Our title characters are ambitious but stunted Farhan Qureshi (R. Rarely has a comedy had this big of a brain in its head and a canvas of opportunities in mind, while possessing a title not even fit for a farce. It provides us with three of the most likable characters of the last decade, and with insight to the culture of Indians and their parents. Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots, my introduction to the world of Bollywood cinema, is a comedy-drama unlike any one I've ever seen, long, but never drawn out, frantic, but never desperate, and emotional, but never manipulating. It's times like that when the saying may not be so effective, even if its goal is not to provide certain relief. One character even tries to use the line after an amateurishly-given birth may have gone terribly wrong. They know that reciting the oversimplifying phrase will not provide their problems with a solution, or even a catalyst, but it gives them the onset courage they desperately need at a time of uncertainty and despair. "All is well," the three "idiot" heroes of 3 Idiots recite when they become frazzled or nervous, while frantically tapping their hearts.
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