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Superstar Aamir Khan’s latest film ‘Ghajini’ will now be available in English subtitles making it accessible to hearing-impaired persons and non-Hindi speaking audience as well.The film, which stars Aamir Khan and South Indian actress Asin in lead, is a story of a man suffering from short term memory loss.

The two cinema halls –Big Cinemas Wadala and Metro Big Cinemas– will screen the film with English subtitles in the second week, which will make it more accessible to the hearing-impaired persons and non-Hindi speaking moviegoers.

“This will ensure that the cinema medium can be enjoyed more completely by a larger number of the public, especially the hearing impaired who could not earlier understand the dialogues,” said Tushar Dhingra, Chief Operating Officer, Big Cinemas in a release.

The much awaited film, the story of a man with short term memory loss on a mission to avenge the death of his fiancee, opened to a “bumper” response in India and 22 countries worldwide yesterday.The advance booking for the film is four times more than the record opening any movie has ever got, Khan said.

According to trade sources, the film has been released with nearly 1,500 prints. The paid previews all over India before the release have boosted its box office collections, they said.