As with many students around the world, these characters’ dreams of upward social mobility are pinned to obtaining the prestigious college degree. Students like Raju and Farhan are trapped in a system that wants them to mechanistically master the art of acing written examinations, until they can be freshly minted as graduates. Madhavan.Īt the heart of the film is a struggle between the romantic individual spirit (embodied in the everyday college student) and the mammoth of the modern educational system. A very entertaining watch overall, the film stars notable Indian actors, such as Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and R. 3 Idiots did very well commercially in Southeast Asian markets, in addition to being a big hit in India. What makes the flick very relatable for a global audience is its candid discussion of the pressures weighing on college students.
One of the major characters in the film (Raju) attempts suicide when he’s at the brink of being expelled from college, but eventually recovers. The film is unique in spotlighting mental health issues facing students at institutions of higher learning, even as it includes the usual trappings of buddy films, college humor, and romantic comedy. Rajkumari Hirani’s 3 Idiots (2009) is a Bollywood masala film in which the lead characters make their way through one of the prestigious colleges of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT).
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