Chocolate and Gajini

In the space of a week, I have found out that two of my most favourite movies - The Usual Suspects and Memento have been "inspirations" for 'Chocolate' and 'Gajini' respectively.

I had suspected that 'Gajini' was inspired by 'Memento' ever since I saw a hoarding of Surya sporting a tonsured look with tattoos all over his body, but when I saw the trailer with Surya taking pics of people using a polaroid, my suspicions were confirmed. The presence of Asin and Nayantara in the movie means that the original script has been customized for Tamil audiences. Also, in the movie, Surya is supposed to be one of the richest men in India - another departure from the original.

While Sudhish Kamath describes 'Chocolate' as "shop lifted and shopworn", 'Gajini' is yet to be released.