tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post772554706315239280..comments2023-11-05T02:43:12.011-05:00Comments on Qalandar: GHAJINI (Hindi; 2008)Qalandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-22302895408464214442009-10-20T04:22:12.075-04:002009-10-20T04:22:12.075-04:00Hey Q, it's up on my blog...
http://masterpra...Hey Q, it's up on my blog...<br /><br />http://masterpraz.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/qalandars-review-of-ghajini-hindi-2008/<br /><br />PrazPrazhttp://masterpraz.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-36298832606986885852009-02-15T05:33:00.000-05:002009-02-15T05:33:00.000-05:00I really loved this movie. It was awesome.========...I really loved this movie. It was awesome.<BR/>==========<BR/>shubha<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ahinfosource.com" REL="nofollow">AH infosource</A>shubhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193502634238647173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-88655829986600014592008-12-31T17:45:00.000-05:002008-12-31T17:45:00.000-05:00Nice analysis/review. As you've mentioned, I too a...Nice analysis/review. As you've mentioned, I too appreciated the fact that the screen-time given to the Sanjay-Kalpana couple is essential in making the audience feel that something really precious was lost and it makes the need for revenge more 'wanting'. <BR/><BR/>But what I don't understand is why they chose to explain the symptom of antirograde amnesia (through the conversation between a doctor and Sunita early in the movie) as: Sanjay lost all his memory barring some recollection of what happened during the unfortunate incident in which his fiancee was killed. The fact is that a patient with that symptom RETAINS his memory before the incident.<BR/>.<BR/>This even made Sanjay's WANT for revenge less "rational" because Sanjay doesn't even remember the time spent with Kalpana. He is shown to have some vague recollection of what happened at Kalpana's flat on that night. <BR/>.<BR/>I wrote my thoughts about this movie here (not as analytical and articulate as your article though!): http://vishal12.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/the-second-chance/Vishalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441073894473390089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-14106901989633650162008-12-27T12:58:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:58:00.000-05:00Very insightful review. You hit the nail on the he...Very insightful review. You hit the nail on the head when you said " The length of time the audience spends "with" the lead pair is crucial (it is surely not coincidental that the demise of an older cinematic paradigm has been accompanied by a noticeable shortening of the films, to the point where the vast majority are closer to two than three hours): absent such an investment, it is unlikely Sanjay's loss could resonate to the extent that it does. Equally important is Murugadoss' strategy of splicing the flashback into three segments, and deferring the actual representation of the trauma to the maximum extent feasible. Ghajini, in short, doesn't just present us with a man whose fiancee has been killed; it makes the audience feel that something truly meaningful has been destroyed. For all the old-school clunkiness of Ghajini's technique, that privileging of "showing" over "telling" announces the film as more cinematic than many of its superficially hipper peers." Also your interpretation of the last image of the film is bang on>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-43646948179640597602008-12-24T23:05:00.000-05:002008-12-24T23:05:00.000-05:00Fantastic review here, extreme good writingFantastic review here, extreme good writingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com