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Aamir blogs to clear the air on his 'inspired' film
Published on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 00:55, Updated on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 01:16 in Entertainment section
Tags: Aamir Khan, Ghajini , Mumbai
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Mumbai: Everyone is curious to know what is Aamir Khan's new film Ghajini all about. Since the star has decided to keep mum on the issue, we decided to dig into Aamir's blog to figure out more.
To begin with the film is a Hindi remake of director Murgadoss's Tamil film Ghajini.
“Now am not sure if the film will be called Ghajini in Hindi. It’s a film that I saw and really liked it. It’s a very well made film. It’s a film that's very moving and exciting at the same time,” says Aamir.
But it's no secret that Ghajini was itself a remake of the successful American film Memento. And that question has now been asked to the oh-so-virtuous actor on the blog that he's been writing lately.
Aamir for his part denies the plagiarism charge on the blog. For those who can't be bothered to visit the blog and participate in the whole exchange, here it is, all simplified for you, much like Murgadoss seems to have simplified Memento into Ghajini.
Question on the blog: Is Ghajini a copy of Memento?
Aamir's reply: Murugadoss 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.
Question on the blog: Well then the idea is copied. Isn't it?
Aamir's reply: In my opinion this is a genuine case of 'inspired from', and nothing beyond that. Murugadoss has written a completely different and original screenplay and he should get the due credit for his work.
Question on the blog: Shouldn't some acknowledgment be made to the fact that Ghajini is inspired from Memento then?
Aamir's reply: I did not like Memento. 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?
Well, it's a pity that Aamir couldn't understand Memento because millions did and enjoyed it immensely.
As for saying Murgadoss didn't watch Memento before he wrote Ghajini, who is Aamir fooling? Or is he also going to say that his cousin and director Mansoor Khan didn't watch Kramer vs Kramer before writing Akele Hum Akele Tum?
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