FILM

REVIEW

FILM REVIEW FORMAT

I. Introduction

~ The Film is all about~

II. Exposition

~CHARACTERS~

a. Major b. Minor

III. Summary

IV. Critique

a. Positive b. Negative

~Characters~ ~Characters~

c. Social Relevance

V. Favourite line from the film

VI. Insights

VII. Evaluation

I. Introduction

Introduction (meaning)

Refers to material in the front of a book that introduces and explains it to the readers. An introduction is a formal preliminary statement, often extensive, that serves as a guide to the book. It is written by the author and usu. printed as part of the text.

Introduction:

Title: 3 IDIOTS

Director: Rajkumar Hirani Country: India

Producer: Vidu Vinod Chopra Duration: 2 Hours & 50 mins.

Genre: Comedy Narrated By: R. Madhavan

The Film is about 3 persons named Rancho, Raju, and Farhan whom enter to the Elite Engineering College--- Imperial College of Engineering (I.C.E) for different purposes in their lives, but instead of just studying, they learn lessons which cannot be taught in books and classrooms, it is just “Experience”. As they say Experience is the best teacher.

You cannot teach someone a thing or two in just explaining or discussing the thing but let the people explore and find ways to know the thing, that’s what you can called Experience is the best teacher.

II. Exposition

Exposition (meaning)

The ‘exposition’ is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience; for example, information about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters' back stories, etc. Exposition can be conveyed through dialogues, flashbacks, character's thoughts, background details, in-universe media or the narrator telling a back-story.

Characters

a. Major Characters

~Rancchoddas Shymaldas Chanchad/ Phunkush Wangdu ( Aamir Khan )

One of the group of three friends, he went missing after the graduation and because of that his two friends travelled across India to look for him.

~Raju Rastogi ( Sharman Joshi )

The third member of the group consists of Rancho & Farhan. He came from a poor family with a mother who’s a retired teacher, a paralyzed father, and a sister who is unmarried during his college days.

~Farhan Qureshi ( R. Madhavan )

The film’s narrator and a friend of Rancho and Raju. His Father wants him to become an Engineer despite of his love in wildlife photography.

~Pia Sahastrabuddhe ( Kareena Kapoor)

Dr. Virus’ youngest daughter who pursues being a doctor and Rancho’s love interest.

b. Minor Characters

~ Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe ( Boman Irani )

Better known as "Virus", he serves as the strict college director and Pia's father. He is the film's "antagonist". His character focuses on a person who is highly competitive and challenging in nature and he has done complete justice to the role.

~Chatur Ramalingam ( Omi Vaidya )

Better known as "Silencer". Omi plays a nerdy character born in Uganda and completed his schooling in Pondicherry. He believes in mindless memorizing and also sneers Rancho's ideas just like Virus.

~ManMohan ( Rahul Kumar )

Better known as "Millimeter" or "MM". He is a young man who does chores in the college such as helping students by ironing their clothes, finishing assignments, and getting groceries, in return for money. In the present day, he works as a faculty member in Rancho/Chhote/Phunsukh Wangdu's school in Ladakh.

~Mona Sahastrabuddhe ( Mona Singh )

Pia's elder sister and Virus's elder daughter. She has a supportive role in the movie.

~Suhas Tandon ( Sanjay Lafont)

A materialistic comic character who is Pia's ex-fiance.

~Mr. Qureshi ( Parikshit Sahni )

Farhan's father, a strict but loving parent who just wants his son to be settled in life.

~Mrs. Rastogi ( Amardeep Jha )

Raju's mother, who is a retired schoolteacher and tireless complainer.

~Javed Jaffrey

as the real Ranchhodas Shyamaldas Chanchad – a person Raju, Farhan, and Chatur meet during the Shyamaldas Chanchad funeral service. His character is shown to be a corrupt person right from childhood, taking benefits from 'Chhote' in his homework and his exams. His father sends him to London and sends 'Chhote' to ICE to gain an engineering degree in his name.

~Shamaldas Chhanchad ( Arun Bali )

Father of Ranchhoddas Shyamaldas Chhanchad. He notices the servant boy's intelligence and arranged for him to get to college.

~Centimeter/Older ManMohan ( Dushyant Wagh )

The present day Millimeter who works as Rancho's/Phunsukh Wangdu's assistant in Ladakh.

~Joy Lobo ( Ali Fazal )

The student who has similar passion for machines like Rancho. After Virus tells him that he would not graduate, he commits suicide.

~ Akhil Mishra as Librarian Dubey

~Rohitash Gaud as Ranchhodas' servant

~Achyut Potdar as Machine Class Professor

~Madhav Vaze as Joy Lobo's father.

~Olivier Sanjay Lafont as Suhas (Pia's fiance)

III. Summary

Summary (meaning)

A shortened version of a text that highlights its key points. The primary purpose of a summary is to "give an accurate, objective.

Summary

Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke abroad an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife – trouser less – respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi’s Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address – little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan), Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) and Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad “Rancho” (Aamir Khan) are three engineering students who share a room in the residence of Imperial College of Engineering (ICE). Farhan is studying engineering to pursue his father’s wishes over his own wish — to become a wildlife photographer. Raju is studying to raise his family’s fortunes and get them out of poverty. On the other hand, Rancho studies for his simple passion in machines and devices. Rancho believes that success in studying is not achieved by solely memorizing definitions given by textbooks or professors, but by understanding and applying the concepts. He believes that one should follow excellence, not success, as success will come itself if excellence is followed.

Things further escalate when the three friends drunkenly break into Virus’s house one night to allow Rancho to confess his love to Pia, and urinate on the front door before fleeing. The next day, Virus threatens to rusticate Raju unless he squeals on Rancho. Not wanting to betray his friend or let down his family, Raju attempts suicide and ends up paralyzed. Following his recovery, Raju discards his fear of the future. Encouraged by Rancho, both Raju and Farhan gain courage to do what they were afraid to do before. Raju takes a frank approach in an interview for a corporate job, while Farhan convinces his parents to allow him to pursue his love of wildlife photography, both successful in their endeavors.

Their story is framed as intermittent flashbacks from the present day, ten years after Chatur bet that he’d become more successful than Rancho. Having lost contact with Rancho, who disappeared during the graduation party and went into seclusion, after five years, Raju and Farhan begin a journey to find him. They are joined by Chatur, now a wealthy and successful professional in the USA, who is looking to seal a deal with a famous scientist and prospective business associate named Phunsukh Wangdu. When they find Rancho’s house in Shimla, they find a completely different man: the real Rancho (Jaaved Jaffrey).

From him, they come to know that their friend was a destitute servant boy “Chhote” who loved learning, while he, the real Rancho, disliked study. After seeing the boy’s intelligence, the family agreed to let the servant boy study in Rancho’s place instead of laboring. In return, the real Rancho would pocket his qualifications and after graduating, the servant boy will cease all contact. The real Rancho reveals that Chhote is now a schoolteacher in Ladakh. At the same time, they find out that, without Rancho, Pia decided to marry the same price-obsessed banker that Rancho initially talked her into dumping, and they go to rescue her from the wedding.

Raju and Farhan find Pia and arrive at Rancho’s school. Pia and the fake Rancho rekindle their love, while Chatur mocks Rancho for becoming a lowly schoolteacher. He asks Rancho to sign a “Declaration of Defeat” document. When Rancho’s friends ask what his real name is, he reveals that he is actually Phunsukh Wangdu himself. Chatur finds out about this and is horrified; he accepts his defeat and pleads his case with Phunsukh to establish the business relationship he was after.

IV. Critique

*a. Positive

Farhan

Farhan wants to become a wildlife photographer, but is pursuing an engineering degree to fulfil his father's wish, whereas Raju needs to improve his family's financial situation, and Rancho studies for the pleasure of building machines. But because of rancho’s advice to him, Farhan pursues photography.

Raju

Virus threatens to expel Raju, who, unable to choose between betraying his friend and disappointing his family, attempts his own death. Raju gives eccentric answers to an interview. Virus vows to make the course's final exam as hard as possible so that Raju is unable to graduate. Pia, in reply, tells Rancho of the exam, and he and Farhan steal the examination's questions for Raju who refuses to cheat. Virus sentences them to expulsion; but they earn a reprieve when Viru's pregnant elder daughter Mona (Mona Singh) goes into labour at the same time.

Rancho

Due to Viru's pregnant elder daughter Mona (Mona Singh) goes into labour at the same time,unluckily, A heavy storm cuts electricity, and Pia instructs Rancho to deliver the baby in the college common room via Voice over IP, after Rancho restores power using car batteries and a power inverter invented by Rancho. After the baby is apparently stillborn, Rancho resuscitates it; wherefore Virus allows them to take and pass their final exams. Rancho comes first and is awarded Virus's prize pen, retained hitherto for an especially-capable student.

*b. Negative

Virus

. Professor Viru Sahastrabuddhe a.k.a. 'Virus' (Boman Irani), by giving creative and unorthodox answers in class, and later blames the rote-learning mentality of the institution for the suicide of fellow student Joy Lobo.

*c. Social Relevance

Poverty and illness may be touchy topics, best example of this is the status of Raju’s family. All you need is a mom cribbing about the family’s pathetic financial condition in black and white, while the paralyzed dad lies in bed, and audiences will roll away in their seats.

Think outside the box. Best example of these are the resourceful things that we can make if the lights were force to turned off.

Believe in Your Self (All is well). During the film Amir Khan keep on saying that “All izz well” the goal behind this thing is you should motivate yourself and You must believe in you that you can do this.

Always Have few Idiots friends with you. Here I mean to say Idiots is not fools but people like you who think out of the box and who have passion to do the things

V. Favourite Line from the Film

Rancho to Raju: “Exams? We have many, but Father? Only one.”

VI. Insights

Insights ( meaning )

The ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way, an understanding of the true nature of something.

Insights

Entertainment Ensured:

Social Media,whatever it is would have a very high entertainment value, ensuring many repeat views and of course many more smiles.

Message conveyed:

There’s a lot of lesson learned in every aspect of life especially for students like us.

Related to Youth’s Affairs:

Many issues related with young generation are manipulated very skillfully and naturally.

VII. Evaluation