Screen or Real Life Hero?
The world will remember ‘Three Idiots’ (3-Idiots) as an Amir Khan movie. Out of the many other hugely celebrated movies he has acted in, 3-Idiots is one of the most discussed ones in the recent times. 3-Idiots is the story of a man who not only lives life his own way, but also inspires others to go beyond what the society thinks conservatively fit for them. The movie scoffs at our society’s those typical blue-eyed guys like Chatur who toe the line and attain success by definition which encourages obedience and disheartens those who break the mould and want to build a life creatively on unusual patterns. Promotion of this ‘idea’ was very much needed for India which has already crossed its period of licence-Quota-Raaj and now thrives on creativity and new-age technologies. We no longer need lines of babus to fit the kind of jobs the colonial governments (pre and post 1947) would open up, but now we need guys who transcend the expectations and can provide innovative solutions to unique In...