MY PEN

Talking about, the most successful film, referring to revenue collection in the history of bollywood and controversial over idea theft, movie ‘3 Idiots’, is quite tough. Even Taran Adarsh and other critics of cinema have revealed their surprise about the success of ‘3 Idiots’. Undoubtedly, such kinds of responses from the critical side of the movie convey its normality and nothing else. I mean that Amir Khan’s ‘3 idiot’ is not extra-ordinary movie to think over it. But the Box-office collection of the movie compels to talk and engross our selves to find out the reason behind the success of the movie.

Rather reliability of critics can be questioned and my dependency on them as well, but none can deny the fact that this movie is far behind from Aamir’s other movies like ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Tare Jamin Par’ and all.

‘3 idiots’ is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five Point Someone’ in which the relevancy of education system of the country has been criticized on basis of producing rattu-mulls. Though, it’s being denied by creative team of the movie. Whatever it is not the matter of discussion here. Our focus of concern would be to find out why this movie is that much hit (revenue collection, farce criteria to check a movie).

The question is which kind of criteria should be followed in schools and colleges so that rattu-mulls should be stopped from coming in scene or to push anti- rattu team one-step ahead so that our education system can be justified. I think this is the lack of competency of anti- rattu team which is demanding reservation for pushing them on apex with their incompetency. I am not supporting the on-going education system in the country because lacunae in Maikale’s gift to India are well identified and there is need to work over it.

But I think those who-ever are managing themselves according to present education system are not joker rather more competent and flexible to adjust anywhere. And they are proving it while working in the field. May be they are working with private-organizations and instead of the proper utilization of their talent they are forced to work as money making machines. That’s different thing but their flexibility and competency can’t be denied.

Simultaneously, people who are unable to fold themselves according to the available system can’t be justified after raising fingers on system. And who can predict that these incompetent people could adjust in different education system in a better manner. It’s a matter of rationalize thinking and honest as well after rejecting personal instinct of justifying.

The second thought related to issue is how far film-makers are from the problem of the mass. In the movie, students have denied adopting the present curriculum of study in the leading of Rancho (Aamir Khan) in the movie. It’s good to go for personal interest because to do justice with self. Undoubtedly anyone can perform better with his/her first choice compared to a second one. And even monetarily failed with the favorite periphery of self could be justified in this zone of discussion.

In the movie, Rancho, the leader of this campaign rejects the system impressively and disappears from the scene. When he is being searched by his friends accompanied by his girl friend too...Their would be common expectation from the viewer’ side that Rancho wouldn’t lost the struggle even after going to verge of destroy financially. This is the state where viewers could relate themselves from him because all denials of system are not able to transform it in success rather percentage of such success is incredibly less. But he appears as a scientist in the climax of movie with very film end.

Few facts are also available which discredit the movie worth such gain, what ever it has got, like the repetition of his feeble emotions. We can consider here the usages of orphans and orphanage in ‘3 idiots’ after its use in ‘Tare Jamin Par’. What does he try to show handicaps children with him not in normal look but with their disturbing look? It’s shameful for the so called perfectionist, innovator and intellectual of our own bollywood. Aamir’ effort to sensitize viewers in this manner shows his command over the on-going problems of mass now days….rather we can discuss it later why it is ethically wrong.

So, after such kind of lacunas, why movie has got that much success at the box-office! Notably there is not anything special (outstanding) in the movie referring to music, comedy and other aspects which contribute in the success of any movie. We can go through two dimensions to catch the bird which has made it excellent and worth earning over Rs 350 crore.

One is the marketing in newly emerged mall culture with providing maximum possible print at the date of release and the second is youths who have found themselves failure in this education system but perceiving it wrongly using hard-workers and flexible personalities as scapegoat to express their anger.