Watched 3 Idiots for the second time.
It deserves a second look. By all means, it's a fairly well-made film, a middle-of-the-road entertainer, and the presence of actor Bomman Irani made it seem vaguely familiar. After all, it was a bit like Rajkumar Hirani's other 'meaningful, feel-good' offerings.
For some, the film appears to be 'loaded with messages, meaning, and what not.
It's a message to middle class parents, says one.
It's a message to students to follow their dreams, says another.
It's a message to schools not to put pressure on students, says a third.
It's a message to youngsters to be as disruptive they can get, says a fourth.
It makes fun of the 'good students', says a fifth.
It's all about pissing, farting, and drinking alcohol, wails a sixth.
Three guys on a scooter without a helmet! screams a seventh.
The film is successful because it has the right mix of satire, in-your-face attitude, and it pulls at the subconscious of our straight-jacketed and [may I dare to say] sexually-repressed Indian middle class?
3 idiots isn't Oscar material, but it does leave a lot of people Stirred and shaken... right?
8 comments:
Honey, you can see digs at the gay community everywhere, like the chick asks the first idiot: you don't wanna marry me - are u gay? As if. But I'd like to see whether Aamir Khan will dress up in drag!
Films like 3idiots do have messages that can be taken in many ways. Itwas a naughty and nice film.
What makes 3idiots absolutely chill is the way it blends emotion and humour. At surface level, it may appear a bit superficial. Go deeper n it stirrs ur conssciousness questioning the well-established values. At the end, u come out thoroughly thrilled.............. 3 cheers fr 3idioits.............
This culturally inclusive film is a Bollywood triumph. Films are a great medium to initiate alternative discourses particularly through an acceptable mix of fun and satire, terrific visuals, grey comedy(almost black occasionally) and the aesthetic license of strategic coincidences.
The great Bollywood narrative has truly arrived. Cheers
Professori
Thank you, Professori, for hitting the nail on the head. The way the North-east has been woven in to the subtext of the film, not just as some idyllic tourist spot with subservient slit-eyed 'darwans' but as a place inhabited by real people is a strong point of 3idiots
Great movie indeed! Gripping and emotionally exhausting at times. It nevr preached but the messages got conveyed effectively...leaving one stirred.
The movie had all the qualities which a good movies has. It was hilarious and touching from the beginning till the end making it a "must watch" for people of all age group.
in spite of so much good things some impractical thing is also in 3 idiot.
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