Friday, January 08, 2010

Three Idiots: Review

Three idiots: Ryan, Hari and alok ooops...... rancho (amir khan), Farhan (madhvan) & raju (sharman joshi) come to IIT sorry ICE (hell......... Sorry Mr Hirani but I can't stop relating despite your comment that 'the film has less than 5% similarity to the novel 5 point someone by Chetan Bhagat'). Well anyways,lets get back to the story. So the three idiots arrive at one of the best colleges in the country to study mechanical engineering and in the four years they do everything they are not expected to : Bunk classes, get drunk on the top of water tank, date prof's daughter, pee on dean's nameplate, dine for free in an unknown wedding...

Indian audience had not watched a movie about life in an engineering college and this was high time we had one. The biggest section of movie-goers today are engineers and this was sure to click. No wonder this is one of the largest grocers of all times-thanks to the multiplexes.

But this is not all. Three Idiots is a story nicely told. Rajkumar Hirani has maintained his position of best director of comedies. His dialogues are really good and gel with the mood of the movie. Cinematography is worth appreciating, scenic locations of Laddhakh are shown with elegance. Songs are catchy although the music is not that great, thanks to the lyrics. Give me some sunshine & Aall is well, are my favorites.

I was doubting how a man in forties will play a college boy but Amir has always shown that he can do anything. Sharman joshi is brilliant as usual. No one can beat his comedy. Kareena is back to her cute Yuva Looks with a nose ring. She gels in the character so much that you cannont imagine someone else.

The movie is, in many ways, different from the book. Unlike the book the Protagonist here is not the mediocre Hari (madhavan) who needs Ryan (amir khan) for every move, who betrays his girlfriend, putting her repute at stake for saving his degree. Here the protagonist is Mr. Perfect: Rancho. Ryan of the book was polished to create this character. He is against the system but still manages to top the class unlike Ryan. So the Prof's daughter falls in love with him and not Hari. We haven't yet matured to accept less than perfect people as leads.

Well despite all this, the movie is worth watching for a relaxing experience of three hours.

Rating: 4/5

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