You expect your movie to be good, if it is a Raju Hirani one. And you wont be disappointed, when you come out of this movie, there is a sense of elation, and you are feeling great. Plus, you vow to go back and watch it all over again.
I think that says it all. The Bollywoodwallas seldom get it this right, but I guess you can bet on Raju Hirani; the man has got the knack. First it was Pyar ki Zappi, then Gandhigiri, and now Aal ij well, the messages become a part of popular folklore.
Take a good story, develop good characters, cast them with the right people, and get out a performance from them without anybody really going overboard with their bit. And you got your film – 3 Idiots.
Taking line from this film, if you would like to salute Raju Hirani, you will say Tussi great ho! Tofa Kabul Kkijiye!
This is a story about 3 people, Rancho (Aamir), Raju (Sharman) & Farhan (Madhavan), right from their engineering student days to present day, where they are successful in their chosen way of life. From their hilarious college days mingled with Chaplinesque tragedy, the 3 idiots, storm through all their predicaments, and come out with flying colors. Rancho is obviously the protagonist with extraordinary flair in machines as well as matters of life. He helps his friends gain confidence and follow their hearts. Makes Pia (Kareena), who is Principle’s daughter, discover her true soul mate. She has a small role in the film but does justice to it without being too filmy.
The tough principle Virus aka Viru Sahastrabudhe, is played with usual élan by Bowman Irani. You can not help but find similarities with Munnabhai M.B.B.S, here, the same tough principle, the same college (this time it’s engineering though), the same maverick protagonist, and secretly in love with principle’s daughter too, solving problems of one and all. Though there are some filmy scenes like, the delivery on T. T table, and baby crying only when they chant ‘Aal is well!’ but you got to excuse those filmy liberties if you could, after all this is a Bollywood flick.
Aal is well!
The emotion of love.. mysterious, delicate, tender but potent & powerful; it is unlike anything else. It was shown in full force in the movie. How an all brawn Sardar, melts in front of his lady love Harleen, what he goes through to get her, was amazingly shown. Turn to present, the modern relationship between Saif and Deepika, and how it turns from practical to the ethereal.. the force of that love, how it torments them and how they can not live without each other was touching.
Good thing is everything falls in place in the end.
Worth watching definitely ! 2/08/09
