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reminds too much of college days ..had reunion in couple of years back and and all skinny guys have too much adipose tissue now and varying degree of baldness…
This is much more authentic than 3 Idiots showing technical college except some scenes here and there. A cohesive screenplay and this will do wonders at BO.
All the giggles, lol’s and funny moments aside 3 Idiots was an extremely over the top, overcooked and shady take on India’s already charred education system. I do believe Nitesh Tiwari would make a much more toned down and polished college film compared to the usual Hirani melodramatic antics and hysteria. As long as the screenplay’s crisp and the dialogues hold the audience, this should work.
I am one of the very few in this world who found 3 IDIOTS way too-over-rated and really, a very ordinary film based on WHATSAPP forwards. [In this case, I stand in solidarity with Raja Sen.]
Aamir Khan/Hirani fans would be ready to bludgeon me but that’s what I felt, and still, strongly feel.
The success of 3I was that it resonated and touched a nerve: Everything that was/is wrong with our educational system, like rote behavior, or success metrics in life/profession, the KPIs, was scratched up on the film; and that’s where it suceeded.
It’s success, per me, was in the ‘theme’ it chose, and not in the ‘cinema’ that emerged out of the theme..
Not trying to mollycoddle Aamir’s fans — myself being one — but that was one of his gutsiest performances ever…playing a 21 year old at age 40+; both physically, and mentally, the man lived that role….
For me it boils down to will I be willing to watch the movie again when it is available to stream –
I have watched- Dangal, 3I, Sultan, DDD , ZNMD, Gabbar, Sanju, Rowdy Rathore, Singham and many more again.
I could not watch- TOH, Zero, TZH, Bharat, PK, Padmavat etc. again, even though I may have liked them on first viewing .
So 3I for me was good movie.
P.S.- Eagerly waiting to rewatch Super 30 and Kabir Singh.
That’s a good metric Rocky. Though re-watching comes with a lot of filters; like availability; time et cetera. However, if any film generates in you the feeling that ‘I need to watch it again’, I feel that is a good parameter..
Anytime you see BACHCHAN seething to Sanjeev Kumar; ‘MEIN AAPKA NAAJAYIS AULAAD HOON, AUR AAP MERE NAAJAYIS BAAP HAI,’ you cannot but just drop whatever it is you are doing and continue watching the movie…
Or anytime you see SRK telling Manisha the 3 little things he loves and hates about her in DIL SE….you just stop..and watch..
recently when we went on a long drive, I had my wife paly the the DVD of Shakti.
The logic I gave her was kee since we can not watch any movie while driving – Shakti is one movie jiiskey dialogs sun kar hee aatma trapt ho jaati hai .
that is actually true – but then, it came at a time when aamir was at top of his “marketing gimmicks” game which worked wonder…..fortunately (for us), his gimmicks days are over with TOH debacle and he will be stupid to repeat those with his future movies…..in any case, 3i was an okayish movie but was lucky enough to hit the right cords with paying audience…..hirani’s munnabhai movies are more endearing and have more repeat viewing values….
Have watch it few times and i agree.
It grows on you on second watch. I liked it first time and then i thought it is time pass 3/5 types.
Over time it has become better.
August 4, 2019 at 3:13 AM
reminds too much of college days ..had reunion in couple of years back and and all skinny guys have too much adipose tissue now and varying degree of baldness…
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August 4, 2019 at 3:55 AM
3 idiots feel, na?
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August 4, 2019 at 7:54 AM
poor ppl’s 3I, Dangal-director’s name will print lot of money at the BO – Obviously Shraddha is the biggest draw here…..
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August 4, 2019 at 10:24 AM
Atleast this looks like a real college unlike the KJO colleges
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August 4, 2019 at 11:17 AM
agree with that. else all that fake soty movies make the college look like manish malhotra clothes on kejariwal
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August 4, 2019 at 1:32 PM
Better than SOTY. Mix of both SOTY and 3 Idiots.
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August 4, 2019 at 2:53 PM
This is much more authentic than 3 Idiots showing technical college except some scenes here and there. A cohesive screenplay and this will do wonders at BO.
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August 4, 2019 at 4:38 PM
All the giggles, lol’s and funny moments aside 3 Idiots was an extremely over the top, overcooked and shady take on India’s already charred education system. I do believe Nitesh Tiwari would make a much more toned down and polished college film compared to the usual Hirani melodramatic antics and hysteria. As long as the screenplay’s crisp and the dialogues hold the audience, this should work.
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August 5, 2019 at 2:13 AM
Wish Nitesh best of luck! Hope this film works very well!
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August 5, 2019 at 11:37 AM
I am one of the very few in this world who found 3 IDIOTS way too-over-rated and really, a very ordinary film based on WHATSAPP forwards. [In this case, I stand in solidarity with Raja Sen.]
Aamir Khan/Hirani fans would be ready to bludgeon me but that’s what I felt, and still, strongly feel.
The success of 3I was that it resonated and touched a nerve: Everything that was/is wrong with our educational system, like rote behavior, or success metrics in life/profession, the KPIs, was scratched up on the film; and that’s where it suceeded.
It’s success, per me, was in the ‘theme’ it chose, and not in the ‘cinema’ that emerged out of the theme..
Not trying to mollycoddle Aamir’s fans — myself being one — but that was one of his gutsiest performances ever…playing a 21 year old at age 40+; both physically, and mentally, the man lived that role….
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August 5, 2019 at 11:54 AM
For me it boils down to will I be willing to watch the movie again when it is available to stream –
I have watched- Dangal, 3I, Sultan, DDD , ZNMD, Gabbar, Sanju, Rowdy Rathore, Singham and many more again.
I could not watch- TOH, Zero, TZH, Bharat, PK, Padmavat etc. again, even though I may have liked them on first viewing .
So 3I for me was good movie.
P.S.- Eagerly waiting to rewatch Super 30 and Kabir Singh.
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August 5, 2019 at 12:03 PM
That’s a good metric Rocky. Though re-watching comes with a lot of filters; like availability; time et cetera. However, if any film generates in you the feeling that ‘I need to watch it again’, I feel that is a good parameter..
Anytime you see BACHCHAN seething to Sanjeev Kumar; ‘MEIN AAPKA NAAJAYIS AULAAD HOON, AUR AAP MERE NAAJAYIS BAAP HAI,’ you cannot but just drop whatever it is you are doing and continue watching the movie…
Or anytime you see SRK telling Manisha the 3 little things he loves and hates about her in DIL SE….you just stop..and watch..
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August 5, 2019 at 12:10 PM
recently when we went on a long drive, I had my wife paly the the DVD of Shakti.
The logic I gave her was kee since we can not watch any movie while driving – Shakti is one movie jiiskey dialogs sun kar hee aatma trapt ho jaati hai .
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August 5, 2019 at 12:14 PM
Good memory Rocky Saab. Didn’t we have vinyl playing out those Iconic scenes? I remember seeing and hearing many at my uncles’…
https://www.discogs.com/Rahul-Dev-Burman-Anand-Bakshi-Shakti-With-Dialogue/release/3586240
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August 5, 2019 at 12:18 PM
And here it is..now that you have revoked the Bachchan in me!!!!
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August 5, 2019 at 12:24 PM
We used to own the vinyl of Sholay, HKSKN, Bobby etc. .
Shakti ket time tak audio cassettes aa gaye theyyy ..
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August 5, 2019 at 12:16 PM
Same here, repeat value is key
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August 5, 2019 at 1:30 PM
that is actually true – but then, it came at a time when aamir was at top of his “marketing gimmicks” game which worked wonder…..fortunately (for us), his gimmicks days are over with TOH debacle and he will be stupid to repeat those with his future movies…..in any case, 3i was an okayish movie but was lucky enough to hit the right cords with paying audience…..hirani’s munnabhai movies are more endearing and have more repeat viewing values….
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August 5, 2019 at 12:27 PM
BTW, Gabbar IMO is a highly underrated movie, we as a family have watched parts of it multiple times .
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August 18, 2019 at 11:14 PM
Have watch it few times and i agree.
It grows on you on second watch. I liked it first time and then i thought it is time pass 3/5 types.
Over time it has become better.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:20 PM
I am really everything about this movie. Seems like a college type story with a heavy second half.
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August 19, 2019 at 12:53 AM
Like the song picturization.
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August 23, 2019 at 7:47 AM
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August 29, 2019 at 6:00 AM
The Zoya Factor | Official Trailer | Sonam K Ahuja | Dulquer Salmaan | Dir: Abhishek Sharma | Sep 20
Here the poster https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDHVnCOU0AA934o.jpg
Thanks 🙂
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