What set apart Christopher Nolan's "Memento" was it's nonlinear narrative structure and it's unique screenplay that spawned many imitations in Aamir Khan's Murugdoss directed "Ghazini" or the original Tamil imitation that starred South superstar Surya.
"Memento" received critical acclaim for it's presentation of two different sequences of scenes: a series in black-and-white that is shown chronologically, and a series of color sequences shown in reverse order. Two plot lines, simultaneously developing in opposite directions, and joining in a final scene at the film's conclusion.
"Memento" made the nonlinear narrative structure and Neo-noir style fashionable and successful with many a films later trying to follow the "Memento" example with it's motifs of memory, perception, self-deception, grief, and revenge. (Source: Official Website)
Ek Boond Ishq started off with similar motifs and could've adapted a nonlinear narrative structure to tell the story of Radha instead of trying for a "chicken-and-egg" story as to which came before and which came after or in trying to rehash a plot that has lost all it's refinement.
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