Ghajinikanth

<p>The protagonist, Rajinikanth ( ), was born in a theatre screening of , and like one of ‘s characters in that film, he has a . 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 ( ) and Lakshmi ( ), as they cannot find a suitable match for him. One prospective girl’s father Sathyamoorthy ( ) insults Rajini because of this. As fate would have it, Rajini ends up falling in love with Sathyamoorthy’s daughter Vandhana ( ), 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? In October 2015, a remake of the film (2015) with as the protagonist was announced, but never came to fruition. In late November 2017, announced that they would collaborate with filmmaker for a comedy film starring and in the lead roles. Titled , the film was revealed to be a remake of , and the first look poster had Arya in an ethnic attire resembling a character portrayed by in the 1988 film, . The title is a of the words “Ghajini” and “Rajinikanth”, and was titled so because of the forgetful nature of Rajinikanth’s character in and ‘s character in (2005). The shoot began with a song sequence shot in , before the team completed scenes in Chennai. Santhosh was directing this alongside another film (2018). Shooting ended in 39 days. The soundtrack was composed by . Production budget of the film was valued at 8 crore excluding Arya’s salary. The satellite rights of the film were sold to . 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.” wrote “Despite the film offering great scope for comedy, Ghajinikanth is entertaining only in places.” 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!”</p>