4th Idiot

In last few days I could not sit in front of TV to enjoy my dinner with evening news because it was full of idiotic stories about 3 idiots and I genuinely feel my TV set must be happy to give true meaning to its misnomer ‘Idiot Box’. To feel really good morning (In India my morning used to be good with TOI supplement - Delhi Times :-)) I could not go to Times of India entertainment news section, reason the same idiots:-(. Yesterday when my eyes stopped at the news that all idiots had decided to give all this controversy a break I just could not resist my smile, just thought how easily they are making every one an idiot..sorry stupid because idiots are not stupid, correct Mr Aamir:-)

Idiots are not stupid: Aamir Khan. Yes this was the first entertainment news that really shattered my vocabulary. Idiots are thought to be very normal persons but at some point of time they prove themselves to be someone with extra calibre. They are not stupid, rather they come to limelight in an unconventional way, clarified Aamir. Cursing myself for abusing my teachers, elders for calling me idiot during my school days I browsed well known dictionaries to get real meaning of idiot.

Webster says – Idiot means - A person of subnormal intelligence

Cambridge says - a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way
Some idiot left the tap running in the bathroom and there's water everywhere.

Oxford says - a person with very low intelligence who cannot think or behave normally and this is how they explained..
(informal) a very stupid person FOOL: When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot. Not that switch, you idiot!

I don’t know which dictionary you referred Mr. Aamir, hey how idiot I am to doubt your explanation, still thinking conventionally na…, going through dictionaries for such a difficult word uhh.. After all you are thought to be one of the best minds in bollybood intelligentsia, who can forget your contribution towards Narmada bachao Andolan, who cares if it happened to be at the time when ‘Rang de basanti’ released, even you came to delhi streets to give artistic haircut to aam janta what if that art was known as ghazani look, you are the one who can be an uninvited guest to anyone’s wedding to make their day most perfect one can think of but they will have to schedule it sometime….

I read five point someone about 4 years back and I was really impressed by the Chetan’s way of writing, punch lines, college days banters, in simple words being engineering college student I went nostalgic. I would struggle to find who I really was- Hari, Alok or Ryan. I was ecstatic when I read that it was being adapted in film and icing on cake was that Aamir was to star in it.. who could doubt Aamir’s impeccable acting talent.

Anyways focus on idiots. This December kids and their elders were equally waiting for Christmas, reason… you know, actually kids were little confused whether they were waiting for Santa or Aamir Santa khan. Why should not they, if Aamir can go to Banaras to sell his ancestral property, dinner with his bête noire King khan’s captain Saurav Ganguli, a wedding ceremony to make an occasion for the couple why can’t Aamir come to kids in disguise of Santa to give them gifts. Actually Aamir could, but it was late, Aamir pre-release marketing had come to an end and this idiot had brought so many to his side. After all he was using his marketing acumen for post release entertainment what we have been seeing in last few days.

India were celebrating its new-year holidays with 3 idiots and all was well until Chetan’s role started in the movie, sorry towards the movie. His logic was right, credit was given somewhere among spot boys, not on the first slide. But poor Chetan he thought of his novel to get same credit as Devdas, Parineeta, but he never noticed that Aamir never read five point someone. But I think Chetan is now happy, he got his deal what he would have singed with Aamir, he got more fanfares, got increased sell of his novels, got new contracts for movies based on his remaining novel.

It has been hard to miss a second with out idiots, news channel has turned into entertainment channel, business bigs has been taking marketing lesson, politicians are feeling honored in honoring idiots, movie critics are thinking if they could have given 6 rating out of 5 (what if once character bears two different name in first and second half of the movie) after all its in the league of classics like sholay. Universities that were abused in the movie are accusing movie of promoting ragging with the statement if it(promotion) was there. Everybody is rushing to become 4th idiot, I don’t know if I am in the same race.