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52 reviewers have given 3 Idiots an average rating of 4.4/5.0 (?)
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Thumbs up by Amodini, Amodini's Movie Reviews ...Amir plays a college kid here, and while he’s actually 40+ he does manage his character quite well.... full review
So-So by Noyon Jyoti Parasara, AOL INDIA ...But what probably goes wrong is that director Rajkumar Hirani seemed to have started enjoying the film so much that he just could not cut out a lot of unwanted scenes.... full review
So-So by Naresh Kumar Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice ...Borrowing only scraps from Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Five Point Someone’, Hirani and co-writer Abhijat Joshi churn out some delectable idiotgiri, laced with juvenile humour and tear-shedding moments.... full review
So-So by Blogeswari, Blogeswari ...Raju Hirani is a master at pizhinchifying sentiness out of you with a tinge of humor and 3 Idiots is of the same type.... full review
So-So by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express ...Ignore his primitive staging, and Hirani is our Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the Gallic charmer who, through the winsome whimsies of Amélie, set about ameliorating the world’s ills with a hop in the step and a gleam in the eye... full review
Thumbs up by Bobby Sing, Bobby Talks Cinema.com ...fulfills every promise it made and entertains the viewer completely with its engrossing and enlightening content based upon some real life happenings, we see and read about every day.... full review
Thumbs up by Rima Bhatia, Bolly Spice ...All the songs are shot beautifully and do help to progress the film. ... full review
Thumbs up by Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama ...All izz very, very, very, very, very well. ... full review
Thumbs up by Daliya Ghose, Bollywood Mantra ...Aamir Khan again shines in this film. He was superb in every department of acting. Madhavan also created a strong impact. Sharman Joshi was equally superb.... full review
So-So by Anand Vaishnav, Buzz18 ...The cracks begin to surface when the plot meanders from its core. Lot of scenes in the second half are long and over drawn.... full review
Thumbs up by Nandita Dutta, DearCinema ...The film makes a hard hitting comment on the education system of today. ... full review
Thumbs up by Bikas Mishra, DearCinema ...The strength of the film lies in its screenplay that seamlessly moves back and forth in time.... full review
Thumbs up by Aniruddha Guha, DNA ...The following review may strike you as gushy, overzealous, or exaggerated in praise. But films like these are made once in a while and, so, superlatives are in order.... full review
Thumbs up by Deepa Garimella, fullhyd.com ...Rancho is a cheerful, optimistic whiz kid who is impossibly indifferent to success or failure, and while letting him tower around what is technically a world of lesser mortals, Hirani puts forth his counsel on the issue, vehemently terming it murder.... full review
Thumbs up by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com ...All these aspects and more are beautifully woven into the screenplay to sock you right under your chin without sounding preachy.... full review
Thumbs up by Kaveree Bamzai, india today ...t has an aphorism for every occasion-especially the memorable one, all izz well-but it is more than the crackling writing. ... full review
Thumbs up by Susan Jose, India-Forums ...Sharman Joshi is one person who was there in the last adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's novel and also in this one. He has a gift for comedy. But in this film, the boy is seen struggling to break out of his shell.... full review
Thumbs up by Kaveree Bamzai, india.com ...This is a movie made in a burst of inspired lunacy and thank god for madmen such as Raju Hirani and co-writer Abhijat Joshi for making it possible.... full review
Thumbs up by IANS, indiainfo.com ...The director is strangely shy of displaying emotions. So he counters the melodrama of his third hero Raju Rastongi (Sharma Joshi)'s life with black-and-white 1960s' self-mocking background music... full review
So-So by Anuj, Indian Auteur ...Hirani seems to possess an enthusiasm reminiscent of the French master, Jacques Tati. His films, much like Tati’s, consistently choose to exist in a state of indecision – perplexed between the lure of a fruitful future and the charm of a simpler past... full review
Thumbs up by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes ...The introduction sequence of the principal is hilarious and so is an annual day Hindi speech of honour by an NRI student.... full review
So-So Indicine ...Over-the-top sequences (read the section below), melodrama, unrealistic situations just don’t work.... full review
Thumbs up by Amrita, Indiequill ...He’s sharp, he’s supercharged, he’s quick, he’s one of “The Khans” (note the capital letters). There are a lot of things Aamir is, but a fuck-up ain’t one of them. Even when Aamir plays a loser, he’s a heroic, righteous loser.... full review
Thumbs up by Kshitij Mehta, J.A.M ...Although the story of the film is not the best, it is the execution by Hirani that takes the cake... full review
Thumbs up by Vidhi M, merinews ...R Madhavan shows the most ease with his guise of Farhan Qureshi, affably switching to flashback and the present.... full review
Thumbs up by Kautilya, MH-31 Fun Unlimited ...10 out of 10 to Aamir Khan... full review
Thumbs up by Sarita Tanwar, MiD DAY ...Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, Five Point Someone (though only a miniscule part has been adapted from the book; the rest is all original), here's a story of three friends studying in an engineering college... full review
Thumbs up Movie Talkies ...Chase your dream and shine like the 3 Idiots. ... full review
Thumbs up by Mr. Inketi, Mr. Inketis Weblog ...After an awfully long time and in the midst of an industry steeped in depression we have a film where from the first scene to the last there is something fun happening on the screen... full review
Thumbs up by Mayank Shekhar, NDTV ...We don't make original thinkers who could pick up a Nobel prize for an invention. ... full review
So-So by Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com ... if flogging the sacred cows of our institutionalised 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. ... full review
Thumbs up by Ashok Nayak, Now Running.com ...The camera work and sound design too is just about perfect.... full review
Thumbs up by Jahan Bakshi, Now Running.com ...Despite the fact that 3 Idiots is an eminently watchable film, it is undeniable that this is a film in serious need of some trimming.... full review
Thumbs up by Namrata Joshi, Outlook India ...Hirani’s childlike sense of fun does go risque and politically incorrect in the vignettes of college life. But then, isn’t irreverence, impertinence and colourful lingo the trademark of being young?... full review
So-So by Prasanth Vijay, Passion for Cinema ...Bollywood is famously peeved by details, more so when they are real.... full review
Thumbs up by Movie Magik, Passion for Cinema ...Amidst all this entertainment, laughs and tears, Hirani gives viewers ample to ponder about.... full review
Thumbs up by Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam ...Above all the trio manages to handle their each problem and lead their lives happily as well as have fun to the core.... full review
Thumbs up by Great Bong, Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind ...In Three Idiots, I can say that I finally found a little bit of myself on the screen. No actually not just “a little bit”. A lot of me.... full review
Thumbs up real bollywoood ...he end stretches a bit too long and some things are just too away from spontaneity.... full review
Thumbs up real bollywoood ...It’s not that ‘3 Idiots’ is a flawless work of art. But it is a vital, inspiring and life-revising work of contemporary art with some heart imbued into every part.... full review
Thumbs up real bollywoood ...The film is a must watch for every Aamir fan.... full review
Thumbs up by Sukanya Verma, Rediff ...full-on commercial entertainer with boisterous songs, romanticised idealism and jaunty buffoonery -- traits we have always adored Hirani for. ... full review
Thumbs down by Raja Sen, Rediff ...borrowing a Farah Khan-style old school flashback but refusing to go all-out funny -- and instead labouring really hard to make a point, the aforementioned one about college and suicide. I repeat it because he does, and he does it over and over again.... full review
So-So by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies ...Several portions immerse you, only to lead nowhere. ... full review
Thumbs up by K N Gupta, SmasHits.com ...The three actors look like college students though they are 30 plus. ... full review
Thumbs up by Manish Gaekwad, StarBoxOffice ...Where David Dhawan has slapstick, Sooraj Barjatya is a wedding planner, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has delusion of grandeur, Madhur Bhandarkar has faux grit, Rajkumar Hirani rummages through all these pockets to serve his consommé of cinema which has everything going for it... full review
Thumbs up by K K Rai, STARDUST ...The director has been ably aided in this venture by the superb script and screenplay of the film. ... full review
Thumbs up by Nova, The World As I See It ...The lyrics by Swanand Kirkire are very well thought of. My fav song of the movie is: “Give me some sunshine“.... full review
Thumbs up by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ...The high point of the film is the fact that director Rajkumar Hirani says so much, and more, without losing his sense of humour and the sheer lightness of being. ... full review
So-So by The ThirdMan, Upper Stall ... Still, you wish it could have musically a little stronger... full review
Thumbs up by Aman Kanth, ZEENEWS.COM ...‘paisa vasool’... full review
3 Idiots - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Director: Rajkumar Hirani
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- Lead Cast: Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor
- Supporting Cast: Boman Irani, Mona Singh, Parikshit Sahni, Jaaved Jaaferi
- Story: Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
- Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
- Dialogues: Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
- Editor: Rajkumar Hirani
- Background Score: Shantanu Moitra
- Action Choreography: Shyam Kaushal
- Music Director: Shantanu Moitra
- Lyrics: Swananda Kirkire
- Running time: 165 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Comedy, Dark Comedy, Family, Slapstick, Social, Spoof
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52 reviewers have given 3 Idiots an average rating of 4.4/5.0. 40 yays, 1 nays, 11 so-so. See all external reviews »
Comments (44)
ye galat hai meetu, woh galtiyon pe galtiya kare phir bhi maaf kar rahi ho. Infact that's why I'm POed at Raj Kumar Hirani.
I really enjoyed the first half. I feel the second half was quite a drag. The movie would have been better if it had remained true to the book Five Point Someone. In the 2nd half the director tried to stuff in so many things that the film ultimately choked. Especially, the baby delivery scene was ridiculous. And Amir's character could have done with some gray shades. Overall a good film but it had the potential to be brilliant.
Godbole saahab, ab hasi aayi to aap se chhoopa to nahi sakte. And i subscribe to the message too. The two main things the director wanted to do, he achieved. Overall it was an enjoyable experience, kya karein batao?
Animesh, yeah, you are right about 'it could have been brilliant' and Aamir was too goodie-good. But I loved the delivery scene...it was so silly that it was hilarious and the writer knew it too!
A bang on review !! Exactly felt the same. I know one can find innumerable mistakes/loopholes in the movie if one is hellbent on. But somehow the spirit of goodness lingers on and makes you just love the movie. Fully agree on "comic-book characterisation" and still i was able to relate to each one of them. In fact all 3 leading men were believable as 17-18 years old and Kareena was looking eldest of them all.And can't complain about the 'predictability' part as if flows from a bestseller.
it would have been better to stick to the book
Nice review, though the film quite fell below my expectation. It turned out to be just another Bollywood film.
its a movie that can watched again and again its just wow! awsom, specially aamir khan in the last scence with the intectuality that me kept with him in the movie
Its great experience to watch 1st day 1st shoow and 2nd day first show with my family.Hirani saab special salute to you and ur party....
May be you're right. Aisa hai ki I went with faithful adaptation expectation... somewhat frank darabont style... plot me change hoga tobhi gum nahi lekin book ke themes ko touch hona maangta. They didn't give it, I felt cheated.
I won't give movie away... but just say this felt like watched three movies in one... Taare Zameen Par, Bawarchi and Munnabhai. Plus Javed Jaffery twist toh pach hi nahi raha.
it is very touchy movie,iwanna watch this movie again & again
This movie is really something, I mean Mr Hirani goes all out to ensure that "goodness" is neatly packaged in commercial terms and then doled out to the audience!!!
Man, he really tries hard, starting with the messages being repeated time and time again, the idiot genius with the heart of gold, Mr Khan trying hard to look 20 with his eye widening technique and tongue sticking out, not to mention his hands in pockets body language and scuffed up hair!!
Madhavan is the only decent chap in the bunch, in terms of acting. And is Mr Hirani making fun of the "great suffering Indian family" of Mr Rustogi, which of course the multiplex goers do not hail from? What with the movie watchers being cool dudes from rich khandaans??? Or was that a tongue in cheek reference to the melodrama of good old Hindi cinema? Or was it just a laboured plot point to make the suicide jump convincing???
And which hostel ever had such squeaky clean toilets??? And such a Director like poor Mr Virus, whose insistence on engineering leads his only son to commit suicide and one daughter to take up medicine ( possibly in revenge?)
This whole film in its attempt to send out a message of hope and feel good, desperately avoids any engagement with the reality of the education system, including the elite educational institutions. It is all fun and games, love and affection, harmless pranks and attempts at revolution, all of which are in the end as completely gimmicky and as fake as the film itself,which tries to be cool and send out a subversive message in the most simplistic terms and ends up being part of the same commercial system that the director advocates one should not follow!! Ha, ha.
You want to see a film on the education system in this country, get hold of Pradip Kishen's long neglected
In which Annie gives it to those Ones, based on life in the School of Architecture in Delhi, I think. His partner Arundhati Roy acts in it.
The role of Virus is quite similar to that film, there you had the inimitable Roshan Seth playing the Parsi director who repeatedly fails Anand ( annie) in the viva, till a strategem hatched by annie's friends results in annie clearing the viva finally!!! And yes SRK is there too!!
Bollywood seems to have adapted the formula of Hollywood, throw in the star, a slick production effort masking the absence of a real plot, and couch it all up as a social message, and rake in the moolah!!!
And yes, you have the very same cool dudes and their families running to see the film and then nodding their heads and saying "yes, we need a change, we must follow our hearts, and not success and income, and laptops and blah blah...""
Then who will visit the very same multiplexes??? With no income??? And shell out Rs 200 to watch Three Idiots???
I second Animesh.
There were too many unneeded additions to the storyline of the book. The 1st half was amazing, but the second didn't quite click with me.
@Vishal Thanks, dude! But come on...Maybe Sharman could've paased off as if he was in his early 20s but not the other two.
@rahul
@Datta
@Hassaan
Actually I liked the film better. I'm not a huge fan of Chetan Bhagat's scripts.
@Kabir
yeah, there are way too many cliches - but it made me laugh and everything had a purpose (believable/practical or not is a different issue) which makes it a bit different from the typical Bolly product.
@isha
@C S Pandey
@shameem
I'm glad you enjoyed the film!
@Comrade :)
yep they used a load of dark humor in the Rastogi's story. Also, I actually didn't like the production values of this film. Other than, you do have a very valid take on the film. Such movies are not going to bring about any "real" social change.
its a dam gud movieee. it tells wat todays youngsters want from their parents, teachers nd community. it focuses on parents not pressurising their children to become doctors or engineers rather should let their kids to be wat they want... its amazing 3 hours o fun, emotions nd full tooo masti of college time.......
GO ND WATCH THIS MOVIE.... is worth paying 500 rupees for this movie......
"Idiots" made 100 crores in 4 days!!! or …."IDIOTS" is being made out of 100 crore Indians....... where is the math and who is doing the math???? Do the math yourselves…This means in one day movie is making Rs 25 crores....... HOW MANY TICKETS NEED TO BE SOLD IN ONE DAY TO MAKE Rs25 Crores?????..... how many halls are there in India for Hindi cinema???/and what is their sitting capacity... Even if the movie is being screened round the clock still selling tickets worth 25 crores doesn't add upto!!!!!! ……Movie is average... But everyone SHOULD LEARN and APPRECIATE the great MARKeting TALENT of AAMIR Khan on “””” HOW to CREATE "HYPE" for your product””””.......to ENHANCE its SALES... He is great at it
@Comrade:
Agreed.
@meetu:
Concerning Chetan Bhagat, as the grading of one great website says "To Each his Own".
SUPERB FILM FOR THE YOUNGSTARS
@Meetu: Occurred to me just now, for those who use your site for parental guidance(and not censor rating)... you should mention about the 'sperm' race which might traumatize... Parents.
@Dattaprasad Thanks. Will add that to the list.
mesmerizzzzzzeeeeeddddddd............... this guy /raju hirani/ has got some divine power
I simply liked the film
don't care of negative reviews
the best entertainer and also a good message
awsome out of the world fentastic after long time i senn ths movie Amir jiyo mere laal mere neelay mere peelay
made a idiot out of myself and watched the movie today. Dumbest of the flicks I seen in a while.
Boman deserves a better ranking than you gave him.
You need to be a little more careful in providing parental guidance because I have read a couple of reviews where it is misleading. The whole movie is filled with references to balatkar. My kids watched it, the rest of the movie was great. But I think parents should have accurate information to decide whether to take their kids.
Your reviews are good, but your parental guidance is inadequate and inaccurate. 3-idiots is peppered with dialogues about "balatkar" yet you have no reference to that. The movie is good, but let the parents have complete info and then decide whether they want their kids to watch.
Finally, I could catch up with the movie yesterday. Loved the movie thoroughly as I fondly reminisced my own hostel days. Last 2-3 weeks, I had been receiving a emails from old college friends with a suggestion to join facebook; but not until I had seen 3 idiots could I detect the trigger behind those mails!
I think anybody who has spent a few years in a hostel would have found something in this movie to relate to. Of course the hostel here was too tidy for a boys hostel and the toilet humour a bit on the higher side. But the message of the movie-pursue excellence in the field of your passion, success would take care of itself-rose above all the trivia and caricatures employed.
I fully agree with the Nitty-Gritty that you have compiled. Here are a few of my observations:
1) Why should a Chachad of Gujarat have an estate in Shimla and not in Surat or Baroda?
2) Why did an obviously successful Phunsuk Wangdoo not get in touch with Pia and wait for his chums to get the two together after a gap of 10 long years, especially when he already had won over Virus?
3) Why did Madhavan’s character had to be named Farhan, when they were to show him drinking later? Was it done with the sly intention of inviting the ire of Islamic fundamentalists, so that if the initial box office response was not encouraging, this controversy would create the necessary viewer interest? And in event of the controversy, they would have coolly dubbed ‘Farhan” as ‘Rohan”.
4) Why did the zip of Rancho’s pant have to go up and down to explain his concept of machine; the zip could well have been that of his jacket.
5) How come 10 years down the line, it is Chatur who remembers 5th September, while the extra- chatur Rancho doesn’t?
@desiparent i have mentioned in the parental guidance section that there is a lot of sex-related language and disrespect. I didnt mention exact words because it sort of spoils the joke for the people who'd watch the film.
@Anurag there you are! thank you for your input.
about the nitty-gritty -
I'm not the writer, so I wouldn't know for sure, but here's my assesment -
1. Well Indians are all over the place. When in Spain, in a little village, there was an Indian restaurant run by a person of Indian origin. A Gujrati in Shimla isn't that big a stretch.
2. He had sworn not to get in touch with people related to the college. And she was Virus' daughter? Maybe that's why.
3. Jesus! No pun intended...are you a conspiracy theorist or what?! You should join Bollywood as a specialist, what say?
4. Well, why did ALL the humor have to be related to the potty or the sexual organs?
5. Chatur took it seriously, Rancho didn't and he wasn't supposed to go back to the college as per his vow to the Chachads of Gujrat.
A question that occurred to me later was -
Why wasn't Wangdoo not at Chachad senior's funeral? Would have saved us quite some time, you know :D
Adding to what Anurag Anand has written above:
You are right. Your points are valid and one can find more loopholes. My biggest concern is that 10 years is a long period. In real life, no girl would wait for that long for Rancho.
The rest is all well. Peace!
Well, Spain having a restaurant run by an Indian is fine, but a Gujarati having an estate in Shimla isn't really on. This is so because prior to 2008, no non-Himachali could acquire any property in HP, whereas here we have Chahad Sr. bragging about the whole of Himachal knowing him... must have taken him some years to acquire such a position!
Wow! Now I'll have to go look up all this information before I get on Hirani's case for leaving out details like these
One of the great movie came out of bollywood.
Aamir a true perfectionist!!!
All is well! I must start with this 3 magical words after watching 3 idiots. One of its kind and probably one of the best movies from bollywood. Enjoyed it a lot!
Ya this is great movie to watch learn and teach.
Awesome movie..great review @meetu!!
@Anurag..Excellent points! I have a feeling Chatur's (Silencer) character was based on you :)
Thanks punerocks! :)
has 2 b one of bollywuds best films ever...hirani n aamir r d greatest things 2 hv happnd 2 bollywood
Its just perfect movie for a complete tension release... just too good a movie was made, with versatile acting of each actor and behind the scene members participated, congrats for making such a brilliant movie..
Absolute social messenger movie amir khan simply great.
I just love this movie. It has both fun as well as lesson also. It has the biggest hit in that year.
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