They
are
the
two
engines
of
Bollywood
driving
the
industry
out
of
a
slump.
If
Shahrukh
with
his
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
fueled
in
new
josh
to
the
industry
Aamir's
Ghajini
has
given
the
distributors
tremendous
confidence
in
their
business.
Comparisons
between
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
and
Ghajini
was
quite
apparent
and
this
time
around
Aamir
has
got
one
better
that
Shahrukh.
Shahrukh's
fans
would
argue
that
its
too
early
to
compare
Rab
Ne..
to
Ghajini
but
this
time
around
even
their
hero
acknowledged
Aamir's
performance
which
was
flawless.
Going
by
statistics
Ghajini
received
a
far
better
opening
than
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
had
received.
The
Aditya
Chopra
movie
has
done
brisk
business
in
the
last
two
weeks
but
surely
it
does
not
match
Shahrukh's
performance
in
Chak
De
India
or
Dilwale
Dulhania
Le
Jayenge..
Aamir
Khan
delivered
the
performance
of
a
lifetime
in
Ghajini.
If
Taare
Zameen
Par
showed
Aamir's
technical
understanding
of
cinema
Ghajini
is
a
testimony
of
his
unmatchable
acting
skills.
If
Taare
Zameen
Par
showed
his
courage
to
venture
into
unknown
territories,
Ghajini
proved
he
has
not
lost
his
foothold
on
the
mainstream
masala
movies.
The
effort
that
Aamir
Khan
put
in
behind
this
movie
has
finally
paid
off.
Be
it
the
stunning
physique
with
eight
pack
abs
that
he
made
or
the
scarred
hairstyle
he
sported,
Aamir
left
no
room
for
error.
A
startling
fact
about
Aamir's
movies
are
that
even
the
die
hard
fans
of
his
rival
stars
do
not
like
to
miss
his
movies.
The
opening
shot
of
a
scarred
Aamir
killing
one
of
the
pawns
of
the
villain
was
enough
to
drive
the
audience
crazy.
There
was
hooting
and
whistling
all
around
for
the
next
15
minutes
making
it
barely
possible
to
hear
the
dialogues.
Aamir
was
living
the
character
of
Sanjay
Singhania
in
real
time.
The
eyes
and
the
facial
expression
said
it
all
about
revenge
which
was
the
main
plot
of
the
movie.
Even
when
it
came
to
the
heroines
Asin
scored
over
Anushka
Sharma's
performance
in
Rab
Ne
despite
that
fact
that
she
was
almost
non
existent
in
the
second
half
of
the
movie.
Although
it's
not
fair
to
compare
between
the
two
superstars
in
two
different
movies
going
by
the
acting
Aamir
has
definitely
scored
a
point
over
Shahrukh
this
time
around
and
lived
upto
the
tag
of
a
perfectionist
actor.
Story first published: Friday, December 26, 2008, 11:55 [IST]