Watched a bollywood film named "3 idiots" while on a bus back to Singapore. I was initially put off by the title but after hearing a few friends speak highly of that movie, I had to watch it for myself. The movie revolves around a prestigious engineering college in India which is ran by a obnoxious principal who believed in very strict rote learning, scoffed at any form of creativity and had little empathy for failure. In short, he was the principal that everyone loved to hate. Then, in came a bright freshman who was at odds with such a mindless education system, displayed his rebellion towards the principal and his school while, at the same time, being the top student. This student then, in the course of chasing the principal's daughter, ended up indirectly convincing the principal that education need not be so rigid and life need not be such a cold and harsh rat race.
What I wrote doesn't even come close to justifying how good the movie is and its critique of the Asian expectation of 望子成龙, 望女成凤 mentality and our tendency of minding how other think of others think of our own children if they chose an unconventional career path or if they simply didn't do well in school. In a way, children can be a huge source of pride or shame for parents. I can kind of relate to the film because my parents somewhat falls in the same category of people that the film portrayed. I really liked the scene where *spoiler alert* Farhan said to his dad when he told him that he wanted to be a wildlife photographer instead of an engineer, which was what his father had hoped for him since Farhan's birth. His dad, who was infuriated when Farhan confessed that he skipped a job interview to be an engineer, told Farhan that he was concerned about how his colleague (I presume) would think of Farhan if he knew that Farhan was going to be a photographer instead of a well paid engineer. Farhan, sobbingly replied that he didn't care of what his dad's colleague thought of him because he didn't raise him and he didn't sacrifice to provide him with the comfort that saw him through his college days, Farhan affirmed that it was his dad's feelings that he cared about and hoped that he would understand his choice. *spoiler end*
Well, go watch it. (:
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