300 Idiots

Picture this,

I am in middle of the crowd which is chanting the slogans used in freedom struggle, "Inquilab Zindabad" (Long Live the Revolution), "Angrejo Bharat Chhodo" (British Quit India), "Tanashahi nahi chalegi nahi chalegi" (Dictatorship must not prevail) and "Hindustan Zindabad Pakistan Murdbad" (Long live India, not so for Pakistan).

Now where do you think I am, you might say that either I am in an election meeting or in a Protest but how you will react if I tell you that this was the situation in the movie theatre while watching “3 Idiots” surrunded by 300 idiots!! he he he I am not joking.

We went to see this movie after lots of recommendation and the outcome was not bad at all but the overall experience was one of its kinds. When movie was in its closing stages the machine broke and crowd was left stranded without a climax. People were tolerant for initial 45 minutes but then some notorious guys started some monkey business. They started reciting all those slogans I mentioned above including “Tum mujhe khoon do mai tumhe azadi doonga” (You give me your blood and I will present you with freedom). It was entertaining. At last show did not carry on and the people went restless. Theatre proprietor was a smart man, he without delay called law enforcement and started refunding the money. So to tell you in plain English, We watched almost whole 3 Idiots for FREE :-) and you know what I even got my photograph clicked by the press photographer as a suffered consumer. Can you spot me in Green T-Shirt.

Let’s talk about the movie, I am not a very very huge fan of Aamir Khan’s Movies or Aamir Khan’s but I must tell you that this one is a TOP NOTCH. The movie has everything Emotion, humour, tragedy etc but most significantly it has a meaning. Message to be accomplished and not to run behind accomplishment. I know you might say how that can be good, it is and it means if you are well skilled then Success will run behind you. It is to all those parents who weigh down their dreams on their kids and anticipate them to accomplish those dreams for them, failing to understand that they are assassinating their childhood and pushing them towards depression. It’s to all professors, college universities and schools that securing first-class grades is not the eventual aim, the objective should be to gain knowledge of new things, practical knowledge and not just getting passed by simply reading the books.

The assets of the movie are EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER; Each and every smallest character has a very vital part and a very concrete casting. All the key actors did more than full righteousness to their characters but even a 5 minute roles from Javed Jaffery, Mona Singh as Kareena’s Sister and the hostel helper boy named “Millimetre” in the movie were well played and were too significant for the movie. “Three Idiots” has some excellent songs and a bright screenplay. It’s said that it’s inspired from the book “Five point someone” but I would say that it’s very loosely based on the book, you can relate only very few parts of the movie to the book. So please do not expect it as a movie version of “Five point someone”.


It’s a very refreshing movie and has some very different kind of funniness to it. It’s a very encouraging and remarkable movie with a very fruitful finish (Climax which was missed in theatre, I had to watch it by downloading it). One of my friend said that it’s a kind of movie which has to be kept in the collection to watch it over and over and I agree somewhat with him. According to me it’s for sure certainly one time watch but I did not get the same reaction what I still have for “Hera Pheri” or “Andaaz Apna Apna”, maybe I will if I watch it for the 2nd time :-). Do Go and watch in the theatre if tickets are not over priced.


I would rate it 4/5

Jaipur my home ground

The Decision - Everyone in this world keeps running after the money and to discover it everybody does the same thing, THE JOB. I am also into an 8-6 job in a well known software business corporation in Bangalore. Job is fine, money is good and life is also excellent but you know something is always not there, I am from Jaipur and I miss my homeland, ALOT. I miss my folks, I miss the language and I miss a lot of stuff. So I decided to visit my place, I do it repeatedly but this time it was after a long time. I was visiting my address after a complete stretched year.


The Plan - You know it’s very very tough to get leaves from your corporation and particularly Indian companies but my 4 year of work has skilled me to how to bend the rules. Since I was visiting my place after a year instead of accustomed 6 months, I decided to holiday for 1 month!!! I know a thought in your mind would have creeped up ... 1 Month ... IT Indian company ... noooo Waaayyyyy. But as I told you I know how to bend the rules. No one allows you to abscond for 1 month unless you have something very vital to attend to and sometimes not even for that but then I have to say that was fortunate. I asked time off to be present at my sister’s wedding and it’s an irony that I don’t have one. That worked out well and wollaa ... here I am in Kingfisher flight IT 104 on the way to Jaipur.


The Execution - To make my trip even more exciting I did not tell my parents that I am coming :-) I know. The shocker turned out to be a super hit instalment of “Bakra”. To my mom it was a jolt and she kept staring at me for about 30 seconds as if she has seen some white ghost. The next day my dad was coming back from Pune, me and my friend decided that we will drive him to the house from airport and will not let him know that me his own son is driving the car. He told my father that he has got a driver, I covered my face and my father also did not show any kind of anxiety to glance who is driving. When we disclosed this after reaching back home, he was expressionless for complete 5 seconds. He could not identify me when I came face to face, it happen when someone comes in front of you whom you are absolutely not expecting to be there, it was overwhelming.


The Relief - Now I am here and feel that I suddenly have all the pleasure in the life with me which was absent. There is contentment when an old friend shouts your name from outside your house like school times. It’s thrilling to go out with no helmet in the city where wearing helmets is enforced, to SARAS Parlour at midnight where they are still serving hot Jalebi and Hot milk while city is shuddering with the temperature of 8 degrees. It feels good when you get acquainted with your all new born 6-8 month ranged nieces and nephews. It feels heaven to have food prepared by mother, be it onion paratha from which oil is dripping out, Tea with less sugar and less milk (I hate it and yet I love it), Baingan ki sabzi or be it Sarso ka saag with makke ki roti Its all here right in front of me EVERY SINGLE DAY. It’s JAIPUR my home ground. And the best place on earth is not Jaipur or Bangalore, Its HOME.