A Letter to Aamir Khan

The trauma of Ghajini was too big to take. I though about talking about my disappointment to the man himself. The following letter was was written at his blog http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog

Dear Aamir

I am a fan of your and I have enjoyed a lot of movies of your including Andaz Apna Apna, DCH, Sarfarosh, Rangeela to name a few.

Like most of the people I had high expectations of Ghajini. However if I say I am disappointed then it would be an understatement. The Choice of the subject and the way the movie has been made has left me heart broken.

There were flaws in the script technically and I was not convinced by the film where Sanjay on the one hand was shown to have short term memory loss within 15 mins and at the same time he would go for revenge. Think of this in this way.... can life of real Aamir Khan be expressed in 15 mins. He not only had to get angry but also to act in those 15 mins. So the basic plot itself didn’t convince me. Every thing else was too loud for a sensible person. Colors which couldn’t be identified with character of Sanjay were used in songs. So called Artistic Liberty was so extensively used by the director that the already unconvincing plot seemed all the more unreal. The lead actress was supposed to be a so called aspiring model. She looked anything but that. Not that she didn’t look cute but that was not required. If Jia and Asim could have easily swapped their roles. The lead negative role character was also not very convincing.

All in all I am deeply disappointed by the film. The fact that it could be one of the biggest bollywood hits troubles me. We, the people, should not be giving such signals to you. We should punish the wrong. Unfortunately to me democracy is not working for India where in we as a country are not using our brains.

We choose Mayawati as a CM of UP and we give Ghajini the best ever opening.... I am disappointed with the choices this country makes !!!!

Regards
Vikas Gupta