Synopsis

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2009)

Castings : Rancho (Aamir Khan, The change agent), Raju (Sharman Joshi) and Farhan (Madhvan). Professor Virus. Imperial college of Engineering (ICE). New Delhi. Chatur.
Farhan always wanted to be wild life photographer. But his father had decided that his son will grow up to be an engineer. He was getting the lowest grades in ICE even when he studied hard. Rancho identified his talent and helped him become a wild life photographer. Rancho sent his photos to the famous photographer abroad. In the end of college, he was able to convince his father that his real love is photography and he will never be able to become a good engineer. His father relented and offered to buy him a professional camera.
Raju belonged to a very poor family. His father was suffering from paralysis and mother was a retired school teacher. He also had a elder sister who was unmarried. Prospective groom was asking for a Maruti 800 for marrying her. Her mother was a really sapping character but every sad mother is like that only. Raju is very religious and prays daily. He had picture of deities in front of his study table. In the end, he acquire the right attitude which impressed the interviewers and got him a job offer. He didn't fear anymore. Neither death nor poverty.
Since I made a generalized comment on mothers let me dig deep into it. Mothers are different kind of creatures. Usually one finds fear and greed in people. Like greedy people are always more fearful also and vice versa. But in mothers, fear is accompanied by love and not greed.
Kareena was the daughter of Prof Virus. She was pursuing medicine and was a qualified doctor too. She had a brother who committed suicide unable to bear the pressure of forced studied. He wanted to study literature but his father forced him to take up science and sit for entrance of ICE. Kareena also had an elder sister who got married. The trio gatecrashed in her marriage ceremony and got caught. While convincing Kareena that Suhaas is not the right guy for her, Rancho explains how to know when one is in love. There is a pleasant air, whispering light music and everything happens in slow motion. It's like time has stopped. We do find people like Suhaas in our life who only talk about the price tag.
When the librarian told the meaning of "chamatkar", chatur immediately replied that he doesn't want to know the meaning of every word in speech. He will just cram it up and then deliver on the function day. The most common attitude of people on campus. Nobody changes with time but people get to know themselves with time. And that is how, they improve. Chatur remained the same in more than 10 years. He crammed, he farted, he conspired. Later on he became successful. He has a beautiful wife, a $ 3.5 m mansion, a Lamborghini and what not. He boasts it all.
Rancho expressed his disappointment over the system. He had some ideas. Like bookish knowledge should not the measure of learning. Grades should not be displayed in public view. Innovation and experiments should be encouraged and failure should not be frowned upon.