For the whole year, since Taare Zameen Par was released, was clearly announced that next movie of Aamir Khan will be Ghajini, (Tamil version made in 2005, wish had seen this one too) and Memento, which Aamir Khan on his blog mentioned that do not compare Ghajini to Memento.

Anyway, coming back to the movie...it might as well qualify for a complete masala movie with action, revenge, drama, romance and very other element that a masala movie qualifies.

Aamir having quirky lines, Aamir having a combination of a look from Fanaa as well as the Dil Chahta Hai. More than Asin or Jiah Khan's belly button flashing - you had Aamir Khan's flat stomach (not exactly 6 to 8 abs) being flashed more in all types of camera angles. I believe one song was particularly made for the flashing Aamir Khan’s belly button.

Aye Bachchoo one of the songs in the movie where you have Asin being introduced in stylishly dressed in a Manish Malohtra attire had the sequences of Michael Jackson videos - just to name a few, "In the closet"; "All I want to say is that, they don’t really care about us"; that face changing in "black or White". Honestly either I have been exposed to many entertainment options and have been observing to intently to realize that you are being inspired. In another song - Bahkha, you have six Aamir Khan's wooing Asin. As if one was not good enough, then of course Johnny Depp did the same thing in...

the last of the trilogy of Pirates of the Caribbean - At World’s End.

Just to highlight the story, without any spoilers in it,

Sanjay Singhania played by Aamir Khan, is a rich businessman who owns a cellular phone company named Air Voice. Kalpana played by Asin Thottumkal, an advertisement model goes around telling her advertisement crew that she is the love interest of Sanjay, in spite of her having never met him and also goes to the extent of giving an sheer conincidence an interview with a very local newspaper called Mayapuri about her relationship Sanjay.

Sanjay happens to hear about this through the media and wants to settle scores with her.(Here, i love the part when they are trying to sell the sensational news item on a television commercial, also highlighting that if you buy the latest Mayapuri for the gossip, you will also get two packets of pav bhaji masala.)

Jiah Khan comes quiet later in the story but upfront in the movie. First it was Amitabh Bachchan and now it is Aamir Khan, will she be lucky enough to be part any other Shahrukh Khan movie... let’s see?

Once the love angle is happening, Kalpana saves a group of girls who being part of a flesh trade racket, for which the goons are after her...in between somewhere, Sanjay out his memory and can with hold it for memories for 15 minutes and then you have a new Aamir Khan or Sanjay in case of Ghajini, again. Gold fish could porbably be...

better at it, that reminds me, let's me try and list some top of mind amnesia based movies -

* Finding Nemo (hilarious, can keep watching everyday, Dory was cute),
* 50 First Dates (Romantic Comedy, once it ok, Adam Sandler was good, so was Drew Barrymore),
* then you have the Bourne series - Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum (action oriented, all of them worth once, Supremacy also features Goa),
* Memento (Aamir said don’t compare),
* Ghajini (what can i say, please continue reading...)

My other problem in the movie is that the songs at a drop of a hat, which were completely unwanted, unrequired, unstorylike. If you have already seen Taare Zameen Par, the songs were to completely make your heart bleed and reach out and connect with the character. Damn, another comparison.

I probably was unable to fathom was that was the director trying to make an action? thriller? romantic? animated? Oh yes, he has really used the animation (not cartoon types) also in the movie, it did leave the monotony of the storyline, like the starting credits was just decent, but then it got boring. Another animation where you have a private jet flying over dark clouds, which I just cannot remember the movie. Then you have unnecessary and over doing use of jerky camera moments. Dripping of water sound was constantly being used throughout the movie detonating probably nothing. The movie scenes had really dramatic long pauses between Aamir Khan and Asin, where i was trying to peep into my neighbors Nokia...

camera phone to know what time it was?

Throughout the movie they only use Apple laptops and one desktop. Aamir Khan does flash his watch once, but could not understand which brand, hoping it was Titan. I thought would get a glimpse of Samsung Omnia, but disappointed, yet, but did see the Apple iPhone for sure. Real Estate prices might just go up in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, because you had all the leading characters at least saying the complex twice in the movie. Specially, when i was watching the movie at Huma Adlabs, it was 10 minutes away (not counting the traffic outside IIT). Then you had the billboards all across Mumbai flashing with various advertisements, which i think the director wanted to blur them out. There was a Frankfinn Air Hostess Academy being flashed on a BEST bus number 392, which was coincidental. Montex pens also flashed during a fight sequence.

The villain was not at all menacing enough and took the protagonist and his illness too much for granted, which was completely uncalled for. He reminded me of Goga Kapoor. Coming to the action sequences, it was more dramatic, than action. Plus the movie should not have extended to 180 minutes could have been finished in around two and half hours.

I am so glad i didn’t get the Ghajini haircut done, at first it was like it is the only other movie releasing of Aamir Khan, so should get the hair cut done, then i saw a group of street...

children begging at a signal with having the same hair cut. Thumbs Down to the idea of the hair cut. Then , i saw how Aamir Khan was promoting the movie, by giving the hair cut to one and all, then i go for it again, then i had to watch the movie, for sure it i love my hair, so no Ghajini hair cut.

The good part of the movie watching experience was that i could hear hooting and clapping when movie started, Aamir Khan makes an entry in a multiplex.

My rating to the movie is one and half stars!! Since i was hoping for much more and there was much more desired in the movie and much more desired in Aamir Khan, especially with better movies than this.