Boman Irani, as the principal, almost revives his disciplinarian dean characterization from Munnabhai MBBS which is more palpable with his disgust towards the rebellious protagonist, Rancho (akin to Sanjay Dutt) who is furthermore in love with his daughter (ala Gracy Singh). Rancho clearly is different from anyone else in the college with his individualistic thought-process and rebellious attitude, which invites the ire of the college principal (Boman Irani) and affection of his daughter Pia (Kareena Kapoor).Ĭoming from Rajkumar Hirani, there was clearly a risk involved in the film’s setting and characterizations for having a déjà vu effect with his first film.
As they set out on a road trip from Delhi to Shimla to Manali to Ladakh to find their friend, the narrative cuts to and fro into flashbacks as we are introduced to the three idiots in an engineering college. The story starts a decade after the graduation of college companions Farhan (R Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) who get a clue on the whereabouts of their missing third friend Rancho (Aamir Khan). Loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller Five Point Someone, 3 Idiots takes the plot much beyond the campus confines and the target audience much above the youth, for universal appeal. And like his doctrine, all is well in his helluva film. So after successfully dispensing philosophies of ‘Jaadu ki jhappi’ in Munnabhai MBBS and ‘Gandhigiri’ in Lage Raho Munnabhai, Hirani incites a new philosophy of ‘Aal izz well’ in 3 Idiots. That’s the golden touch of Rajkumar Hirani. And when the motionless newborn responds to a goodwill chant of ‘aal izz well’ in true-blue Manmohan Desai mode, you fail to find a fault in the filmi formula. For a group of all-male engineering students, to ‘deliver’ means to literally carry out a delivery operation on a woman in labour pain.
But the scene still doesn’t come across as clichéd. For the zillionth time in a Hindi film, a bride runs away from the pheras on her wedding day. Rather than feeling gross at that instant, you have a lump in throat.
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Screenwriters: Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hiraniĭirector of photography: Muraleedharan C.K.In a late scene from the film, 2 of the 3 idiots zip down their pants and pat their bottoms facing the third idiot. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Jaaved Jaaferi 23 (BIG Pictures)Ĭast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Hirani’s screenplay also jumps back and forth in time over a 10-year period with limited success, leaving the viewer often wondering whether we’re seeing scenes set in the present or the past.ĭespite its flaws, “3 Idiots” conveys a powerful message about how valuable your friends can be when they push you toward reaching your own highest potential. Perceptive, subtle acting work by Khan, Madhavan and Joshi also clashes with buffoonish performances by Omi Vaidya, as an odious school rival, and veteran character actor Irani, whose character is cursed with an unnecessary - and unfunny - lisp. The film’s good points, though, are marred by a slow start and a nerve-jangling soundtrack (except for the charming “Aal Izz Well”). In India, the Reliance Big Pictures release collected more than 1 billion rupees ($21.3 million) in its first four days of release.Ī great part of the film’s appeal is Aamir Khan, who has come to specialize in heroic iconoclasts, such as a rebellious villager in “Lagaan” or a visionary teacher of special-needs kids in “Taare Zameen Par.” As Rancho, a young engineer of dazzling inventiveness, Khan conveys smarts, mischief and, finally, compassion, as he spurs his friends on to greatness before he mysteriously disappears. Written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, whose two previous films also tweaked Indian sensibilities with great commercial and critical success, “3 Idiots” has dominated at the boxoffice this holiday season. Madhavan), Raju (Sharman Joshi) and Rancho (Aamir Khan) - find a common bond when they realize that their futures aren’t exactly inscribed in a mathematics book. The stakes are high: in India 2.0, students whose parents have sacrificed everything for their education are expected to reach the top.
OAKLAND - “Life is a race: If you’re not fast enough, you’ll get trampled,” booms engineering college dean Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Boman Irani).
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