Introduction
Three Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya. Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banner Vinod Chopra Films, this movie received critical and commercial success upon its release on December 25, 2009. The film was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India, had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point and also held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film. The film won six Filmfare Awards including Best Film and three National Film Awards including Best Popular Film. The story was loosely based on Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat.
What is Three Idiots about
This film takes place in two different time frames, the present and ten years in the past. In the present Farhan receives a call from Chatur, while on a departing plane, claiming that he had found Rancho. Farhan then fakes a heart attack to get off the plane and picks up Raju in his way to meet Chatur at their old college campus. Chatur reveals that Rancho is in Shimla and the trio head out to get their friend. As they drive, the other time frame is revealed in the form of flashbacks. In this second time frame, the past, Farhan, Raju, Rancho, and Chatur attend the very prestigious Imperial College of Engineering (ICE) in Delhi. This time frame follows the four students as they go through school and eventually graduate. This film is a satire of the social pressures of the Indian education system.
Was drug or alcohol present in the film
There were no drugs present in the movie; however there was one scene in which alcohol was consumed. The scene in the student's senior year as they drunkenly break into the Yo Sahastrabuddhe household so that Rancho can propose to Pia. The seen ends in Virus the director of the school recognizing Raju and threatening to expel him unless he writes a letter exposing Rancho as being involved in the break-in. In order to not betray Rancho or disappoint his family (by getting expelled), Raju attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. This scene is very relevant to the situation as drinking in college and university is very common. On top of this, altho it is not depicted in the movie, the use of cigarettes and chewing tobacco is also a common occurrence in South Asia and is often depicted in many other Bollywood movies. Aside from this one scene, there are no other depictions of drugs or alcohol in the movie.
How is this film influencing viewers
This film does not seem to encourage the use of drugs or alcohol, as the only scene involving alcohol results in very devastating consequences (Raju ending up in a coma). There is no scene depicting drugs or alcohol as “cool” or as having any good effects. There are many other Bollywood movies, however, that include smoking and chewing tobacco, which unfortunately normalize the behavior of doing so. The fact that this movie doesn't depict tobacco usage may have been a factor in how successful this movies was.
Personal Opinion
In my opinion, the movie was a good comedy that was generally enjoyable. I however did not find the movie to be as enjoyable as others often say it is, the movie was very long and some of the comedy scenes were crude and not very enjoyable. The only alcohol scene showed the negative impacts of drinking so the movie does not encourage anyone to drink alcohol or use drugs. Most other people did seem to enjoy it so I would recommend it.
(Hassan Karim, Youth Leader)
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