Ghajinikanth

Ghajinikanth
Film poster
Directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar
Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja
Screenplay by Santhosh P.Jayakumar
Based on Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
by Maruthi Dasari
Starring Arya
Sayyeshaa
Music by Balamurali Balu
Cinematography Ballu
Release date
  • 3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)[1]
Running time
 137 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Ghajinikanth is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja. The movie stars Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead roles. It is a remake of Maruthi Dasari's 2015 Telugu film Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. Music for the film is composed by Balamurali Balu.

Plot

The protagonist, Rajinikanth (Arya), was born in a theatre screening Dharmathin Thalaivan, and like one of Rajinikanth’s characters in that film, has a forgetful nature. The film doffs its hat at the older film by introducing its protagonist in underwear as he has forgotten to wear pants. This condition of Rajini is a constant source of embarrassment to his parents Ramanathan (Aadukalam Naren) and Lakshmi (Uma Padmanabhan), as they cannot find a suitable match for him. One prospective girl's father Sathyamoorthy (Sampath Raj) even insults Rajini because of this.

But as fate would have it, Rajini ends up falling in love with Sathyamoorthy's daughter Vandhana (Sayyeshaa). But she is unaware of Rajini's forgetfulness. But how long can he continue with this facade, especially with Ajay ("Kabali" Lijeesh), a cop who wants to marry Vandhana and is trying to expose him?

Cast

Production

In October 2015, a Tamil remake of the Telugu film Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015) with G. V. Prakash Kumar as the protagonist was announced, but never came to fruition.[2] In late November 2017, Studio Green announced that they would collaborate with filmmaker Santhosh P. Jayakumar for a comedy film starring Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead roles.[3][4] Titled Ghajinikanth, the film was revealed to be a remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy, and the first look poster had Arya in an ethnic attire resembling a character portrayed by Rajinikanth in the 1988 film, Dharmathin Thalaivan.[5][6] The title is a portmanteau of the words "Ghajini" and "Rajinikanth",[7] and was titled so because of the forgetful nature of Rajinikanth's character in Dharmathin Thalaivan and Suriya's character in Ghajini (2005).[8] The shoot began with a song sequence shot in Thailand, before the team completed scenes in Chennai.[9] Santhosh was directing this alongside another film Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018). Shooting ended in 39 days.[10][11][12]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Balamurali Balu.[13]

  • Hola Hola - Benny Dayal
  • Bar song - Rahul Nambiar
  • Aariyane - Shweta Menon
  • Karu Karu - Sanjith Hegde, Aishwarya Ravichandran

Release

Production budget of the film was valued at ₹8 crore excluding Arya's salary.[14]

Critical reception

Indian Express wrote "There are several ways to keep the viewer engaged - it could be through the story, it’s characters, the writing or the filmmaking. Sadly, Ghajinikanth doesn’t tick any of the boxes."[15] Times of India wrote "Despite the film offering great scope for comedy, Ghajinikanth is entertaining only in places."[16] Sify called it "Family-friendly comedy entertainer" and wrote "Overall, Ghajinikanth is a time pass entertainer and you will enjoy watching it with family and friends!"[17]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/ghajinikanth-to-release-on-august-3-reasons-to-watch-the-film-1302558-2018-08-01
  2. ↑ Balachandran, Logesh (26 October 2015). "GV Prakash to do Nani's role in Tamil remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Studio Green's next film has Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead".
  4. ↑ "Arya teams up with Hara Hara Mahadevaki director Santhosh Jayakumar". 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sayyeshaa's next film opposite Arya begins rolling in Thailand".
  6. ↑ "Arya starrer Ghajinikanth's first look revealed".
  7. ↑ "Ghajinikanth teaser: Arya plays a Rajinikanth fan with a memory disorder". 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "We managed to get a clean A-certificate: 'Hara Hara Mahadevaki' director Santhosh P Jayakumar". The New Indian Express. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  9. ↑ "Sayyeshaa-Arya will make a terrific pair in Ghajinikanth and here's the proof".
  10. ↑ "'Ghajinikanth' shoot complete in record 39 days?". Sify. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Ghajinikanth Official Trailer". PakkaTv. 4 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ghajinikanth Hola Hola Lyrical Video". PakkaTv. 8 June 2018.
  13. ↑ https://gaana.com/album/ghajinikanth
  14. ↑ "Ghajinikanth budget".
  15. ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/ghajinikanth-movie-review-arya-sayyeshaa-saigal-5288318/
  16. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/ghajinikanth/movie-review/65234880.cms
  17. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/ghajinikanth-review-family-friendly-comedy-entertainer-review-tamil-sicrlbbhcfbfc.html
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