3 idiots – Has a page or even a whole volume of your college life…. For sure…
3 Idiots is a very well written movie. I felt that Rajkumar Hirani had written all the scenes once and then again spent more than the time he spent on writing it, to improve it. All the scenes are very well connected. And that connection is felt in every other scene as the movie progresses. For example you are very well told that ‘Silencer’ does not know Hindi that well in the very first ragging scene and a very good Balatkar Comedy which comes as a result of it follows later. Or the ViruS Inverter which Aamir builds that comes in aid during the delivery. Or even the scene where Madhavan comes into hostel and takes the picture of Pups which is connected to show Madhavan’s interest in wildlife photography. The result, no body in the theatre is left with even one unclear scene. The credit goes to Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for their excellent writing.
The base story is very simple. It hits hard on the subject that students should study what they like and not study just for the marks or take education as a race and try to come first. Yes, in Indian education system, this is true. We would have completed our engineering without understanding many things fully. And how we passed? There’s where our Indian education system helped us. But it didn’t help us in anyway for applying what we learnt even once in our lives. Being a mechanical engineer I can’t repair my bike myself and should depend for a mechanic for the same. So I am also a victim of this system. Hope many are with me. Right?
Watch out for the song “Zoobi Doobi” I promise you will watch Aamir and have a smile flowing out your mouth even without your knowledge. Aamir has many funny scenes and he will put you through genuine smiles. Soon after Aamir, Boman Irani comes with a superb performance as ViruS (look out for the scene where he hits Aamir with his umbrella when he catches him after Aamir steals the Question paper) and then comes the character of Silencer played by Omi Vaidya (Balatkar Comedy). Of course Madhavan Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor have also done their part with ease. So overall a good performance in the acting department.
3 Idiots has enough sentiment in it that all the male leads shed tears on screen. Aamir (more than once), Madhavan , Sharman Joshi all have tears flowing. Some scenes justify the tears but not all. Some scenes would have been better had they not used glycerin. After all we don’t cry in happiness every other day. It just happens very rarely.
The age of the cast also is visible in some scenes. But it is not very noticeable just because of their performance.
The Controversy
About the controversy between Vidhu Vinoth Chopra and Chetan Bhagat. What I felt after seeing the movie was the movie’s base was taken from the book “5 point someone” But it sure has many more things which are not in the book. But Chopra could have been graceful enough to put Chetan’s name in the front credit of the film, after Chetan had asked for it. But the cheap truth was that they wanted their businesses to grow. As a result of this controversy Vidhu Vinoth Chopra made a 300 Crores collection in just 19 days and Chetan Baghat’s now old “5 Point someone” sales also increased. So we where the fools to follow the controversy and also increase their Business.
Lessons learnt. Always think before following a controversy.
My rating for the movie would be 4/5 and that would be credited for the acting of the lead Cast and also for the excellent clear writing the movie has. We have to thank Rajkumar Hirani for giving us films which depicts the hard truth of the society with a good mix of humor in it.
Go for it. It is a must watch for this season. For those who have not seen this movie yet. Now the tickets are easily available and the ticket rates are also lesser than what they were sold earlier. So don’t miss this one. For some this movie can become a close to the heart movie.
Lastly. Do listen to the song “Give me some sunshine” It has good simple lyrics and tune.
My next watch would be a Tamil movie “Aayirathil Oruvan” It has got Rave reviews. Have you watched it?
Hey before commenting on 3 Idiots, please dont watch "Aayirathil Oruvan" its absolute crap.
ReplyDeleteLike all even I loved the movie. Liked your "bike" analogy, 100% true. Hope the system changes.
good da sabha,...
ReplyDeleteGood Review. Watched it yesterday. Heartily laughed at the scenes. Predictable story line. Good for a hindi movie.
ReplyDeleteyes this movie was good, but i was not satisfied with the lead three not fitting the role, (spoof in tamil padam)...some scenes were over dramatic typical indian masala and too much in length tooo....two scenes which i felt that way was, the delivery scene, they wanted to show the ViruS inverter, so there is no need to lengthen that scene that much....
ReplyDeletethen the second one was stopping the heroine's marirage and taking her away, that could have been done in a more crisper way. To show the goodness of the hero, silencer is shown as a silly man, that is okay during college days, but there should be some level of maturity for a businessman 10 years out of college.
thought the crux of the film is good ,i would say somw scenes r un-necessary like the delivery & the al is wel concept.also it is much of elating amir by other 2 ppl..quite 'ok' movie
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