Manmadhudu (2002) was remade as Aishwarya (2006) and few scenes were borrowed from Ghajini. Legacy The film's success established Suriya as an action hero and Asin as a top actress. Asin described Kalpana in Ghajini as "a life-time role" for her. Nayanthara, who appeared in a supporting character, later said that appearing in Ghajini was a big mistake and the "worst decision" she ever took. In a comedy scene from Kovai Brothers (2006), Ganesh (Sathyaraj) parodies Suriya's bald look from Ghajini to impress Namitha. In Pokkiri (2007), Body Soda (Vadivelu) imagines himself dancing for the song "Suttum Vizhi" with Sruthi (Asin). In Thamizh Padam (2010), Shiva (Shiva) remembers that he has to kill gangster Swarna when he looks at a Polaroid photo of her. In the Telugu film Dubai Seenu (2007), Seenu (Ravi Teja) plays a prank on Inspector Babji (Sayaji Shinde) by calling every women and singing "Oka Maaru" (Oru Maalai) and also getting him beaten black and blue. In Nuvva Nena (2007), Aaku Bhai (Brahmanandam) imagines himself dancing for the song "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" (Suttum Vizhi) with Nandini (Shriya Saran). The title of the Telugu film Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi (2014) is based on the song of the same name from the Telugu version. In the 2014 Kannada film Kwatle Satisha, a remake of Tamil film Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), the first look poster featured the film's actor Sathish Ninasam in the look inspired from Ghajini. 2018 film Ghajinikanth was named as a portmanteau of the words "Ghajini" and "Rajinikanth", and was titled so because of the forgetful nature of Rajinikanth's character in Dharmathin Thalaivan and Suriya's character in Ghajini (2005). See also List of mental disorders in film The Father (2020 film) References External links 2005 films Indian remakes of American films Indian action thriller films 2005 action thriller films 2000s mystery thriller films Indian mystery thriller films Films about amnesia Films about tattooing Films set in Chennai Twins in Indian films Indian vigilante films Films directed by AR Murugadoss 2000s Tamil-language films 2005 psychological thriller films Tamil-language psychological thriller films Films scored by Harris Jayaraj Tamil films remade in other languages Films shot in Switzerland Films shot in Chennai Indian nonlinear narrative films 2000s business films