Aamir Khan to a surprise has worked in more than one movie having the same plot. It could be his attempt to reach excellence, or enforce the message down through the audience.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak & Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin - both had the same story line of a lover boy trying hard to get his love.
Awwal Number & Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar & Lagaan - all in the zest & zeal to be the winner at the end of the game.
Baazi & Sarfarsoh - had the fight against crime yarn.
& now Taare Zameen Par & 3 Idiots - driving the point to let the child be born free and let his creativity and interest build into his career.
Aamir Khan who has always been linked as a perfectionist, today reviles the secret & mantra of being successfully… In a recent TV show when N Murty and R Tata were asked for the success mantra they said its Luck. Aamir Khan says work with passion towards your subject & strive for excellence, sala success to jhak mar ke tumhare peecche aaega.
Rajkumar Hirani has put across a brilliant plot covering diversified topics and bringing the best out of each of them by somehow linking all of it back together. The pregnancy, teaching methods, hope of life, respect for parents, heart consoling fact & many such topics put into one big bag and shaken for delight. You would also always know it’s a Hirani movie when his simplistic `humanism alone works' philosophy is showcased.
All in all a vital, inspiring and life-revising work of contemporary art. A must watch, way better than the book, which is a first. BTW, the 3rd idiot isn’t Aamir Khan it is Javed Jaffery. Njoy.
For those of you who are net savvy, 3 Idiots is the first Indian film to be legally released on You Tube. (When you can’t stop piracy, why waste time fighting against it.)
