Ghajini (2008 film)

Ghajini (pronounced [ɡədʒniː]) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and co-written by A. R. Murugadoss in his Hindi film debut. It stars Aamir Khan, Asin (in her Hindi film debut, reprising her role from original) and Jiah Khan (in her penultimate film role before her death in 2013), with Pradeep Rawat as the titular antagonist. It is a remake of Murugadoss's directorial Tamil-language film of the same name. The film tells about Sanjay Singhania (Khan), a powerful entrepreneur, who suffers from anterograde amnesia after a violent attack on him and his fiancee Kalpana (Asin).

The film's plot was inspired from two films: Memento (2000) and Happy Go Lovely (1951). Khan and Murugadoss co-wrote the film, with Khan suggesting changes to suit a Hindi-language audience. Allu Aravind, Madhu Mantena and Tagore Madhu jointly acted as the producers; the film was distributed by Geetha Arts. A. R. Rahman composed the film's music.

Released theatrically on 25 December 2008, Ghajini became the highest-grossing Indian film of the year, and the first Bollywood film to cross the ₹100 crore mark domestically, creating the 100 Crore Club. Ghajini's paid preview collections were ₹ 2.7 crore. It went on to become the highest-grossing Indian film of all time, until it was surpassed by Aamir's next, 3 Idiots (2009), the following year and then by Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express (2013). Aamir's character was featured in a 3D video game titled Ghajini – The Game, which is based on the film.