Ghajini is an event: Aamir Khan

Ghajini is an event: Aamir Khan

(NSI News Source Info) December 16, 2008: Actor Aamir Khan, whose hairstyle in the film Ghajini has been imitated by the ushers and employees of various multiplexes as part of a special promotional activity, said that the movie is an event in itself.

The bald look: Aamir Khan's Ghajini is the next big release this year, and the actor is leaving no stone unturned for its promotion

Aamir said: "It normally doesn't happen that the entire chain of theatres accept the look of a character in a film. It doesn't happen with every film."

Release Date; December 25, 2008....Ghajini is about Prashanth Pawar (Aamir Khan), a rich businessman who owns a cellular phone company named Air Voice and the events surrounding his relationship with Kalpana (Asin Thottumkal)
"Theatres are looking at Ghajini as an event and it has become an event in itself," Aamir said while speaking to reporters."

I am extremely happy with the idea and the enthusiasm shown by volunteers in accepting the look," he added. Aamir said the hairstyle of the character in the film was the same as that of south Indian star Surya. He said: "We have kept the same hairstyle as Surya, who played the lead role in the Tamil version of Ghajini.

"Aamir denied that the promotion activity of his film was to challenge Shah Rukh's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. "Our marketing team had come up with the idea long back and it has nothing to do with Shah Rukh's film," he said.

On being asked about what he thought about Shah Rukh's latest release Rab Ne..., Aamir said: "I have not seen it yet, as I have no time."

Aamir felt that his leading lady in Ghajini Asin would take everyone by surprise. "Asin is the surprise package (of the film) and I think the whole country will be floored by her talent," the actor said.

Giving Ghajini competition when it releases Dec 25 will be the animation film Jumbo for which actor Akshay Kumar has lent his voice. Aamir, however, feels that there is no competition between the two films. "Jumbo is an animation film and I think there is no clash with it," the actor said.

Preview: Ghajini is about Prashanth Pawar (Amir Khan), a rich businessman who owns a cellular phone company named Air Voice and the events surrounding his relationship with Kalpana (Asin Thottumkal).

Kalpana, an advertisement model goes around telling her advertisement crew that she is the love interest of Prashanth. Kalpana does this in spite of having never met him and also goes to the extent of giving an interview about her relationship to a popular magazine.

Prashanth happens to hear about this through the media and wants to settle scores with her. On his way, he catches a fleeting glimpse of a young woman (who happens to be Kalpana) helping handicapped children to cross a street.

It is love at first sight for Prashanth. He moves on to confront Kalpana at her advertisement studio. He is pleasantly surprised to realise that she is the same helpful woman he saw a while ago. He chooses to hide the fact from her that he is Prasad, calling himself as Manohar.

Kalpana eventually falls in love with him.Once, while on a train to Mumbai, Kalpana saves a group of young girls from abuse by a group of goons led by Lakshman (Pradeep Rawat).

After a few days, the same goons come to Kalpana's house in order to avenge their embarrassment. Incidentally, Prashanth arrives at the scene and fights off the goons, but during the ensuing fight, Kalpana is murdered.

The irony showcased is that Kalpana never finds out that he is Prashanth. Lakshman then strikes Prashanth on his head severely with a metal rod. Though he survives the blow, but suffers from a short-term amnesia.

At any given time, he does not remember anything that happened more than 15 minutes back, although he frequently has flashbacks of Kalpana's murder. He determines to take revenge on those responsible for Kalpana's death. The rest is how Prasad, along with a medical college student Chitra (Jiah Khan), goes about finding Lakshman and the goons.