Good movies are hard to come by. This one was great!
“Pursue excellence and success will chase you… pants down.” –Rancho in 3 Idiots.
The Rundown
Behind the name: Pun on characters
Country: India, 2009
Genre: Comedy
Distributed by: Vinod Chopra Productions
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Cast: Aamir Khan (as Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad / Phunsukh Wangdu), Kareena Kapoor (as Pia Sahastrebuddhe) R. Madhavan (as Farhan Qureshi), Sharman Joshi (as Raju Rastogi), Boman Irani (as Viru Sahastrebuddhe, a.k.a ViruS), Omi Vaidya (as Chatur Ramalingam, a.k.a. Silencer), and Rahul Kumar (as Millimeter).
Compare to: None other
Hate it or Love it? Absolutely Love it!
Synopsis in a Sentence: Farhan and Rajul meet Rancho during a hazing session their first day in college, and life becomes a rollercoaster of stupidity, learning and fun.
“3 Idiots is currently the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time! And the film earned that title with good reason. It raked a total of 202,57,00,000 Indian rupees according to Box Office India, and about 76,30,00,000 its opening week. How generous were the producers to release the full-length film in HD Blu-Ray on You-Tube for free? It’s all for the love of film people, and there’s plenty reason to love this film.
On Writing: The Plot
Great, great writing. I doubt I have come across a more entertaining piece this year. Every scene was extremely relevant. The writing was superb, carefully weaving classic comedy with natural tragedy and heartfelt sentiment. Only slightly did it run on the verge of ludicrousness, but in total, this film can do no wrong as far as the plot goes. It is an art to be able to write a script like this. Very well done!
(4.5/5)
On Acting: The Cast
Great actors. Nothing overdone… well maybe slightly, but the actors were great. Great chemistry between the idiots—it seemed like they knew each other their whole lives— Aamir Khan carried us through the comedy and tragedy with ease and comic perfection, Sharman Joshi did well to invoke pity and fear, to produce a resolved character, R. Madhavan lead the first scene with pleasing comedy, Omi Vaidya (Silencer) played the part of the busy-body-teacher’s pet we all knew at school—mad props to him, and Boman Irani relayed the Virus—the mad scientist professor/cursed emissary of science that we loved to hate. His expressions were priceless. Great actors + great chemistry= excellent cast.
(4.5/5)
On Production:
Good. Well thought out. Nice symbolism, fluid transitions between action and song. The film moved so easily that we hardy realized the time 164-minute marathon by. Hats off to the music crew led by popular director, Shantanu Moitra. Great work. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed Hindi scores more than the ones in this film. (Really, you’ll find yourself singing to the tune when the film is over, waking up one good morning to the soundtrack stuck in your head(. An overall excellent production, film, music and plot alike). The fluid transitions between tragedy and comedy reflected the marriage between the writing and production. In comedy, it’s slightly harder to translate pen-comic to live comic but 3 Idiots achieved that and more. Top Stuff.
(4.5/5)
On Resolution: The Conclusion
Very well resolved, form beginning to end. It’s an art how puns were implied and secretly injected from the start of the movie to the end. The beauty is in the dialogue, the importance of the didactic lesson is hard to miss, and the skill with which the story was told could hardly be predicted. Regardless of your experience and film-predicting skill you’ll not be able to guess what this one has up its sleeves—Just wait ‘til the end.
(4.5/5)
The Verdict: Interweaving good comedy, good tragedy, and good drama to produce an all-round good movie: “All Izz Well!”
Overall Score = 18/20
Kareena Kapoor (as Pia)
See 3 Idiots the in HD-Blu-Ray on YouTube, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP40tI0QpOk]
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