Ghajini is the Hindi adaptation of the critically acclaimed film Memento by Christopher Nolan, with the common theme of the protagonist suffering from anterograde amnesia or short term memory loss and seeking revenge for his wife's murder. Ghajini will feature Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal and Jiah Khan in lead roles and will be directed by A. R. Murugadoss, who also directed the Tamil version of the film in 2005.
A. R. Rahman will be scoring the music for the film whilst Ravi K. Chandran and Anthony handle cinematography and editing of the film respectively. The film began shooting in May 2007, with songs having been shot in the Deadpan Desert of Namibia and in Cape Town, South Africa. The movie is notable for Aamir Khan having shaven his head bald. A 3d game is reportedly being produced, the release of which will coincide with the audio release. The film is regarded as the most awaited Bollywood celeb movie of 2008. Ghajini has reportedly already made Rs 93 crore.
According to reports, the Indian Film Company has bagged the domestic distribution rights for Ghajini of an estimated Rs 53 crore. While its home video rights, overseas rights and satellite rights have been sold for another Rs 40 crore which brings to the grand total to Rs 93 crore.
Songs:
Behka (Karthik Sgr)
Aye Bachchu (Suzanne)
Guzarish (Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam)
Kaise Mujhe (Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghosal)
Kaise Mujhe -instrumental
Latoo (Shreya Ghosal)