‘Ghajini’ better than ‘Memento’ ?!!!

Actor Aamir Khan has his own blog, and it really is an interesting read, as one gets an insider’s perspective of things. But one thing that really bothered me was his take on Memento.

“I got to know how the story came about. Murgadoss (Director of ‘Ghajini’) had heard about a film called MOMENTO and the concept had really fasinated 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 MOMENTO, found it very different from what he had written, and went ahead and made GHAJINI. I had not seen MOMENTO myself untill then and was very curious to see it. On seeing it I thanked my stars that he had not seen MOMENTO before having written his script. I preffered GHAJINI any day. Momento I just couldn’t understand. For those of you who have asked me why I don’t have any problems doing a remake of a Hollywood film…, its NOT a remake. Watch both films and see for yourself. In my opinion this is a GENUIN case of ‘inspired from’, and nothing beyond that.”

Now, two things irk me. First of all, even a cursory look at the plot outline of Memento, is enough to convince anyone that Ghajini’s storyline is a shameless rip off of Memento. Secondly and more importantly, calling Ghajini better than Memento is sacrilegious! It’s like saying Sarkar is a much better movie than God Father or claiming Kaante to be better than it’a English original, Reservoir Dogs. Shudder!!!

But all the same, i’d really like to continue reading his post, if only to know more about what goes into making films!