Ghajinikanth

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Ghajinikanth
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Directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar
Written bySanthosh P. Jayakumar
Based on Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
by Maruthi
Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja
Starring Arya
Sayyeshaa
CinematographyBallu
Music by Balamurali Balu
Release date
  • 3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) [1]
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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 film stars Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2015 Telugu film Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.

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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) insults Rajini because of this. 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. How long can Rajini continue with this facade, especially with Ajay (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

The soundtrack was composed by Balamurali Balu. [13]

Ghajinikanth
Soundtrack album by
Balamurali Balu
Released2018
Genre Tamil
Length10:34
LanguageTamil
Label Think Music
Producer Balamurali Balu
Balamurali Balu chronology
Traffic Ramasamy
(2018)		Ghajinikanth
(2018)		 Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu
(2020)
No.TitleSingersLength
1."Hola Hola" Benny Dayal, M. M. Manasi, Christopher Stanley3:26
2."Bar Song" Rahul Nambiar 3:00
3."Aariyane" Shweta Mohan 2:47
4."Karu Karu" Sanjith Hegde, Aishwarya Ravichandran1:21
Total length:10:34

Release

Production budget of the film was valued at ₹8 crore excluding Arya's salary. [14] The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay. [15]

Critical reception

Indian Express wrote "There are several ways to keep the viewer engaged - it could be through the story, its characters, the writing or the filmmaking. Sadly, Ghajinikanth doesn't tick any of the boxes." [16] Times of India wrote "Despite the film offering great scope for comedy, Ghajinikanth is entertaining only in places." [17] 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!" [18]

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