3 Idiots

After watching the movie "3 IDIOTS", your reflections on the 3 characters, which one would you choose?

Life is all about listening to your heart and chasing your dreams.

                I, myself really love to watch movies especially those inspiring ones. I have seen hundreds of it yet only a few touched me and made me change the way how I live today. I watched the movie “3 idiots” for the past four years and I truly consider it as the best movie that I have seen. It depicted the life and friendship of the three main characters in the story. It indeed inspires every one of us that learning is not by the rank we have at school but by how we understand things and how we deal with it. You can also achieve something if that something is something that you love not by what others think would be best for you. True achievement comes from those who truly desire what they are doing than those who just want to achieve something because it is what others want them to as well as what others think to be more excellent and professional. We are the ones who own ourselves hence we are the one who should make used of it. That movie also portrays that life is a race you must not be afraid of cause when you start the battle bravely, you will never be afraid in the future no more.

According to the Wikipedia, 3 idiots (stylized as 3 idiots) was a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani, with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi, and produces by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. The movie stars were Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhava, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. Upon release, the film broke all opening box office records in India. It was the highest grossing film in its opening weekend in India and has the highest opening day collections for Bollywood film. For those who have not seen the movie. Better grab a copy now and ready to be amazed and inspired with the story.

               

                The movie 3 idiots may not be perfect but it is a vital, inspiring and life revising cinema that would truly change the way how people react into the impossibilities of life. In a country where students are driven to commit suicide due to their impossible curriculum and those very strict and hard to pleased professors, this movie encourages everyone that hope is more powerful than fear. Maybe cinemas can’t save those who cannot face their problems and end up finishing their lives on earth, but cinemas can sure make you realize that life is really worth living and that problems where never given without solutions. We often wonder why in a case in point we were given those bigger problems when all we did is to strive to be good and worthy. But never did we realized that those problems, trials and consequences were just difficult test so that when we could passed them all, we will become a better person that we could be proud of.  

The story of the movie “3 idiots” started when Farhan Qureshi , Raju Rastogi and Ranchoddas “Rancho” Chanchad shared the same room in the residence of Imperial College of Engineering (ICE) – one of the top engineering schools in the world and one of the most sought out college by millions of students who want to pursue engineering. The three main characters in the anecdote have different perspective in life and chased engineering education because of three different reasons – to pursue his fathers’ wishes over his own wish, to raise his family’s’ fortune and get them out of poverty and simply because of his passion in machines and devices. I admire the three of them because they come to realize in the end that their dream is more powerful than what others think would be better for them. And that dreams can only be achieved if you have the strength and the will to go on. They also proved that their friendship never fades even when they have been apart for years. Only the distance is far but their hearts were still connected.

When millions of sperm cells racing to reach for that single egg cell, Farhan Quereshi were lucky to be the first to reach and was born on the year 1978 at 5:15am. And just a second after he took his first breath, his father together with his family declared him to become an engineer someday particularly a B.Tech Engineer. That time, he said no matter what he would like to pursue someday, being an engineer can never be change and that is because his faith was sealed since the day he was born.

               

                As he grows old and finished his secondary education, no one asked him what he really wants to do someday. He, being an engineer was conserved in the minds and heart of his family. He never got the chance to share to them his dreams and aspirations in life. He entered the Imperial College of Engineering bringing with him the dream of his father.

                In the first part of the story, he was accompanied by Manmohan who later became their friends and companion at some time. He took pictures of the dogs with unique names Kilobyte, Megabyte and Gigabyte. Farhan really loves to take pictures of wildlife animals. He always looks at them with art and beauty and then he meet Raju Rastogi in the room. They became best of friends and shared their problems and aspirations in life together. Farhan in the story really admired Rancho for being the only one who is free from Viru’s nest. He narrated the story of them and their struggles within their years in college. He always looked at him as an inspiration.

               

Farhans’ family sacrificed a lot for the benefit of their only child. They even put their air conditioner inside his room for comfort so that he can study well. They also did not buy a car instead save his extra income for his sons’ education. Since the day he was born, the only thing that matters to his family is to finish his education at the Imperial College of Engineering, get a job and be an employee of one of those leading companies in the world that would give him a salary that can buy a car, built bigger houses and have a rich family – that was the only thing in the mind and heart of his family specially his father.

                 

                Farhan was all the time companion of Rancho, he had great admiration towards him that he always followed what he says. During those times that Professor Viru tested them, he did not go to the other room however helped Rancho to make Raju realized what they wanted them to instill in his mind. But there is one thing that pulled Farhan down and refused to go with his dream – his fear of his one and only father. Being the only child of the family, they wanted him to graduate at the ICE. But when he meet Rancho and became friends with him, he realized that the reason why he is always on the last of the list during exams is that, engineering is not his passion but photography it is. Back when he was still on his early age, photography was really his fervor. He wanted to create those permanent images specifically on wildlife animals. He always had this wonderful skill in taking pictures of animals that Rancho was really amazed of. But due to his fear that his father would not accept what he really wanted to do in the future, he pursued engineering instead of sending those letter to the famous photographer he knew.  

                One thing that I like about Farhans’ character is that in the end of the story, he was able to say to his father his dream and his only happiness. His conquered his fear and tried to make his father understand everything about what he really loves to do. Later on, the laptop that was supposed to be his fathers’ gift was replaced with a camera only for him and his dream. I was really moved to that scene because the family of him finally understands and realized that their sons’ happiness is the most important thing not what others would think or say.

                On the other hand, Raju Rastogi came from a very poor family. Raju’s home reminded them of a 1950’s black and white film. They had one small bed for his paralyzed father, coughing mother and a sister who could not marry because the fiancé is asking for a car dowry and they cannot provide them since their money was just enough for their meal, they have sofas that the springs where popping out and a pail of water dripping 24 hours from their roof. Raju’s life is full of sacrifices, pressures and loneliness. His mother was retired from school and is the one taking good care of their family. Raju being the eldest and the only boy is the one whom the family expected to bring wealth and good fortune to them by enrolling him to the most popular college of machines – Imperial College of Engineering. During his younger days, he was bright, intelligent and was top of the class. But when the time comes that he was given such huge responsibility – to be the one who would bring wealth to his family, it came to the point that the intelligence and confidence turned to fear and pressure. Instead of focusing himself to studying at ease, he was always nervous and fear that he may not fulfill what his family wanted to. He became obsessed in the words of God, worshipping him and even begging for success, luck and good fortune. He even wears a lot of rings that he considers as good luck charms. He depend his future in prayers. Never did he realize that he can never achieved something if he will just pray for it and not working with it.

               

 I consider Raju Rastogi to be the weaker among the three of them. Simply because he was the one who had greater duty. When he was tested by Professor Viru to change rooms because of an instance that he may not passed the exam if he continued to join with Rancho, he did not insist and decided to move on. No matter what convincing words the two of them shared to him, he still went to Silencer’s room. The dream of becoming a successful person someday is what he is really fighting for.

                Whenever there is a test, Raju always prayed for better results for him to pass the exams. He even had these rings for luck. He was always afraid of the future. He had always this fear of what the upcoming events would be for him. He always feared of the negative possibilities. That was the thing that I do not like about Rajus’ character in the movie. But even in his negative way of thinking and dealing with things, he remained true to his friends and his family. Professor Viru being the wet blanket in the story again tested the conscience of Raju and makes a choice between his family and his dear friend. That was the hardest decision he could ever make in his entire life – to choose whether he would be the one to be expelled in the school and return home with nothing or to let Rancho suffer all the consequences and be barred in the school instead of him. But for some reasons, he could not let his parent or his friend to suffer all the consequences. He cannot choose among the two since both of them made him a better person. Both of them helped him to become who he is. So, he jumped off the building due to frustrations.

                For around two months of being paralyzed, Raju realized what he don’t have that he must have to have. He had finally found the answers to all his questions and doubts of himself. After his long rest in the hospital, he became the person they never thought he would be. He became stronger and feared nothing. He even removed his rings of luck because he had finally freed himself to his old character.

               

            Even though Raju started at Imperial College of Engineering as weak and incapable person, at least in the end he went out to the college strong and started to stand on his own feet. He was able to understand that problems and trials in life where never given without solutions if you have the strength and the courage to go on.  

Being the main of the main characters in the story, I did not find it hard to choose him among the three of them. Ranchhoddas Chanchad or simply called “Rancho” first appear in the story when a tradition is made at the college wherein freshmen were required to put their pants down as a sign of respect for the seniors. Rancho did not follow instead run away and move to his room. The senior was so angry and warned him that he would pee on his door. Upon hearing those words and when the senior student attempted to do what he said, Rancho immediately connects meter stick and spoon together and then connects them to an electric current causing penile electrocution of the senior. Since then, he was considered to be an extraordinary student.

After that incident, Rancho became known in the campus for his astonishing attitude and spirit towards dealing with other people as well as his way of understanding to learning things around. There was a time when he encounters a professor because he defined machine on a layman’s term. His professor was not impressed but was surprised to hear the other student to define it according to what the books says. Rancho defended himself but ended being thrown outside of the classroom. But he was not really affected as to what had happened. Every time he was sent out, he goes to classes on higher year levels where he absorbs advanced information. And that was the first thing I admired about him. He never quits on learning even though people always see it in a negative way instead he continued to learn and did not mind what people would say as long as what is in his heart is true and precise.  

               

There was also an instance when the three of them were so hungry and saw a wedding party from afar. They decided to go along with other people so that they can eat a bunch of foods but unfortunately, they meet the daughter of their professor and were caught. During that time, Rancho gives advice to Pia – daughter of Professor Viru when he observe the way her fiancé would treat her and that is the second thing that I like about his character. Being able to know a person by just observing the way they act. They met also for the second time around, and during that time, Pia discovered her feelings towards him as well as with Rancho developing a special kind of feeling towards her.

I adore Ranchos’ character a lot because he had all this inspiring and amazing temperament. Honest, kind, lovable, strong, optimistic that inspires every one he would meet. But most of all, he had been a true friend. He made sacrifices especially for his two associates. When Raju was hospitalized because of his attempt to jump off the building, Rancho was the one who did all the efforts just to wake him up. He told him all the possible lies he could invent just to alert the sleeping friend and after two months – his sacrifices was all worth it. He became the role model and the motivator of his friends and colleagues. He was the one who made them successful to follow with their dreams and fear nothing. And also to believe that impossible is just a word and you can just change that in a blink of an eye if you believe.   I also admire Rachos’ character because though he had all the positive things and be hailed as the top or the brightest of them all, he had never been so boastful about it instead made it as an inspiration to everybody.

He also came from a very poor family wherein his parents were just a servant of the wealthy ones. But because of his rich mind, he was chosen to use the name of the son of his employer and was able to study at the Imperial College of Engineering. His passion and perseverance put him to a position wherein no one can attain. He was able to be on the top of the class and awarded as the most excellent student. The pen that Professor Viru had kept for years was given to him due to his superb behavior and intelligence. Rancho being that one of a kind person remained down to earth. When he finished his college education, he did not go abroad or be employed by a company instead he became a teacher so that he can share what he had to those little ones for free.

When I was watching the movie, I cried a lot not because it was a sad movie but because it touches my heart for all the things that each and everyone did for each other. All their sacrifices, insecurities and fear were all cast away just because they believe in what they can. It is true that you can be of your greatest happiness if what you are doing coincide with what you really want. If this movie would be viewed by millions of people around, no matter what religion, dialect or tradition they have, it will surely inspire them to have hope instead of fear. Because only hope can defeat no matter how big or small your fear is. And what matters most is what you have learned and what you have become because of that.

           Aal izz Well !