A. Title and year of release
3 idiots (2009)
B. Genre
Comedy, drama and romance
C. Audience classification
Rated pg-13 for thematic material, some disturbing images and crude humor
D. Production team
Directed by raj kumar hirani
Writing credits
Raj kumar hirani (dialogue)
Abhijit joshi (dialogue) (as abhijat joshi)
Vidhu vinod chopra (screenplay associate)
Casts
Aamir khan - 'rancho' shamaldas chanchad
Kareena kapoor - pia
Boman irani - viru sahastrabudhhe
Madhavan - farhan qureshi
Sharman joshi - raju rastogi
E. Synopsis
Farhan qureshi and raju rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an air india plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, chatur ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the dean of delhi's imperial college of engineering, viru sahastrabudhe, race to locate rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.
Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187043/plotsummary
F. Criticize on the following
I. Story and theme
It has a great story of different students; raju wants to uplift his family fortunes. Rancho is a wealthy genius who studies for the sheer joy of it. Farhan wants to become a wildlife photographer, but has joined engineering college to fulfil his father's wish. They all lived their college years to the fullest even though there are a lot of troubles happening to them. They helped each other in their own lives as well as their other dreams in life.
Ii. Screenplay
It has a nice script, a typical college life mostly students experience. There are a lot of troubles that they need to solve and they are together as one. Through all their sorrows and happiness they stayed on each other’s side.