3 Idiots

The movie retells the adventures of three college friends, Rancho, Farhan and Raju, who had to endure the presures of academic life and problems within their families. Rancho's deviant ways always got them in trouble, which started a rivalry with one of their instructors, Professor Viru "Virus" Shahastrabuddhe. It is a tale of friendship, love and learning.

Near the end of the movie, Rancho was challenged by Chatur. He is the complete opposite of the former and is a typical hardworking, studious student. Rancho always topped the exams however and one day one of Rancho's pranks pushed him to the edge. Chatur told him that whoever becomes successful after 5 years win. So what happened to Rancho after graduating? You just have to watch the movie to find out.

The movie shares a valuable lesson. That going to school should be fun. In our race to get high-paying jobs, we forget that going to school also involves learning. People study hard not to learn but to earn good grades so they can get good jobs. Rancho says that success follows if you enjoy learning and not just memorize everything that's written in the textbooks. Memorizing but not understanding anything won't increase your knowledge.

Unfortunately, as noble as it may sound, it's undeniable that for most of us money is more important than knowledge. A lot of people tell me what good will my being intelligent do if I can't back it up with hardwork and obedience. Hardwork meaning, doing everything the teachers tell you, and obedience meaning conforming to the norms of the system. I've seen a lot of classmates (specifically my classmates from high school) over the years who are so diligent in studying. They read and reread textbooks but if you ask them if they understood what they read, most of them can't even give clear examples. Not to mention, the majority of those classmates I know can't even get high scores during exams. Sure, they're good students but they haven't learned anything.

I like the message of this movie and I wish some of my classmates from high school will see this and recognize themselves as the machines that Rancho pointed out.

It's a 3-hour movie but I guarantee you'll enjoy it.

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Cast:
Aamir Khan
Kareena Kapoor
R. Madhavan
Sharman Joshi
Boman Irani
Omi Vaidya


Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
Based on the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat