Engineering College Redemption

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2009)

The movie is supposed to be based on Chetan Bhagat's guideline for IITs Five Point Someone.It not entirely true to it.and in the end it does take a turn that is reminiscent of the ever loving Shawshank Redemption in more ways than one.such as Sharman Joshi's candid confession in an interview besides the end!
The film manages a comic depth,what it, at much of the times lacks is emotional depth.It treats issues too naively perhaps.It creates caricatures out of Bhagat's characters.it does hinder character development.Boman Irani's Dean Viru Sahastrabudhhe(VIRUS) did remind me of his own Dr.Asthana in Hirani's debut Munnabhai M.B.B.S. Asthana's funny guffaws were character traits but Virus hasn't any he tries to be whatever is required.He is funny,he is ruthless but never as formidable as Asthana. 3I is not par stereotypes thus is predictable.It also delves in silliness and goes from melodramatic extremes to comic extremes in seconds.
But all said the movie is just too funny. I have not laughed so much in days.Its certainly written better than the novel(apparently not a difficult thing to do).Lead Performances are very good too.In the end its easily lovable but forgettable unlike LRMunnabhai.Its not at all a bad movie but maybe just not brilliant.Lead Actor's own Taare Zameen Par would be a brilliant document on education system.
I rate it 7/10.