English

PROJECT

Submitted By:-
Krish Mahajan
XII-SCI
2021-2022

Acknowledgement
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher () as well as
our principal(Mr.Vivek Daniels) who gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic (English Project), which also helped me in doing a
lot of Research and I came to know about so many new things I am really thankful
to them.
Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in
finalizing this project within the limited time frame.

3-IDIOTS

Story
This is the story of Farhan, Raju and Rancho who are engineering students at the
Imperial College of Engineering, one of the best colleges in India. Farhan wants to
become a wildlife photographer, but is pursuing an engineering degree to fulfil his
father's wish, whereas Raju needs to improve his family's financial situation, and
Rancho studies for the pleasure of building machines. Rancho incurs the wrath of
college's dean, Professor Viru Sahastrabuddhe a.k.a. 'Virus' (Boman Irani), by
giving creative and unorthodox answers, and later blames the rote-learning
mentality of the institution for the suicide of fellow student Joy Lobo. The three
friends break into Virus' house so Rancho can propose his own marriage to Pia,
and then urinate on a door inside the compound. The next day, Virus threatens to
expel Raju, who, unable to choose between betraying his friend and disappointing
his family, attempts his own death. Virus vows to make the course's final exam as
hard as possible so that Raju is unable to graduate. Pia, in reply, tells Rancho of
the exam, and he and Farhan steal the examination's questions for Raju who
refuses to cheat. Virus sentences them to expulsion; but they earn a reprieve
when Viru's pregnant elder daughter Mona (Mona Singh) goes into labour at the
same time. A heavy storm cuts electricity, and Pia instructs Rancho to deliver the
baby in the college common room via Voice over IP, after Rancho restores power
using car batteries and a power inverter invented by Rancho. After the baby is
apparently stillborn, Rancho resuscitates it; wherefore Virus allows them to take
and pass their final exams. Rancho comes first and is awarded Virus's prize pen,
retained hitherto for an especially-capable student. rancho went missing after
their graduation. Farhan and Raju race to locate Rancho, at his last known address
- little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.
 Movie Review
3 Idiots was the perfect end to an exciting year for India. The three idiots, Rancchoddas
Shyamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan), Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) and Farhan Qureshi (R
Madhavan), are perfect archetypes of the new age Indian who is essentially a non-
conformist, questioning outmoded givens, choosing to live life on his own terms and
chartering new roads that consciously skirt the rat race. Of course, they begin on the beaten
track -- due to societal/parental pressure -- but refuse to become cogs in the wheel.

The film begins with the entry of our threesome in the city's elite engineering college. It
takes the first tryst with the mandatory ragging sessions which enunciate who the leader of
the gang is going to be: new entrant Baba Rancchoddas, as his friends fondly call him.
Rancho not only leads his friends through the maze of India's competitive, high-pressure,
rote-heavy, illogical and almost cruel education system, he tutors them on several life
mantras too. Like, running after excellence, not success; questioning not blindly accepting
givens; inventing and experimenting in lieu of copying and cramming; and essentially
following your heart's calling if you truly want to make a difference.

So, you have the threesome embroiled, time and again, in a confrontation with authority, as
represented through the domineering figure of Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), the
unsmiling Principal who venerates the cuckoo because the bird's life begins with murder.
Kill the competition, because there is only one place at the top, believes the Principal. Poor,
mistaken Principal! Doesn't he know that competition is effete, model students like Chatur
end up as duhs in real life and non-conformists like Rancho, could end up as eventual
winners. More importantly, they could be high not only in IQ (intelligence quotient) but in
EQ (emotional quotient) too, never losing their humaneness and social networking skills.

The high point of the film is the fact that director Rajkumar Hirani says so much, and more,
without losing his sense of humour and the sheer lightness of being. The film is a laugh riot,
despite being high on fundas. Certain sequences almost have you rolling in the aisle, like the
ragging sequence, Chatur's chamatkar/balatkar speech, the threesome's wedding crasher
sequence, their mournful meal with Raju's mournful mum and Rancho's sundry demos to
prove how Kareena has chosen the wrong guy for herself. Add to this, the strong emotional
core of the film that makes gentle tugs, now and then, at your guts, and you have an almost
perfect score. Hirani carries forward his simplistic `humanism alone works' philosophy of
the Lage Raho Munnabhai series in 3 Idiots too, making it a warm and vivacious signature
 tune to 2009. The second half of the film does falter in parts, specially the child birth
sequence, but it doesn't take long for the film to jump back on track.

Amongst the performances, Aamir Khan is stupendous as the rule-breaker Rancho. But the
rest of the cast doesn't remain in the shadows. Both Sharman and Madhavan manage to
carve their independent characters as lovable rebels too. Even Kareena shines out, despite
the minuscule length of her role. A special mention for Boman Irani who is impeccable as
`Virus', the vile Principal and newcomer Chatur who perfectly slips into the stereotype of
the best, albeit bakwas student. Shantanu Moitra's music score, which may have sounded
pheeka in the audio version, comes alive on screen with lyricist Swanand Kirkire giving India
its clarion call for 2010: Aal Izz Well. Rush for it.
 A word about:

Performances: Believe it or not, but Aamir, Madhavan and Sharman actually look -- and
behave -- like students. While Aamir pitches in a near-perfect portrayal of Rancho, the free-
spirited innovator, Madhavan and Sharman are perfectly in sync too. Kareena as the
independent-minded medical student is winsome; debutant Omi has a refreshing flair for
comedy and Boman Irani doesn't ham or go over the top even once.

Story: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi script a warm and humanist indictment of India's
rude-crude education system that prepares rats for a rat race rather than thinkers for a new
world.

Dialogue: Witty and wild, the film walks away with the best comic scene of the year citation
with its uproarious `balatkar' speech.

Music: Shantanu Moitra may not have forced you to pick up the music album of the film but
the songs do come alive on screen, specially Zoobie-Doobie and Aal Izz Well.

Choreography: Avit Diaz has the threesome -- Aamir, Madhavan, Sharman -- kick up some
wild fun in Aal Izz Well, while Bosco-Caesar rightly go retro with Zoobie-Doobie.

Cinematography: The streets of Delhi and the picture postcard beauty of Ladakh are
captured in riveting images by Muraleedharan CK
Styling: Designers Manish Mehrotra, Sheena Parekh and Raghuveer Shetty create the pucca
campus look for our rumbustious kids on the block, complete with ganjis and capris.
Kareena too is an archetypal Dilli gal with her trendy, not flashy ensemble.

Inspiration: Chetan Bhagat's Five Point Someone literally comes alive on screen, although
the film does not kowtow the book verbatim.

Long Question Answer

Gorilla In the guest room
Question : How did the story demonstrate the necessities of the conservation
of wild animals?
Answer : The story 'A Gorilla in the Guest Room' is the semi - autobiographical
account of Gerald Durrell about the setting up of the zoo with the aim of
conservation of wild life, in the island of Jersey.

              The story demonstrate the necessities of the conservation of wild animals

by the dedication and determination of Gerald to set up a zoo of his dreams and
also by his passion, love and concern towards the pair of rare species.

               Gerald wanted to establish his zoo as a place that "must cease to be a

mere show place of animals and start to contribute something towards the
conservation of wild life." 

            He believed that common  animals should be replaced with rare and
threatened species so that they could be saved from extinction.
          Gerald was a futuristic man, his worry about the wildlife conservation was
genuine  and thus made steady, earnest  and energetic efforts to obtain the baby
gorilla. He knew that gorillas might become extinct within next twenty years, thus
when he got a call from an animal dealer  offering a baby gorilla for twelve
hundred pounds, he could not say no.

         Despite his wife's annoyance and lack of money, Gerald managed to arrange
such a high price by contribution of the rich people of the island. Thus the baby
gorilla  N'Pongo could enter his zoo.
  
       Gerald loved the baby Gorilla at first site. His child like appearance and playful
and jolly nature won over hm. He narrates his first meeting with N'Pongo as -
     "He lay back in my arms and studied me carefully with an unwinking stare, and
then lifted a fat and gentle forefinger and investigated my beard, I tickled his ribs
and he wriggled about in my arms, giggling hoarsely, his eyes shinning with
amusement."

           Since N'Pongo's cage was not yet ready, the author decided that he would
stay in their guest room for a couple of days.
    N'Pongo's grave, courteous manner and his rather sad expression immediately
won over both Gerald's wife and his mother.
   " before long he was lolling back on the sofa while they plied him with
delicacies, and the staff came upstairs one by one to pay homage to him as if he
were some black potentate. " 

    When N'Pongo became bored with lying on the sofa, he decided to take a
round of the room " like a small black professor in a museum." But he was doing it
so gently that there was never any danger that he would break anything.

      N'Pongo's behaviour was so exemplary that Gerald's mother " was doing her
best to try to persuade me to keep him in the house permanently." 

            In a short period of time, N'Pongo made his way into the hearts of the
visitors, who adored him for his grave and courteous manner. In the afternoon,
N'Pongo was brought out to the zoo's lawn where it showed off its playful antics.
The visitors just loved to see his acrobatics.

         N'Pongo was growing up. At the age of two, he was doubled the size to that
of when he was brought in the zoo. At adulthood, a male needs a mate, Durrell
realised it could be cruel to deprive him from the companionship of his own kind
particularly for the primates, the need is more. Without someone to play with,
the apes become troublesome by trying their strength on humans.
 
           Durrell, being a naturalist and wild life conservationist, knew that to
conserve and save endangered species, it is necessary that the inmates of the zoo
should be able to breed. To prevent N'Pongo from turning morose and
melancholy with a company of a female of his species, Nandy,  a female gorilla
was brought in the same cage as N'Pongo's. The two gorillas were
temperamentally different from each other but seemed to adore each other.

       The story also reveals another part of the author, as a caring father, Durrell
loved N'Pongo and Nandy as his own children. Having such a valuable rare pair of
animals like gorilla, was an utmost pride for Durrell but at the same time he was
always anxious about their health and well-being. Thus a simple and magnificent
surveillance devices had to be installed in various parts of the zoo to locate the
primates at any given time.
       Despite having all the attention care and love of Durrell and his team N'Pongo
got a stomach infection which was later found a form of colitis. It was only four
days, for Durrell to leave for France for work, when N'Pongo started to look pale.
The only symptom was acute diarrhoea. He lost weight and stopped eating
altogether. He was not even drinking milk and so no antibiotics could be given to
him. Later his "diarrhoea was quite heavily tinged with blood" and this made
Gerald and his team lose hope.

     To tempt N'Pongo, Gerald and Jacquie bought a bright green watermelon. As
soon as N'Pongo was given a slice of it, he displayed signs of interest. He took the
slice and started to eat. This was used to distract him  and inject him with
antibiotics.

       Gerald didnot wish to leave N'Pongo unless his health improved.  Luckily,
when Gerald had to leave, N'Pongo started drinking complan. His eyes regained
their lost sparkle which Gerald had been missing for past few days.

     Gerald " drove down to the airport and caught the plane to Dinard. " By the
time he returned, he was happy to find that N'Pongo had regained all the weight
he had lost and was in his old healthy state.