3 Idiots

The day I heard about the movie 3 Idiots, I wanted to watch it. firstly because it is the movie adaptation of one of my favourite novels, Five Point Someone. Secondly, Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra were coming back with a great star cast. The excitement to watch the movie increased by manifolds after watching the trailer itself. And finally, I couldn’t wait to watch it when most people in India were going gaga about it. Almost all of them wanting to watch it again. So finally, a day off from office led me to the theatre where 3 idiots was running.
The movie talks about the story of three friends who not just share a room but also concerns, good, bad, funny and awful times while in an engineering college. Farhaan and Raju (Madhavan and Sharman) are normal students running behind ‘just’ a college degree, Rancho (Aamir Khan) wants to enjoy the education and take the knowledge from wherever he gets.
Like TZP, Aamir once again questions the current Indian education system, which puts a lot of pressure on young minds, even forcing few of them to commit suicide. The movie thrives on the message: pursue excellence and success will follow, which is amazing.
Direction of the movie is splendid and the emotional and comedy scenes really stand out. Though I realised it was only very loosely based on the novel. Raju has changed the script to a great extent, and it does go well with showcasing the movie on the screen. The story ofcourse has its own flaws like: Very good friends’ don’t have to wait six years to find the address of their dear friend. You can always refer to college records, and reach the address mentioned there.
As usual, Aamir leaves you awe-struck with his performance. I was surprised to see that he actually looked and acted like a college student even at the age of 43. While Aamir Khan is the USP of the film, Sharman was the one who really impressed me a lot with his perfect expressions and good acting skills. Madhavan proved once again, he is more than welcome in Bollywood. Boman Irani does justice to the character of an old man who is hated by everyone for being a cold-hearted college director. Kareena and Mona Singh did well in their small roles. And there shoulda be special mention of the surprise package of the movie, Omi Vaidya who plays Chatur Ramalingam, had some of the best one-liners and the funniest comic scenes.
Shantanu Moitra comes again with great soundtracks. My favourite were the “All izz well” and “zoobi zoobi”. All the songs are worth listeningagain and again for a long time to come.
Overall, 3 Idiots is an awesome one time watchable movie. I learned, laughed and cried with the characters , but don’t think I would like to re-enter the class once again.
BTW, did Raju take a dig at Chetan Bhagat by declaring on-screen that why should people study Engineering when all they want is a MBA degree and a bank job abroad? (Chetan Bhagat is an IITian and MBA from IIM-A and has worked in Deutsche bank in Singapore).

Chanda was here

/</gispan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;"/>/giThe day I heard about the movie 3 Idiots, I wanted to watch it. firstly because it is the movie adaptation of one of my favourite novels, Five Point Someone. Secondly, Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra were coming back with a great star cast. The excitement to watch the movie increased by manifolds after watching the trailer itself. And finally, I couldn’t wait to watch it when most people in India were going gaga about it. Almost all of them wanting to watch it again. So finally, a day off from office led me to the theatre where 3 idiots was running.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">The movie talks about the story of three friends who not just share a room but also concerns, good, bad, funny and awful times while in an engineering college. Farhaan and Raju (Madhavan and Sharman) are normal students running behind ‘just’ a college degree, Rancho (Aamir Khan) wants to enjoy the education and take the knowledge from wherever he gets.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">Like TZP, Aamir once again questions the current Indian education system, which puts a lot of pressure on young minds, even forcing few of them to commit suicide. The movie thrives on the message: pursue excellence and success will follow, which is amazing.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">Direction of the movie is splendid and the emotional and comedy scenes really stand out. Though I realised it was only very loosely based on the novel. Raju has changed the script to a great extent, and it does go well with showcasing the movie on the screen. The story ofcourse has its own flaws like: Very good friends’ don’t have to wait six years to find the address of their dear friend. You can always refer to college records, and reach the address mentioned there.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">As usual, Aamir leaves you awe-struck with his performance. I was surprised to see that he actually looked and acted like a college student even at the age of 43. While Aamir Khan is the USP of the film, Sharman was the one who really impressed me a lot with his perfect expressions and good acting skills. Madhavan proved once again, he is more than welcome in Bollywood. Boman Irani does justice to the character of an old man who is hated by everyone for being a cold-hearted college director. Kareena and Mona Singh did well in their small roles. And there shoulda be special mention of the surprise package of the movie, Omi Vaidya who plays Chatur Ramalingam, had some of the best one-liners and the funniest comic scenes.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">Shantanu Moitra comes again with great soundtracks. My favourite were the “All izz well” and “zoobi zoobi”. All the songs are worth listeningagain and again for a long time to come.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">Overall, 3 Idiots is an awesome one time watchable movie. I learned, laughed and cried with the characters , but don’t think I would like to re-enter the class once again.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 3px;">BTW, did Raju take a dig at Chetan Bhagat by declaring on-screen that why should people study Engineering when all they want is a MBA degree and a bank job abroad? (Chetan Bhagat is an IITian and MBA from IIM-A and has worked in Deutsche bank in Singapore).</span>

Chanda was here