We watched the new Hindi release 3 Idiots this evening. This movie has gathered a lot of buzz and several of my friends recommended it. It was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five point someone - what not to do at IIT’. Since I went to school at IIT I could relate to some of the scenes and chareacters in the movie.
All in all it was an enjoyable movie with a nice story and good theme. But it did not blow me away. It was a bit too cheesy in some parts for my taste and 30 to 45 mins too long. It is bound to happen when the director also edits the movie. Directors tend to fall in love with the scenes they shoot so have a hard time cutting them out. The movie packed a bit too much Bollywood formula. The core story was good and different enough that it should have veered away from regular Bollywood shtick. I feel it had much more potential but underachieved.