Five-Point-Someone-by-Chetan-Bhagat

Ever since I read “Five Point Someone” about 3 years back, I really wanted to see a Bollywood movie “based” on it (and by based I mean a blatant copy, scene to scene.). Why? Simply because FPS had everything a super entertaining Bollywood movie can ask for. Comedy, emotions, drama, friendship, romance, supers one liners, witty dialogues etc etc. Being an engineering student myself, I loved and connected well with the characters of the novel, even if the book and the author, Chetan Bhagat was not in the good books of the literature lovers/ critics. Though I am not a fan of masala movies as such but would have loved to see an adaptation of FPS on screen. Then the news of 3 Idiots broke out and I am sure almost everyone who read the book must have got excited.

3 Idiots movie poster

After a about couple of years, more trailers came out and that killed most of my excitement. Reason: Casting. Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the role of engineering students? No way. Sharman Joshi is still passable but Aamir Khan and Madhavan, I cant digest them doing role of a person 20-25 younger than them. Sure Aamir is a tremendous actor, my favorite actually, but come on! It is not that he did not act well, but he just doesnt fit for me. Sure he was desirable, (like he was in DCH) but not appropriate.  When can bollywood stars be expected to play roles according to their age? They cant be forever young! (more…)