Comments on: Idjits http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/ of just about everything... since a little learning is a dangerous thing. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2636 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:58:23 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2636 Hari,

Hey, thanks! Yeah, and who cares what others think, eh?!

]]> By: Hari http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2635 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:37 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2635 Hi Ramya,

Totally agree with you on this post. I just loved that movie irrespective of what people might think about my standard of liking.

And more so, as I have alway been a strong differentiator of knowledge from education and a strong preacher of knowledge in that.

]]> By: ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2606 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:16:06 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2606 hey. typical formula filim that works in bollywood. aal izz not well, for you! fair enuf. saw prash’s review…

]]> By: ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2605 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:12:46 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2605 sru,
na, i don’t think boman over did. however, like i said, everyone cried too much. THAT was simply overdone, burnt, charred.
i kinda liked the insouciance that fed the Raju’s home scenes. Like the Khujli-waali roti, the b/w, the bike ride with raju’s dad, the jokes about the unmarried sis. it takes some guts… also some to not tread to the other side of sensitivity.

]]> By: ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2603 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:08:31 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2603 o yes, praveen, Kareena. ismall islip. surely katrina does not have horsey face! :) thanks!

]]> By: Nitya http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2602 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:22:03 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2602 Typical Bollywood film. Typical Bollywood hype. Emotion over logic. And extreme predictability of plot and characterisation… add to it some cheap controversy created by Bhagat and voila, you have all the elements of a successful movie!
What surprised me was that so many 6 and 7 year olds are being allowed to see it – I thought the suicide and the attempted one were quite gruesome… ah well, maybe I am just not ‘with it’.

]]> By: Sruthi http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2601 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:06:32 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2601 Hey don’t you think Boman over-acted? He crossed the line whereas I thought everyone else got pretty close but never made the final jump.

I agree with the commentary on pedagogy part — because it was so much on-your-face. For instance, Crash handled what it had to say without saying it. Or repeating it over and over again.
And that was my one problem with the movie – ‘show and tell’ funda. Aamir told a LOT but there was only a little showing.
And lots of things were so predictable — the identity of Phunsuk Wangdu, who will get the pen, and Kareena’s bridal wear bike ride.
But all said and done, I think Hirani has a formula of the ‘feel-good’ movie down pat. Be it Pyaar Ki Jhappi, or All Izz Well, these super-melodramatic stuff is handled with ease.
And the best way to feed melodramatic medicine is to lace it with laughter. Evidence: The khujli-waali roti scene. Classic, that.

]]> By: Praveen http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2600 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:35:34 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2600 Pretty much what I thought of the movie.

PS: “Only Katrina is the love interest”.
Kareena you mean? :)

Would love to read about Aayirathil Oruvan on your blog.

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