Hindi Remake of Ghazini

Amir Khan is all set to star in the Hindi remake of the movie Ghazini and the best thing is that A. R. Rahman is doing the music for the movie. So you might hear one of the best music in a remake. The other surprise was the lyricist Prasoon Joshi whose creativity is boundless and definitely the duo will churn out some melodies songs.

Well, Amir adds a lot of value to his movies by his presence as he take deep interest in the script. But still, the thing is that remakes have not been very popular in Hindi. To name a few -

Nayak - Anil Kapoor starred in Nayak and it was not conisdered a hit. However the tamil version was a mega hit.

Jeans - A big budget movie did not ring any bells at hindi box office. The music was a hit but still the movie did not receive good response with the audience.

Perceived value addition - There are many more movies I can count here but the idea is that when you actually remake a movie, the perceived value addition is zero. The script is the same, the music almost the same and just the faces are different and instantly critics and audience starts comparing. I remember that how people told me that how the original "Saathiya" is much much better than the hindi remake and Madhavan has performed better than Vivek. The fact is that you will always find some smart ass audience who will tell you that how the original one is better than the remake. It's mainly because the perceived value addition is zero. Perceived value addition is what people perceive as the relative value addition through things like change in script, music, direction and actor.

Take the case of Saathiya - If Madhavan is perceived better than Vivek even among hindi audience, then the perceived value addition is negative. This has to be offset by the value addition in the other department like script, acting, music and screenplay. The music was the same in both the movies and as the production crew was almost a repeat. The only value add was presence of Rani Mukherjee which helped the cause of that movie.

About Ghazini - Honestly I don't like the plot of the movie. A guy with 15 minutes of memory. The idea is lifted from the movie "50 First Dates" of Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymoore. Drew had a memory of only one day and every day for her was a fresh start. One day of memory is fine and she played a character of just a lonely lady. Here in Ghazini, Surya plays a role of a business person who has 15 minutes of memory. Well just imagine what could happen with 15 minutes of memory --

1. This guy goes to toilet and if he takes more than 15 minutes, he actually start staring the comode seat that why he is there? What is the need?
2. Or after every 15 minutes he keeps signing a check as he don't remember exactly that he signed a check before 15 minutes.
   

The plot seems absolutely ridiculous to me. The movie may be interesting as some people chose to leave their brain at their homes but still, when you are making a Pan India movie and expect people to leave their brains at home then you are on for a disaster. Amir could be a big brand but still that is not the gurantee for a bad product. He has witnessed it with Fanaa. Indians are quite enterprising with script lifting and modifying it in a fantasy form. What 15 minutes of memory? A person won't even be able to do a thing on his own if he has a memory of only 15 minutes. Forget about villain hunting and man chasing. Anyways, I love Amir Khan. I love the way he acts. Hope he will do something about it. All the best to Amir Khan as he has started a blog which is accesible at http://www.lagaandvd.com/blog.php You can suggest your choice of name and villain to him.