Aamir Khan's Ghajini is Bollywood's biggest box office hit of 2008

"This is the highest print count for a Hindi film," said movie distributor Sandeep Bhargava, noting that till date, distributors Geetha Arts, Studio 18 and Big Cinemas have released Ghajini with about 1500 prints worldwide (including merging markets like Norway, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore, besides the traditional NRI-rich US, UK and the UAE), the highest in Indian cinema history.

This shows, Bhargava said, that Aamir Khan is currently Bollywood's most bankable actor.

"The film (Ghajini) has got block bookings...it has no competition until Chandni Chowk To China hits screens January 16," said Joginder Mahajan, a Delhi-based movie distributor.

According to another movie distributor (who wished to remain anonymous), Ghajini has created a record by becoming the first Bollywood movie in recent times for which the tickets had been sold in advance for all five days of the opening week across the country. And, the distributor said, Ghajini has the potential of being the first ever movie in the history of Indian cinema to earn over Rs.100 crore during the first week itself.

"The film is going to rewrite box office history as far as the openings are concerned. It's also helping the film to achieve the record number of prints it is releasing with. Ghajini is an action thriller, a genre which generally attracts the masses more than the families but with the hype that Aamir has managed to create and of course the promos, both families as well as the masses desperately want to watch it as soon as they can," said Complete Cinema's Atul Mohan.

And, it's not only Aamir Khan fans and multiplex owners who are smiling. Critics too say that Ghajini is Aamir Khan's best movie yet.