Chatur was a bit too goofy for me and professor Viru is also way too cartoony and made fun of, but it worked in the context of the film which is lightweight and fun more than serious.ģ Idiots is superbly directed by immensely talented Rakjumar Hirani who is quickly immerging as one of my favorite modern directors. Pia is also a wonderful soul and the romance between her and Rancho is a bit underdeveloped, but instantly I felt their chemistry and it worked for me. Raju is also terrific and I found his attempted suicide scene heartbreaking and eventually emotionally rewarding. Such a powerful sequence and so heartwarming. He is almost like a mythical figure here and that was great as it fitted Aamir Khan’s persona so well and he did deliver another phenomenal performance.įarhan is the most realistic of the trio and the highlight was him telling his father what he wants to do in life instead of engineering. Rancho is such a fun character and an immensely likable person who influenced his friends and made their lives happier. Once again Hirani imbues the film with a high number of instantly likable, such well developed personalities and terrific interactions between them. So let’s talk about these wonderful characters. Some scenes with the three friends were just so incredibly emotional for me because they established these characters and their friendship so well that I felt strong emotion in such scenes. On the other hand, I was most definitely moved in more than one occasion. On the one hand, the film was simply too sentimental in some scenes and downright cheesy or manipulative. I had mixed feelings about the emotional tone here. However, the humor is mostly terrific and I actually did laugh quite a lot which I did not expect from a serious sounding film.
Yes, the humor here can be too silly at times (the childbirth sequence is ridiculous though fun) and the film frequently becomes too much of a parody instead of satire. Yes, 3 Idiots does explore this serious issue and it can be pretty heartbreaking to watch, but it still never forgets to be fun as it’s a terrific example of a fantastic dramedy. The film cleverly makes fun of the ridiculously hard requests from professors as well as terrible teaching methods while never forgetting to make a statement and thus it even manages to be urgent in tone.
In those countries the number of students committing suicide is simply staggering.
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The movie is thus an incredibly important, even alarming look at the pressures of studying in India and some other Asian countries such as China and Japan. They all suffer through college which they find way too difficult and exhausting. The film follows the friendship of three students in an Indian engineering college.
It is another wonderful film from this great director. ………………………………………………… 3 Idiots Movie Reviewģ Idiots is a 2009 comedy drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Aamir Khan.