Review of 3 Idiots

3 Idiots

Aamir, Madhvan & Sharman Joshi shares the screen space in 3 Idiots along with the hot Bollywood Bebo ‘Kareena Kapoor’ has hit the screen today. '3 Idiots' would be ‘Mr. Perfectionist Aamir’s’ movie of the Year 2009.

'3 Idiots' is based on the book ‘Five Point Someone’ written by ‘Chetan Bhagat’ but is presented with a unique screenplay. The film soundtrack is composed by ‘Shantanu Moitra’ and lyrics penned by ‘Swanand Kirkire’.

Star Cast
Aamir Khan as Rancho, Kareena Kapoor as Pia, Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi, R Madhavan as Farhan Qureshi, Boman Irani as Viru Sahastrabudhhe(Virus), Mona Singh as Mona, Parikshat Sahni, Javed Jaffrey, Akhil Mishra as Hindi Teacher and Rahul Kumar.

Amir Khan has given wonderful and great movies to the bollywood. 3 Idiots is another vehicle to showcase Amir’s sparkling ability to be a part of Indian Cinema that creates a conversational yet classy language of thought provoking punctuation, syntax and exclamation.

First and for most 3 Idiots is an extremely entertaining fragment of cinema. The boys having a fun atmosphere in the engineering campus is shot with a meandering humor and the warmth of joke has not lost its punch till the end.

In this straight jacketed society of ours it’s very difficult to change the systems which are been followed since years. But this movie shows that how three students finish their studies in spite of having so much of pressure but at last they come up with whatever they wanted to do and not what they parents wanted them to be.

And really, when Rajkumar Hirani, with help from his co-writer Abhijit Joshi, sets down to criticize the glaring anomalies in our education system, we are compelled to wonder for a few seconds, if flogging the sacred cows of our institutionalized system of governance in cinema is not just an excuse to pull out all stops and let the young heroes have all the fun that their more disciplined counterparts deny themselves.

The first part of the movie has innumerable scenes that if one wants to

The first part of the movie has innumerable scenes that if one wants to control their laugh, it’s just not possible. On the very first day the three characters meet. Salt water is good conductor of electricity. As shown Rancho (Amir Khan) belongs to a very wealthy family. The other two characters Raju (Sharman) and Farhaan (Madhvan) friends of Rancho form the other two idiots.

Every one has read it but Rancho applied it to piss off his senior from getting ragged on the very first day of engineering college. The core message of the movie is striving for excellence is worth then striving for success.

Raju’s family being very power with a dad, who is sick, lying on the bed, teary eyed mother, an un-wed sister is shown in the black and white picture like in the early 50s. Which can be seen and sympathize with the stroke of black humor. Farhan belongs to a family where parents sacrifice with a single AC in their sons’ room so that he could study comfortably.

Couple of sceens in the movie is really memorable and funny. Note the scene when Rancho and his girl, Pia (Kareena) takes the patient to the hospital on a scooter. In such a serious condition they are still in their own dreamland. After that another part where Rancho asks five more minutes to complete his paper. But when the examiner refuses to take the paper, they make the fool of the examiner and trickily mix their answer sheets and run away. ‘ALL IS WELL’ the anthem is perfectly shot with all the humor and fun and also eye-catchy.

From then the story starts disintegrating. They type of pressure intimated on the student’s leads to suicide. This is a very breath taking scene where a final year student asks for an extension of the submission of his model. Which is refused by the professor? The boy has himself to death unknowingly that Rancho has made the model successfully. This shows Ranchos always helping nature not only this time but throughout the movie.

The second half of the movie is totally a cukoo, where a baby is delivered in the college campus with the help of a vacuum cleaner. This has no relevance to the story but still an innovative way which I don’t think should be used, which was funny but the technique applied for generating the electricity using a VIRUS INVERTOR was amazingly good.

Another humorous scene is the scene on the TEACHERS DAY celebration. Where the so called ambitious student prepares a speech edited bye Rancho makes a nuisance of the principle and the chief guest by replacing of a word CHAMATKAR with BALATKAR.

Amir Khan is do-gooder hero who is a genius student, a trustable friend, an expert adviser who can even look at a girl and magically guess that the girl is wearing a watch which is given be her late mother and is missing her at the moment.

Sharman plays a role of true student who un-intentionally blabbers about his faults a win the hearts of the interviewing panel by his honesty. This ends up with a job in his hand.

Omi playing Chatur is an ambitious student, has the best lines and is the source of humor most of the time. Boman Irani acts as a Grumpy principle some what as he was in MUNNA BHAI. The actor playing the role of millimeter has an undearing performance.

Over the entire movie is wonderful. Cinematography is outstanding. Especially the make up of Amir which makes him look in his early 20s hiding his actual age. Technically the movie is functional. Music is mind-blowing and fantabulous.

3 Idiots should be watched by each individual especially students. In a country where students are driven to do suicide by their impossible curriculum. 3 Idiots provides hope. May be cinema cannot saves life but it can make one feel that life is really very important. 3 Idiots does just that and much more.

--Review by Hardik Gandhi

Sanjay and Imran at 3Idiots Premiere

Sanjay Dutt attended the premiere of 3Idiots to cheer for good friends Aamir Khan and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Nephew Imran Khan also came along with his fiance Avantika to cheer and wish his Mamu Aamir Khan.

3 khans together at the premiere of the movie 3Idiots

SRK (a good friend) and joined the bandwagon of 3Idiots. SRK gave a big hug to amir as soon as he saw him.

Amir Khan and a good friend Salman Khan had also attended the premiere of 3Idiots in Mumbai

3 IDIOTS Premiere

On the wonderful eve of Christmas great stars came together for the premiere of Amirs' 3Idiots.

The four great stars of Bollywood(from left) Sharman Joshi, Amir Khan, Karina Kapoor and R Madhvan at the premiere of their film 3Idiots in Mumbai.

The awesome Karina Kapoor and the stunning Amir Khan posing at the premiere of their movie 3Idiots. Karina wore a sizzling red Saree and Amir wore a crisp brown Suit.

Police Bravery Awards 2009-Robery Construction

Stars In Police Awards

Many stars had visited the recently held POLICE AWARDS-09.


Aishwariya Rai with father in law Amitabh Bachchan attented the function.


Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan
Karina Kapoor's ex Beau Shahid Kapoor and Present Beau Saif Ali Khan were also spotted at the awards. Where Saif wore an Indian White Kurta Paijama an Shahid dressed casually.


Asin and Kangna also spotted



Asin dressed with a Rabani and Rekha biege outfit and Kangana was as usual with the most suiting avtar-shorts with gladiator.

Paa--Trailer

Paa -- Review

Film: “Paa”; Cast: Amitabh

Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal; Director: R. Balakrishnan - Watch ‘Paa’ for Amitabh and Vidya Balan’s performances.

The Paa Movie Review or in short story of Paa Movie or role of Amitabh Bachan in Paa are provided here. Paa, the Hindi bollywood movie has been released worldwide on December 4th, 2009. R.Balakrishnan is d

irector of the movie and it is produced by Sunil Manchanda under AB Corps banner. The movie revolves around the unique relationship between father and son that inspires human emotions in an amazing manner. The Paa Movie cast includes Amitabh & Abhishek Bachan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal and Arundhati Naag. The music is composed by Illaiyaraja.

Director R. Balki, who has also written the script and obviously loves to break paradigms-recall the age-defying romance of his debut film Cheeni Kum - has cast the 67-year-old Amitabh Bachchan as Auro.

This movie depicts a peculiar ailment i.e. Progeria -- a medical condition which leads to premature ageing of a child, is purely incidental, it doesn't change the course of the story or influence the actions of those who surround him.

As opposed to Aamir Khan's sensitive Taare Zameen Par, which presented some succinct points on the subject of dyslexia, Balakrishnan doesn't try to educate the viewer about Progeria's symptoms or impact. This, as it turns out, is a good thing, considering the narrative already has blobs of some unnecessary sub-plot to contend with.

Auro’s character is well-etched and Amitabh has certainly presented a new challenge for his colleagues by slipping under the skin of a 13-year-old with wrinkles, cataracts and no hair so convincingly. Not even once does his megastar image overshadow his character.

Amitabh’s make up is such that it doesn’t give him much room to use his facial muscles. Despite that he conveys every emotion he is going through and as the movie progresses one feels a connect with Auro.

In the performance department both

Amitabh and Vidya Balan, who plays his single mother, complement each other.

Vidya has given a power-packed performance as a woman who single-handedly raises her progeric child and try to give him a normal life — she is never shown over concerned or fussy. Amitabh and Abhishek’s scenes together are both funny and emotional.But the film has flaws too. Abhishek is portrayed as an ambitious young politician. Balki takes a pot shot at the media by showing that TV journalism is manipulated, but it doesn’t look convincing at all.

Jaya Bachchan is the surprise package of the film. She appears on the screen to introduce the cast and the crew.

Review

The first half of Paa moves beautifully.

Balki briskly takes us through the romance between Amol and Vidya, played by Vidya Balan, that leads to Auro. They meet in college. When she gets pregnant, he suggests an abortion because he is ambitious and not ready to shoulder the burden of a family.She dumps him, has the baby without telling him and raises it with the help of her mother.

Paa has been pitched as a father-son film but what works far better is the mother-son relationship. With a real tenderness, Balki establishes the love a mother has, even for this lumbering boodha baccha, as a character calls him.

After the superb make up it is very difficult to make out Amitabh Bachan’s character as AURO. Being a politician Abhishek Banchan is unaware of the fact that he has a son. Vidya's character has the least clarity but she manages to bring some heft to it.

The film unfortunately, isn't as smooth. The first half has a few jarring moments - at one point, we detour into Amol's political career, which leads to an unnecessary lecture on media responsibility - but mostly Balki keeps the plot on track.

Paa loses its flow. It loses its emotional momentum and starts to feel unnecessarily manipulative and lengthy. I found the other children in the film especially problematic.

But let's not mistaken Paa to be a rona-dhona movie. It's a positive film with funny/light moments in plenty. The conversation between Auro and his best friend, on various occasions, are superb. Also, not once does Paa show Auro as 'different'. He's one among the kids and there's no discrimination whatsoever, which is remarkable.

Director R. Balki should be saluted for thinking out of the box and writing the script and also for presenting Amitabh Bachchan like never before. Hats off to the make of Auro.

Paresh Rawal is effective. Arundhati Naag is amazing. So is the kid, Pratik, enacting the role of Auro's best buddy. His telephonic conversation with Auro is superb. Jaya Bachchan's presence is lovely. On the whole, Paa is an amazing experience. It makes you realize two things. One, the Hindi film industry is also capable of narrating fresh stories. Two, Amitabh Bachchan is truly the most accomplished actor this side of the Atlantic.

Talking from the business point of view, Paa has been made in a sensible and reasonable budget [approx. Rs. 17 crores, including P & A expenses], which should easily be recovered from multiplexes alone. In the final tally, here's a film that should win awards [for Auro] and also box-office rewards, given its low costs. A film that should strike a chord with every paa, maa... just about everyone with a heart!