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3 Idiots

Language : Hindi
Banner : Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions
Director : Rajkumar Hirani
Producer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Cinematography : C.K. Muraleedharan
Story : Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi
Screenplay : Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi
Dialogue : Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi
Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire
Music : Shantanu Moitra
Release : 2009 December 25
Starring : Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Mona Singh, Parikshat Sahni, Javed Jaffrey, Akhil Mishra, Rahul Kumar, Omi Vaidya

Rajkumar Hirani is the best filmmaker Hindi cinema has produced in a long, long time. It�s not that there aren�t other mavericks, geniuses, and talented storytellers who give us some fabulous movies from time to time. But Hirani has, one film after the other, proved his mettle as a writer/director who does not believe in giving you entertainment the easy way � he ensures that you take back home a few lessons about life, too.

Three Idiots has one of the most relevant issues of Indian society at its core, a heartwarming story woven around it and a narrative that takes you through the film effortlessly, leaving you happy, moved, and thoughtful in the end. Yes, the film has certain hard-to-digest moments � like engineering students helping a woman to deliver a child in the campus with the help of some �skills� � but if the oft misused term �cinematic liberty� has ever been put to apt use, it is here.

Ranchhoddas Chhanchad aka Rancho (Khan), Farhan Qureshi (Madhavan), and Raju Rastogi (Joshi) have got admission in ICE, the most prestigious engineering college in India. �You�ll have to beat your competitor every step of the way if you want to be successful in life,� dean Viru Sahastrabudhhe aka Virus (Irani) tells students on their first day in college.

While the others just follow orders, Rancho defies rules. He raises questions in class his teachers can�t answer, refuses to complete assignments unless he really enjoys them, and infuriates the dean, who is a stickler for perfection. �You have the best college in the country, yet none of your students has ever invented anything of note,� Rancho tells the dean straight-faced, enraging him further.

To make matters worse, he falls in love with the dean�s daughter (Kapoor). The dean is out to make Rancho�s life hell but is baffled how Rancho deceives him every time. The most laidback of all students, he surprises everyone by ending at the top of the class, year after year, confounding even his two friends. �We learnt an important lesson,� says Farhan. �When your friend fails an examination, you feel bad. But when he tops it, you feel worse.�

Rancho explains to his friends that the only reason he excels at everything he does is because he enjoys doing them. He coerces the two to follow their goals without worrying about the end result, and by the end of the four-year period, the two feel more confident of what they want to do in life than before they entered college and met Rancho. While the institute asked them to chase success, Rancho asked them to chase excellence, assuring them that success would follow.

But soon after teaching them life�s most valuable lesson, Rancho disappears. Why does Rancho leave without telling anyone of his whereabouts? Where does he go?

The film starts with Farhan and Raju renewing their search for Rancho after five years, following a lead they get on his whereabouts from one of their closest competitors in college, Chatur. The movie then moves into flashback mode, returning to real time every now and then. Starting with the first scene, the screenplay moves in one fluid motion, interweaving scenes and sequences one after the other in brilliant, seamless fashion.

Writers Hirani and Abhijat Joshi (story, screenplay, and dialogues) and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay associate) have worked painstakingly on every sequence, each of which stands out for its brilliance. There are so many �highlights� and scenes that impress you that pointing out a few would be unfair to the others. Three Idiots is, in every way, a complete film � one that works in its entirety, be it storytelling, dialogues, acting, music, cinematography, art direction, editing, etc. At the helm of it all is the captain of the ship � director Rajkumar Hirani.

Madhavan puts in a restrained performance and brings both the maturity and confusion that his character requires. Joshi is good. His character undergoes immense change in the film and the actor brings across those subtle differences beautifully. Kapoor, in a smaller role, does a good job. Irani�s performance ranges from competent to caricaturish, but works with the mood of the film. Omi as Chatur aka Silencer gets ample screen space and performs well as the grades-hungry student everyone hates in class.

Shantanu Moitra�s music blends into the film perfectly and the songs are extremely hummable. Hirani is impeccable with his editing and CK Muraleedharan�s cinematography is easy on the eyes.

Aamir Khan and Rajikumar Hirani coming together was always going to be special. Three Idiots sure is. In fact, the film blends elements of Khan�s Taare Zameen Par with Hirani�s Munnabhai series, making a comment on the education system without going down the documentary route, but the film stands out on its own.

Even as you have come to accept Khan�s genius at ensuring a good product for audiences every time, this one is a Rajkumar Hirani show all the way. That is not to say having Khan doesn�t help. The character of Rancho is the voice of the film, innocent yet intelligent, and the script demanded an actor of Khan�s calibre to take across the film�s message to audiences. As a younger man, Khan springs the kind of performance you associate him with. For the three hours that you are watching the film, Khan ceases to exist and Rancho takes over.

But the real hero of Three Idiots is the guy who gave us jaadu ki jhappi and Gandhigiri. Raju Hirani, you are the man! After all the terrible films and flops this year, you have ensured that in the end, Aall Izz Well.


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