3 Idiots (Hirani, 2009)

[madali]

3 Idiots (Rajkumar Hirani, 2009)

Amir Khan is one of the few mainstream Bollywood actors that I can slightly respect. He doesn't seem to act in whatever garbage he is presented with, and this means that whenever I decide to watch a Bollywood film, knowing beforehand that Amir Khan is acting in it, puts me at ease.

In "3 Idiots", Amir Khan plays a genius physicist student at a posh Indian university and he plays by his own rules. His philosophy is something we all like to hear, about the joys of learning, not caring only about grades, and OF COURSE, the facility is the exact opposite, full of professors that only care about Rules and Grades.

Basically, "3 Idiots" is a really good film, but it is bogged down by Bollywood standards that ruin the film a bit. You have the film's Bollywood length which is aaaaghh, two and a half hour for a film about a student breaking conventions is too long. The same can be said in the good ol' 90 minutes mark. The usual song and dance routine which always breaks my immersion. And finally, Bollywood's favorite thing, melodrama, might as well call it belodrama, because its not mellow, it bellows (dear future publishers, this is the sort of word player I can deliver). Every character cries at least once in the film, and I think Amir Khan, cried at least in five different scenes.

Trimming off this things could have caused a better film. Also, I like Amir Khan, but maybe make him a professor or someone's father. The guy is over 40 fucking years old, he shouldn't be allowed to play a teenager. Bollywood is still stuck in the Hollywood 50s and earlier mentality, where balding middle aged men played 16 year olds.

3/5