India Ghajini returned 8.4× its production cost, earning $76.0M against a $9.1M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
गजनी
“Remember Dec 25”
A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.
Audience Engagement
348 audience reviews — more than 98% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 3h 6m runtime, production spent $49K per minute on screen and earned $409K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ghajini. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Geetha Arts
Action + Romance in India
119 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ghajini itself).
The 2007–2009 India Window
Among 164 India films we catalog from this window, Ghajini places #24 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ghajini premiered alongside 51 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 51 other India films in 2008.
The 682nd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ghajini, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- villain · 5
- medical student · 5
- polaroid · 2
- short-term memory · 1
- police officer · 25
- brutality · 15
- tattoo · 8
- businessman · 8
- diary · 7
- love at first sight · 6
- revenge · 210
- gangster · 85
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #516 of 1,983 India films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #123 of 637 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Geetha Arts |
| Runtime | 3h 6m |
| Release Date | December 25, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1166100 |
| Official Site | www.rememberghajini.com |