Watching 3 Idiots and wake up sid made my eyes moist. As evident both the movies dealt with one theme. Do what you love, Doing things that you enjoy and are adept at can contribute not only to the world but would make a world of difference to you.
3 Idiots is an amazing movie. I dont care what the world thinks, they may say they played to the gallery, they may say that goofball game was too over the top but trust me life is nothing but these goofball games. Delivering a child on TT table is weird?? Try birthday bumps turning into gore when a kick tore the small intestine of college mate. One seen on screen one before our eyes. Now you do your reality check.
The detailed ragging scenes, the feel of an engineering college complete with posters of science fest and result notices was a complete nostalgia run for me. The hostel chronicles, the vodka on the terrace top, the philosophical discussions, the altercations when we have lost ourselves to the spirits. The relative grading and even the toilet humor. I felt at hostel, sorry I felt at home.
But this movie did more than just entertaining me. It made me think, It made me a stereotype, It made me cringe at my past decisions, It made me analyse where I am now. Am I heading on the right direction. Am I the same wide eyed, inquisitive wanna learn everything kid that joined engineering? More importantly Am I an engineer?
They are good stories that create conflicts between characters, they are better movies that create effective internal conflicts in their characters but the best are those that creates a internal conflict in you, the viewer. At this point you are in personal interaction with the movie. This point the movie is not merely an entertainer, it a piece of art, its a cinema.
I watched 3 idiots as a way to spend my New years Eve effectively, but ended up feeling weird that few decisions in my life were not in the track of happiness. Its never too late to realise your mistakes. Boss catch the next train on time and make sure its on its way to happiness.
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"They are good stories....its a cinema." -- superb dude. The last para of ur blog is d exact same thing goin on in my head as well...
Brilliantly put dude..yes the true cinema is one which makes you think about yourself..
Jahapanah tussi great ho.. n yeah no tofah ,buzz ... i concur with respectable gentlemen who have commented before me.. N yeah 2010 -all izz going to be well, dopes .. so rewatch nxxt week?
Leading a life is like driving a car on a freeway (highway) i guess. You turn the wheel a little, the direction will change a lot. So in real life, perhaps one shouldn't always act crazy in order to follow one's heart but surely & progressively make decisions which would inevitably and invariably veer you towards your 'happiness'.
My two pence on this -
One, that yup, the value of the movie (yay! I saw the movie too, for once) really lies on what I'm seeing on this screen now, not so much on the big screen bec it gave us all somethings to take back and mull over.. Think TZP and how it made all parents (even mine, who've never really harassed me and my sis for marks)take a look at themselves as parents.. It's good to see that cinema is more or less still where it should be unlike politics which now dwells in porn with some callipygians (just had to:P) and a shrunken old politician.
And two, having said that I'm sure all the live your dream chronicles we have seen in rock on and 3 idiots and the like... I think we're being fed stuff we want to believe is true (maybe it is true, for some but certainly not for most)and a little sadly, your life is never going to be truly yours; today there are parents, next a partner then kids or even you want to go off the beaten path there will still be immemse demands placed on you and eventually, happiness won't really be so much about fun and fulfilled dreams as it would be about finding some semblance of joy in the routine, the mundane, the things you have no choice but to do and the people you have to live with. It may not be easy, or what we want to hear and believe about life but it's still the more livable of the two.
Sorry if this dampens the zeal of your post. I'm glad you wrote what you wrote bec it atleast pushed me to write a comment this big.
Happy 2010 :)
great review dude ... self assesment was the key !
Kaabil bano , kamiyaabi jhak maarke peeche aayegi!
Follow your dreams . Thanks for posting this champ !
http://enchanting-enigma.blogspot.com/2010/01/aall-izz-well-or-is-it.html
@ Keth: Either you dont act crazy or you have many destinations as your happiness.. So that an extra steer does not get u in trouble. As we say there should always be a Plan B ( steering a little, for the current environment problems.. There is no PLANet B :P)
@ shoma: Woo!, No limits to dreaming! Dream as wide as we can. Shouldn't we ??
@sanjay, shravi Ds and sudipto : Thanks man!
Hi Tho, Nice piece but I do not subscribe to the view of the movie being inspirational... well to each his own.
Aamir Khan is getting better at acting like a retard as the days progress.
And about philosophy, What do you say to people who do not know what they want to do? Who are in the ride just for the fun!
"the best are those that creates a internal conflict in you, the viewer"
brilliantly put up :)
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