Ghajinikanth

The protagonist, Rajinikanth (Arya), was born in a theatre screening of Dharmathin Thalaivan, and like one of Rajinikanth's characters in that film, he 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?

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• Arya as Rajinikanth Ramanathan aka Ghajinikanth, the amnesiac protagonist who falls in love with Vandhana
• Sayyeshaa as Vandhana Sathyamoorthy, Rajini's girlfriend who is unaware of his forgetfulness
• Aadukalam Naren as Ramanathan, Rajini's father
• Uma as Lakshmi Ramanathan, Rajini's mother
• Sampath Raj as Sathyamoorthy, Vandhana's father
• Sathish as Mohan
• Lijeesh as Inspector Ajay, a cop who wants to marry Vandhana
• Rajendran as Rajini's friend
• Karunakaran as Karuna
• Kaali Venkat as Uthaman
• Delhi Ganesh as Rajini's grandfather
• Sulakshana as Rajini's grandmother
• Madhan Bob as Rajini's boss
• Manobala as Kamal Vishwanathan
• K. Sivasankar as Mohan's father
• Venkat Subha as broker
• Linga as Police officer
• Rahul Thatha as area friend
• Neelima Rani as Gayathri, Vandhana's sister-in-law
• K. S. G. Venkatesh as Gayathri's father
• Dubbing Janaki as Kamal's mother
• Jangiri Madhumitha as Mrs. Uthaman
• Sheela as Gayathri's mother
• Rekha Suresh as Mrs. Kamal Vishwanathan
• Hema Rajkumar
• Karnaa Radha as shopkeeper
• Baba Bhaskar in a special appearance

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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.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/GV-Prakash-to-do-Nanis-role-in-Tamil-remake-of-Bhale-Bhale-Magadivoy/articleshow/49534075.cms|title=GV Prakash to do Nani's role in Tamil remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy|last=Balachandran|first=Logesh|date=26 October 2015|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228113845/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/GV-Prakash-to-do-Nanis-role-in-Tamil-remake-of-Bhale-Bhale-Magadivoy/articleshow/49534075.cms|archive-date=28 February 2016|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/studio-green-s-next-film-has-arya-and-sayyeshaa-in-the-lead-news-tamil-rl3lkVgcgceef.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129143807/http://www.sify.com/movies/studio-green-s-next-film-has-arya-and-sayyeshaa-in-the-lead-news-tamil-rl3lkVgcgceef.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2017|title=Studio Green's next film has Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/arya-teams-up-with-hara-hara-mahadevaki-director-santhosh-jayakumar.html|title=Arya teams up with Hara Hara Mahadevaki director Santhosh Jayakumar|date=29 November 2017|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042621/https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/arya-teams-up-with-hara-hara-mahadevaki-director-santhosh-jayakumar.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/sayyeshaas-next-film-opposite-arya-begins-rolling-thailand/|title=Sayyeshaa's next film opposite Arya begins rolling in Thailand|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135957/https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/sayyeshaas-next-film-opposite-arya-begins-rolling-thailand/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/13/arya-starrer-ghajinikanths-first-look-revealed-1725619.html|title=Arya starrer Ghajinikanth's first look revealed|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703165619/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/13/arya-starrer-ghajinikanths-first-look-revealed-1725619.html|url-status=live}} The title is a portmanteau of the words "Ghajini" and "Rajinikanth",{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/ghajinikanth-teaser-arya-rajinikanth-watch-video-5020860/|title=Ghajinikanth teaser: Arya plays a Rajinikanth fan with a memory disorder|date=11 January 2018|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703143958/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/ghajinikanth-teaser-arya-rajinikanth-watch-video-5020860/|url-status=live}} and was titled so because of the forgetful nature of Rajinikanth's character in Dharmathin Thalaivan and Suriya's character in Ghajini (2005).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/apr/09/we-managed-to-get-a-clean-a-certificate-hara-hara-mahadevaki-director-santhosh-p--jayakumar-1799236.html|title=We managed to get a clean A-certificate: 'Hara Hara Mahadevaki' director Santhosh P Jayakumar|date=9 April 2018|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-12|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703165621/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/apr/09/we-managed-to-get-a-clean-a-certificate-hara-hara-mahadevaki-director-santhosh-p--jayakumar-1799236.html|url-status=live}} The shoot began with a song sequence shot in Thailand, before the team completed scenes in Chennai.{{cite web|url=https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/sayyeshaa-arya-will-make-terrific-pair-ghajinikasnth-heres-proof/|title=Sayyeshaa-Arya will make a terrific pair in Ghajinikanth and here's the proof|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142710/https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/sayyeshaa-arya-will-make-terrific-pair-ghajinikasnth-heres-proof/|url-status=live}} Santhosh was directing this alongside another film Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018). Shooting ended in 39 days.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ghajinikanth-shoot-complete-in-record-39-days-news-tamil-selqKsijdjgaj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412024738/http://www.sify.com/movies/ghajinikanth-shoot-complete-in-record-39-days-news-tamil-selqKsijdjgaj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2018|title='Ghajinikanth' shoot complete in record 39 days?|work=Sify|access-date=2018-04-12|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Ghajinikanth Official Trailer|url=http://www.pakka.tv/entertainment/trailers/ghajinikanth-official-trailer--arya-sayyeshaa--balamurali-balu--santhosh-p-jayakumar8838/|work=PakkaTv|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505065732/http://www.pakka.tv/entertainment/trailers/ghajinikanth-official-trailer--arya-sayyeshaa--balamurali-balu--santhosh-p-jayakumar8838/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Ghajinikanth Hola Hola Lyrical Video|url=http://www.pakka.tv/entertainment/cine-songs/ghajinikanth--hola-hola-lyrical-video--arya-sayyeshaa--balamurali-balu--santhosh-p-jayakumar9100/|work=PakkaTv|date=8 June 2018|access-date=8 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142659/http://www.pakka.tv/entertainment/cine-songs/ghajinikanth--hola-hola-lyrical-video--arya-sayyeshaa--balamurali-balu--santhosh-p-jayakumar9100/|url-status=live}}

The soundtrack was composed by Balamurali Balu.{{cite web |url=https://gaana.com/album/ghajinikanth |title=Ghajinikanth Songs Download: Ghajinikanth MP3 Tamil Songs Online Free on |publisher=Gaana |date= |accessdate=2022-08-23 |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195702/https://gaana.com/album/ghajinikanth |url-status=live }}

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| name = Ghajinikanth

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Balamurali Balu

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| released = 2018

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| genre = Tamil

| length = 10:34

| language = Tamil

| label = Think Music

| producer = Balamurali Balu

| prev_title = Traffic Ramasamy

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu

| next_year = 2020

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| extra_column =Singers

| title1 = Hola Hola

| extra1 = Benny Dayal, M. M. Manasi, Christopher Stanley

| lyrics1 = Madhan Karky

| length1 = 3:26

| title2 = Bar Song

| extra2 = Rahul Nambiar

| lyrics2 = Ku Karthik

| length2 = 3:00

| title3 = Aariyane

| extra3 = Shweta Mohan

| lyrics3 = Kabilan Vairamuthu

| length3 = 2:47

| title4 = Karu Karu

| extra4 = Sanjith Hegde, Aishwarya Ravichandran

| lyrics4 = Balamurali Balu

| length4 = 1:21

|total_length = 10:34}}

Production budget of the film was valued at {{INR}}8 crore excluding Arya's salary.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCE5SN9ZKk|title=Ghajinikanth budget|website=YouTube|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726123539/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCE5SN9ZKk|url-status=live}} The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/TamilTVExpresss/photos/ghajinikanthnow-on-starvijay-international-feedtomorrow-11am-in-india/553018535138384/ |title=#Ghajinikanth Now on Starvijay International feed Tomorrow 11am in India |website=facebook.com/TamilTVExpresss |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=12 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416123022/https://www.facebook.com/TamilTVExpresss/photos/ghajinikanthnow-on-starvijay-international-feedtomorrow-11am-in-india/553018535138384/ |url-status=live }}

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."{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/ghajinikanth-movie-review-arya-sayyeshaa-saigal-5288318/|title=Ghajinikanth movie review: This Arya starrer is yet another string of cliches and outdated tropes|date=3 August 2018|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180804052155/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/ghajinikanth-movie-review-arya-sayyeshaa-saigal-5288318/|url-status=live}} Times of India wrote "Despite the film offering great scope for comedy, Ghajinikanth is entertaining only in places."{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/ghajinikanth/movie-review/65234880.cms|title=Ghajinikanth Movie Review {2.5/5}: Ghajinikanth is entertaining only in places|website=The Times of India}} 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!"{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ghajinikanth-review-family-friendly-comedy-entertainer-review-tamil-sicrlbbhcfbfc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802181936/http://www.sify.com/movies/ghajinikanth-review-family-friendly-comedy-entertainer-review-tamil-sicrlbbhcfbfc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2018|title = Ghajinikanth review: Family-friendly comedy entertainer}}

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Category:Indian romantic comedy films

Category:Films shot in Chennai

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Category:2010s Tamil-language films

Category:2010s Indian films

Category:2018 romantic comedy films

Category:2018 films

Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films

Category:Films scored by Balamurali Balu