Ghajini Review – Aamir Khan Disappoints in Stolen Shit
Last night, we sacrificed ourselves on the altar of the public good by watching Ghajini (Tamil) again.
Badly bruised mentally by the ordeal, fatigued extremely by the torturous experience and filled with resentment over our fate, we emerged from the mishap in utter disbelief that such a thing as Asin also has a place in tinseltown.
Freak-O-Midget
How this freak-o-midget with little acting or dancing skills has managed to find a foothold in the movie business is one of life’s little enigmas.
With a four-feet like high frame reminding us that pygmies are not extinct, a hip wide enough to screen a wide-screen movie, a boyish frame more suited for Tantex banians than Victoria’s Secret lingerie, an asinine smile reminiscent of Downs Syndrome infants and dance steps that suggest waddling more than grace, this Asin thing in Ghajini is an inglorious triumph of brobdingnagian ambition over lilliputian talent.
Even if you whine that physical attributes are no more than God’s blessing or curse over which mere mortals have little say, on the things that Asin does control, stuff like acting, dancing or smiling pleasantly this abject Mallu object makes seemingly little effort and stumbles through in a stupor of mediocrity.
Nauseous Performance
From the moment Asin appears in Ghajini via that Rahatulla song till that instant in her apartment when the villain Lakshman (Pradeep Rawat) employs an iron club to dispatch this Lilliput to her maker with thunderous blows to the head, this freak-o-midget tormented us so much that we’re inclined to believe that she hails not from God’s Own Country but Lucifer’s Own Hades.
When Surya proposes to her in the bus after the New Year party, when she agrees to his proposal on the beach with that silly 1 AM, 2 AM, 3 AM monolog, when she hands over Rs 2 lakh to Surya on the street, when she dances like a retard in the four songs, when she hears from the villain that he’s killed two of the girls and dumped them in the sea or when she’s clowning around in that small ad firm, it’s all no more than a sinful performance xeroxed multiple times.
If what Asin does on screen be acting, then we’re Alexander the Great marching toward the Ganges against the wishes of our soldiers.
While prima facie a bloody murder, the slaying of Kalpana (Asin’s character in the movie) was actually an act of delayed euthanasia as far as we (the suffering audience) are concerned.
Never in the annals of motion pictures has a villain (i.e. Lakshman in Ghajini) deployed an iron club to do so much good for so many millions.
Perhaps, it’s only in the Tamil film industry that so little talent is so sure a guarantee of so much success.
If there’re any consolation here at all, it’s that Asin does not plumb the hideous depths that her peers like Nayanthara, Jothika or Trisha effortlessly do. But then few humans can descend to such depths like Jothika in Pachaikili Muthucharam, Nayantara in Aegan or Trisha in Kuruvi.
After watching Asin in Ghajini, all we can say is that Asin will forever linger in our minds as an abbreviation of asingam (horrible or ugly performance).
We shudder to think of the torture that Asin has in store for us in the Hindi version of Ghajini, set for release on Wednesday, December 24.
If you live in the U.S., Ghajini (Tamil) is available at Netflix.
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hey…you seem to have a really awful print of the movie….she looks fine here-http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=lxz1A5lDeu8
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We were talking about Asin in the Tamil version of Ghajini.
I disagree. I thought Asin was the best thing (both look-wise and acting-wise) in the otherwise awful Ghajini. I agree about her (and most other dancing in indian movies).. especially after watching performers in programs like “SYTYCD”.. who make Prabhu Deva look like an amateur. And she is not flat-chested.. grr..!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: And she is not flat-chested.. grr..!
Yes, Yes & Yes.
You must have looked at some other part of her anatomy, say her derrière or perhaps the back of her head & mistaken it for her bosom.
Or the more likely explanation – when Asin & Surya were in close proximity in a scene, you mistook Surya’s chest for Asin’s.
We still think Asin would make a great model for Tantex half sleeve banians.
you cant expect a gr8 performance from a female actor in kolly…that seldom happens.This is may be due to the male chauvinism that it is used to, watch paruthi veeran-the only recent film with a good female contribution…..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: you cant expect a gr8 performance from a female actor in kolly…that seldom happens.This is may be due to the male chauvinism
Bad female actors because of male chauvinism? That’s not only a non sequitur but also hooey.
The plain fact of the matter is that we don’t have good actresses in Kollywood plus the audience is happy with Nayanthara’s titillations.
Asin has done a great job in Ghajini if you compare it with her performance in Dasavatharam. She was constantly screaming/shrieking in Dasavatharam. No wonder she has done just one movie in malayalam. The movie is a big hit but definitely no credit to Asin. She is another reject of Mollywood (like Ajith,Vikram,Rambha……..) who has made it big in Kollywood.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: No wonder she has done just one movie in malayalam….She is another reject of Mollywood
We suspect standards are higher in Kerala & the audience there more demanding.
The Tamil ignoram-asses will take any shit shoveled at them.
I happened to watch the tamil movie “Kanchivaram” recently. Excellent movie. Prakash Raj has excelled in it.The setting, the screenplay, direction,camera……all too good. Would like to hear your comments about it.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Would like to hear your comments about it {Kanchivaram].
Would like to see it but we don’t think it made it to the U.S. It’s not on Netflix too.
Both Prakash Raj & Shreya Reddy are decent actors. It’s Shreya’s brother-in-law Vishal, who’s Ajith Sr (Ajith is a synonym for pathetic acting in our thesaurus).
How does the search function work on this site.. I searched for “Asin” and got many hits that doesn’t have Asin in it.
I searched from outside and got this hit “Although not a lissome beauty like Aishwarya Rai, Trisha or Asin”.. Trisha was in your good graces once! And Asin too.. This means.. either you are a team of reviewers (husband & wife?) who don’t agree with each other sometimes or you changed your strategy to ruffle the fans.. (to get more hits to the site?)
If I watch this movie now, after Asin is well entrenched as one of the top heroines, I may also have been not that impressed.. but this movie was released when Asin was still a starlet.. so her performance was quite note-worthy at that time.. when compared to the other starlets/stars like Nayanthara, Jyothika etc.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. We are talking primarily about Asin’s acting skills or lack of it here.
2. Our views sometimes change as the number of Indian & Foreign movies we watch expands.
What I meant was Kollywood is used to hero dominance and hero worshipping stories where female actors were used as fillers just like songs in some stupid movies…due to lack of scope for their performance, most of them take the role of hero loving machine and like a visitor (only during songs).
I don’t find her flat chested or fat in the youtube video above…are you saying she got thinner and better endowed for the hindi version? and you say she is short(a pygmie)…she looks over 5ft easily…I still think you saw a really bad print…..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Maybe, you ought to wipe your monitor.
and BTW how did you find the movie overall?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Review of Ghajini (Tamil) coming tomorrow after we watch Memento.
Busy with Will Smith’s new movie Seven Pounds today.
LOL@ your Surya chest quip.., but I believe Asin’s are sized more like (honeydew) Melons than Lemons. My eyes are ok.. I just got ’em checked yesterday.. by a hot (lady) doctor! They(doctors of optometry) lean forward(deliberately?? to get you to visit more often??) let you peer at their chest through some weird apparatuses.
Where is Beni when we need it.. Come and defend your fellow-Mallu, Beni.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: I believe Asin’s are sized more like (honeydew) Melons than Lemons
They are lemons literally & figuratively (do you know what Americans mean when they say they got a Lemon…look up Lemon Law).
When you get ripped off at a car dealer (if he sells you a car that’s got a lot of problems but not disclosed to you) that’s a lemon.
So with Asin we have a lemon literally & figuratively. We need an anti-Lemon Law to protect us from the Asins of Bollywood & Kollywood.
Wut??
Haven’t processed messages for almost 5 hours now?
Off to watch “Yes Man”?
Did you lose the iPhone 3G??
Are you OK?
Are the reports of your death greatly exaggerated ?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Wut??
Haven’t processed messages for almost 5 hours now?
Sorry.
Just back from Will Smith’s new movie Seven Pounds. Then stopped by at Mac for a Large Poison Fries.
Had the iPhone 3G but today we watched the previews, which we sometimes ignore.
Will process the other comments quickly now (in reverse order).
I remember you saying that Asin’s performance was one of the pluses in the movie Dasavadharam.
and how was Seven Pounds?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: I remember you saying that Asin’s performance was one of the pluses in the movie Dasavadharam.
That was our bad twin sibling. Seriously, she was one of the few tolerable elements in Dasavatharam.
2. You write: and how was Seven Pounds?
Here’s the Review.
SI : Last night, we sacrificed ourselves on the altar of the public good by watching Ghajini (Tamil) again.
You watched it again !!!
Sacrifice for Public good in SI context would mean …not writing reviews at all
anyway the movie was a big hit … Asin is a attractive and a good actress too… The movie has lot of violence …so may or may not appeal to the Hindi audience …..depending on how the Hindi version has been made …We will have to wait and watch …
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Sacrifice for Public good in SI context would mean …not writing reviews at all
Obviously, you are back at what you do best – writing drivel.
Uhhuh! Like I said in the other post – I liked her in Ghajini! Am looking forward to watching the Hindi version, though violence puts me off. And the way they showed poor Asin being murdered was simply too horrible for words.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: And the way they showed poor Asin being murdered was simply too horrible for words
That’s the usual Tamil film crudity.
Since there has been overwhelming support for Asin, I petition for a change of SI’s opinion about Asin (and probably a bigger TV?).. especially about her boobs.. that’s all I care about. Asha(and Beni), what do you think of Asin’s knockers? Aren’t they have of nice size?
http://images.google.com/images?q=asin&ndsp=20&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&imgsz=xxlarge
I don’t she has stuffed toiler paper in any of the pictures.. they are consistently of the same size.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asin+cleavage&search_type=
will provide evidence that there is some substance inside.. whether it is silly cone is anybody’s guess..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: I petition for a change of SI’s opinion about Asin …
Seeing (and feeling) is believing. We won’t change our minds until we see the asli cheez.
2. The second link is not admissible in any boob court of law. Not good evidence….no court (let alone the demanding SI Supreme ‘boob’ Court) will accept it because Asin is bending/face down. In that anatomical posture, even you probably have a cleavage.
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Hello
Are you nuts. Asin is a 3 three time filmfare award winner and has won various south indian state awards. She is considered as one of the finest actress by the thinking people. For some people having some cell damage in their brains or people with perverted thought can write such a comment. And racism is clearly shown in using maalu. First try to fathom what a great heritage malayalis have.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: And racism is clearly shown in using maalu.
Stop posting comments when you are high on Snow white.
2. You write: [Asin] is considered as one of the finest actress by the thinking people
We haven’t laughed so hard in weeks.
Asin was lousy in Ghajini (Tamil) and Asin was lousy in Ghajini (Hindi).
As we’ve said earlier, the only thing Asin will probably be good & natural at is modeling for Tantex banians.
I’m kind of amused here. The number of words that you’ve italicized and bolded, reminds me of the style used in high school freshmen’s book reports.
Vitriol is good in moderation, but using words like “tamil ignoram-asses”, “mallu” etc, expressing a pointed disdain for dravidians, makes me think you’re an Anne Robinson wannabe, with far too much self-importance. Please take English AP classes, or no one’s likely to take your reviews seriously. Thanks =).
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: Vitriol is good in moderation, but using words like … “mallu” etc, expressing a pointed disdain for dravidians
If Anne Robinson were around here, she’d say your only brain cell finally died of loneliness.
There’s no vitriol here. Only the milk of human kindness flows around these parts.
You schmuck, Mallu is not used only as a derogatory term. It’s used as an adjective to, well, anything Mallu.
2. You write: makes me think you’re an Anne Robinson wannabe, with far too much self-importance
Modesty is our first name (and last name too).
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