually take care to say that a particular film did not work for me, as opposed to its not a good film. Who am I to pass judgement on a film all I can say is that I did not like it. Others may like it and I respect that. Why Memento did not work for me is that it left me confused. By the end of the film I had no idea who had killed the hero's wife? Had she been killed at all? Had he killed his own wife? Did he finally get the guy who killed his wife? Was he still searching? Did he have a wife at all? So while, in theory, I can appreciate the attempt of writing a screenplay which travels backwards in time, at some point I need to know what actually happened in the film. And personally I feel that I should get the film without the need to read what the web says about it, or articles in magazines which explain the film. So for people who got the film... power to you! I'm sincerely glad that you enjoyed it. But I have to admit that I failed to understand what was going on, so I didn't enjoy it. And once again, having seen both films I sincerely believe that Murgadoss has written a completely different script and screenplay. Thats my personal opinioln. I can see that some of you dont agree with me, but thats fine, lets agree to disagree.
Quite a few of you have asked me how I select my films, so thats what my next post is going to be about. Till then.
http://www.lagaandvd.com/blog.php?topicid=34
A must read for all ARR-Aamir fans..
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/saarat...rAmirInterview
ajay,this week vikatan magazine-la cover story-ya vantha article-thane ithu???Quote:
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