Aamir re-wrote the climax of Ghajini" - Murugadoss
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Aamir
Khan
has
just
found
himself
another
fan
among
filmmakers.
The
soft-spoken
and
gentle
Tamil-Telugu
director
A.R
Murugadoss
who
has
made
what
is
unarguably
one
of
the
most
violent
films
of
our
times,
is
completely
enamored
of
Aamir's
creative
faculties.
In
fact
the
simple
and
honest
director
who
has
earlier
made
four
highly
successful
films
in
Tamil
and
Telugu
openly
acknowledges
that
Aamir
re-constructed
the
entire
climax
of
Ghajini
to
make
it
more
contemporary
and
palatable
to
a
cosmopolitan
audience.
"We
didn't
make
too
many
changes
in
the
rest
of
the
film.
Every
time
I'd
suggest
a
change
in
Ghajini
from
the
original,
Aamir
would
firmly
cut
it
down
saying
we
should
stick
to
the
Tamil
script.
But
he
decided
we
should
rewrite
the
entire
climax.
The
entire
location,
incidents
and
dialogues
for
the
climax
were
re-written
by
Aamir.
I
think
the
Hindi
version
is
far
better
than
the
Tamil
Ghajini
because
of
the
changes
that
Aamir
made."
Whatever
Murugadoss
makes
next
(and
the
offer
will
crystallize
after
the
year-ending
week)
he
has
only
one
wish.
"I
want
Aamir
to
be
my
consultant.
Ghajini
in
Hindi
would've
been
impossible
without
him.
What
he
did
to
the
climax
was
amazing.
Now
whatever
I
make
I
want
Aamir's
guidance.
I
don't
know
Hindi
at
all.
But
I
knew
the
meaning
of
the
Tamil
words
and
groped
my
way
through
the
Hindi
dialogues
in
Ghajini.
Every
time
I
was
stuck
on
a
word
or
line,
I'd
call
up
Aamir.
I've
learnt
so
much
from
him," says
the
litterateur-turned-filmmaker
who
has
several
short-story
anthologies
in
Tamil
to
his
credit.
Though
many
people
in
Mumbai
feel
the
title
role
of
the
villain
in
Ghajini
should
have
been
played
by
a
better-known
actor,
Murugadoss
is
happy
with
Pradeep
Rawat.
"He
is
not
entirely
unknown
in
Hindi
cinema.
He
played
the
Sardarji
in
Lagaan."
Murugadoss
admits
he
felt
a
little
out
of
place
in
Mumbai
initially.
"But
today
a
filmmaker
is
not
restricted
to
any
one
region.
Ghajini
has
gone
so
smoothly
from
Tamil
to
Hindi.
Now
I
want
to
take
a
break,
visit
my
native
town
Kallakurichi
near
Chennai
and
come
back
to
sign
my
second
Hindi
film."
Next
Murugadoss
wants
to
direct
a
totally
non-violent
film
in
Hindi.
"My
next
Hindi
film
will
be
an
out-and-out
love
story.
There
won't
be
even
a
slap
in
the
narrative.
I've
acquired
the
reputation
of
being
a
violent
director.
But
apart
from
Ghajini
all
my
films
are
soft
and
gentle."