Ghajini (2008 film)

Ghajini
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Directed by	A. R. Murugadoss
Produced by	Allu Aravind Tagore Madhu Madhu Mantena
Written by	Piyush Mishra dialogue)
Story by	A. R. Murugadoss
Starring	Aamir Khan Asin
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	Geetha Arts
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment Showman Pictures
Release date	25 December 2008 (2008-12-25)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹450 million
Box office	₹1.90 billion

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Ghajini is a 2008 Indian film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Allu Aravind, Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. It is a remake of Murugadoss's own 2005 Tamil film of the same name starring Aamir Khan in the lead role along with Asin and it became the highest-grossing movie of that year and the first Hindi film to cross the ₹100 crore mark. It stars Aamir Khan, Asin and Jiah Khan in lead roles while Tinnu Anand, Pradeep Rawat and Riyaz Khan essay supporting roles. The film's main plot was adapted from Christopher Nolan's Memento. and the comedy plot was inspired by the 1951 British movie Happy Go Lovely.

The film explores the life of a rich businessman who develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest, a model named Kalpana, was killed. He tries to avenge the killing with the aid of photographs from a Polaroid Instant camera and permanent tattoos on his body. Aamir Khan's character was featured in a 3D video game titled Ghajini – The Game, which is based on the movie. On release it became the highest-grossing movie of all time until it was beaten by another movie, 3 Idiots (also starring Khan) the following year. Ghajini's paid preview collections were ₹27 million (US$400,000)..