3 Idiots - Movie Reflection

The movie 3 Idiots was the most inspiring movie that I have ever seen. I first saw that film 5 years ago when we were film viewing. I think all high schools and universities are making their students watch this film because almost everyone on my age has seen this movie.

            Being a college student is never easy especially when your course requires sweat and blood just to pass one subject. But we should not quit no matter what it takes when it is our only option to have a bright future so this movie is a very good example to inspire all the students that are going on hard courses in college.

            The movie has three characters namely Rancho, Farhan and Raju and each of them have different traits and each of them have different skills that may help them achieve their goals in life. They are three engineering students who share a room in a hostel at the Imperial College of Engineering, one of the best colleges in India. While Farhan and Raju are average students from modest backgrounds, Rancho is from a rich family. Farhan wants to become a wildlife photographer, but has joined engineering college to fulfill his father's wish. Raju on the other hand wants to uplift his family fortunes. Rancho is a wealthy genius who studies for the sheer joy of it. However, Rancho's passion is for knowledge and taking apart and building machines rather than the conventional obsession of the other students with exam ranks. All the three of them have similarities in my personal behavior, status in life and experience. My similarity with the character of Sharman Joshi which is Raju Rastogi is we came from a poor family and I also wanted to provide my family a good and wealthy life. In the character of R. Madhavan which is Farhan Qureshi, my similarity on his character is we both have hobbies and skills that our parents did not want us to do because it may distract me from my studies. I love to draw before but my mom is always scolding at me because she wants me to study my lessons. As a result, my drawing skills never excelled and I regret it so much. Lastly, my similarity on the character of Aamir Khan which is Ranccho “Rancho” Shyamaldas Chanchad or Phunsukh Wangdu is we both have the same personality type. I do not have the same intelligence like him but at least I am clever, (hehe) I am also outspoken, alert (yeah sometimes), and stimulating. So I am going to choose between the three characters, of course I will choose Rancho. Rancho does not have only the traits that are mentioned before but he was also resourceful in solving new and challenging problems, Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. He is also good at reading other people and Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another in machines, Focus on the here-and-now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment that he can be active with others and Learn best through doing. This can be justified at any stage of the film because he always chooses to go for innovating new machines and developing an ideology that is error free.

            I really admired the character of Rancho. He did not formally attended school when he was a child. He just wear a uniform and slip into classes just because he wanted to learn and all he had learned from school, he applied it. For example, during their first night at the university he did used what he had learned from physics that salt water is good conductor of electricity. I was amazed by that kind of simple invention he had made so that he will not be bullied by the seniors. He is a good friend to his friends; he would help them when they are in need. He inspired their lives and taught them to follow what would make them happy. I admired him because despite the pressure in college he still can make it to the top of the class and proved to everyone that grades are not important it will just make division among others, what’s important is that even though we may not have high grades but we learned something from it. It would a foundation for our success in the future, all the things that we learned in this so-called life. In the movie, he always pushes his friends to bring out what they have for them to have something to be proud of. This man is indeed a very inspiring man for me because it made me realized that education is what we really need for the success of our future and taught me the value of friendship that friends are our second family. Through ups and downs, true friends will always be there for you.  The saying “Aal Izz Well” is a reminder for us all that everything will be alright if we will believe in ourselves and has that faith in each one of us. He is an outstanding student in the Imperial College of Engineering because he is an eye opener to everyone and I liked what Mr. Virus told him that he is not right all the time. It simply means that even though we, people, are that smart, genius, bright in terms of intellectual capabilities but we do not know everything, we should stay humble at all times. We tend to make mistakes and we should accept it even though it would hurt our pride. He is the only student in which Mr. Virus had seen to be one of a kind that’s why he gave his pen to him because that pen is a symbol of excellence and for me he really deserve it. It is not that easy to make a machine out of materials that are available at a certain time. For me Rancho is a hero in that movie, he is able to save a child’s life by his innovated invention the vacuum cup out of a vacuum cleaner and helped to deliver Mona’s baby safely. I was really amazed by what he had done at that time and I’m sure that Mr. Virus is also amazed and proud of him that’s why he gave his pen to him.

            “Pursue excellence and success will follow” that quote opened my eye and made me realize that we should not chase success because when we do not have excellence, it is impossible to achieve success. For me, if we aim for dreams aim it high because it would be our motivation in life to reach that goal. If we will be able to excel in our chosen careers or paths that we wanted to take, our success on it will not be impossible to achieve because if we love what we are doing, everything will be just in place plus it would be a fulfillment of our long life dreams. He made realize that grades are just basis on how well I am able to comprehend the lessons taught in school but it is should not be our basis for our excellence but on how we are able to apply it in real life and learn from it because learning should not stop by the time we graduated school but it is a long way process until the end of our life.  But the most striking quote that I heard from the movie is that “Make your passion, your profession”, it is the most striking for me because it really applies what we are going through right now. We cannot accomplish tasks or be successful in a work if our hearts are not on it because we will never be contented on it and we tend to look and ask for more. It would be very good if we will be able to follow what we really want for our lives. And this made me thought of my real dream is. I always wanted to be a scientist, particularly being an astronaut. I am always fascinated with anything that is related to astrology, archaeology and experimenting with technology. I was always curious as a child so that I read scientific books to answer my questions in life. I also love to play with electronic devices and create something from them. When I was in elementary something like grade one or two, every time I see an appliance that was thrown away in the garbage I will pick it up and open it. I don’t know what am I going to do with but I just wanted to open it. But that was all lost because I was discouraged by the behavior of my mom. Like I said before she just wanted to make me concentrate on the text books that is used in our school. Even our school makes our learning limited to what they are teaching. They control what we have to learn as if they know what we need to know in life. If this movie was shown the time when I experienced those things, I maybe pursuing on my dreams now. But I know someday I will continue to reach my dreams.

            I hope that all the schools and universities will show this movie to their students to open their eyes and pursue their dreams.