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Right from the moment Khan appears on screen, he is doing something or saying something
that evoke either awe or jealousy. Free spirited geniuses can have their tragic flaws too,
which can make them even more interesting than they are. On the other side of the argument
is the college, or the establishment, which is symbolized by Professor Viru Sahastrabudhhe,
or Virus (Boman Irani)a quirky man with a lisp, who is brazenly undemocratic and
Naziesque. Hiranis demarcation of these two worlds is too simplistic to be true.
Khan, who is known to be passionately involved with every film he takes up, lends Rancho a
studied cool and all-knowing air which gets annoying towards the end. He even delivers a
baby on a snooker table and walks away after that, with tears in his eyes. Although Khan
emerges as the star of the film, Madhavan and Joshi have performed their roles with
conviction. Madhavan is a fine actor in the hands of a good director and Hirani has extracted
the best out of him. Kapoor, who plays the effervescent heroine, does not have much of a
role, but she is powerful in some scenes.
3 Idiots is worth a watch because of some scenesand for the friendship that begins abruptly,
but keeps growing through the film until a surprise at the end. Like his earlier films, this is an
entertainer too. If only it had less histrionics and a little more real life, this would have been
yet another Hirani classic.