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Welcome to the 82^nd Annual Academy Awards. The night we all have been waiting for.

The red carpet began like always with all its glory and glamour.

As the celebrities drove in, the background simmered with the glitz with scores of fans screaming out their names, the red carpet flew into the majestic cinematic magical wonder that it is.

The stage was set as Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin introduced the lighter moments and yes, the nominees too. Most of their introduction was revolving around the ravishingly gorgeous Meryl Streep, who was attending her 16^th Oscar nomination.

Then began the magic of the amazing golden statuette, the night of the 82^nd Oscar.

Penelope cruz looking stunning as usual, gave the Oscar for the best actor in a supporting role – Won by Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds) – This is his first nomination and Oscar. Wow! Congratulations.

Pete D won the Oscar for UP (Animated Feature) who quoted, “I never thought, my high school flip book story will lead me here…..” Well, it did. It must have been an amazing flip book because it was a wonderful animated feature.

The Oscar for the best Musical score was won for Crazy Heart.

The night had just begun.

Tina fey and Robert Downey Jr. gave the Oscar for best Original screenplay. The nominations were simply splendid and the winner was Mark Boal for Hurt locker.

John Hughes was honored for his contributions over so many decades and the legacy that he had left behind.

Best animated short was won by Nicolas Schmerkin for Logorama. You should really watch this movie. It’s simply brilliant.

Music by Prudence won for Best Documentary short by Roger Ross Williams.

The New Tenants won by Joachim and Tivi for Best Documentary.

Ben Stiller made a superb entry in the form of Avatar character and gave the Oscar for what else, for best make up. The winner was none other than the galactic wonder, the ‘Star Trek’ – Barney, Mindy and Joel took the Oscar.

Best adapted screenplay was won for Precious by Geoffrey who gave an emotionally charged acceptance speech just like the marvelously heavy hitting brilliant movie.

Queen Latifah introduced the Governors awards for 2010.

And, yes, then came the man himself, Robin Williams, who presented the award for best actress in a supporting role. The Oscar went for the brilliant performance by Mo’nique in Precious. You have got to see the movie! It’s precious. No pun intended.

The Oscar for best Art direction was won by Avatar, no guesses here (The team – Rick, Robert and Kim)

The Oscar for best costume design went to, The Young Victoria, costume by Sandy Powell who won her 3^rd Academy award.

Best sound editing was won by Paul Ottosson for The Hurt Locker.

Best Sound mixing went yet again to Paul Ottosson and Ray Beckett for the Hurt Locker.

Outstanding achievement in Cinematography went to Mauro for ‘The Avatar’.

The Oscar for the best visual effects went to none other than Avatar. There was no doubt here. (The Team – Joe, Stephen, Richard and Andrew)

The Cove by Louie won the best documentary.

Best film editing went to, yet again The Hurt Locker won by Bob and Chris.

The Best Actor Male went to the legendary Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart and the best Actor female, went to gorgeous Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.

The surprise of the red carpet’s evening was when both the Best Picture and Best Director went to Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker.

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Karishma S

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3 IDIOTS – *ing Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi & Kareena Kapoor

***Give Me Some Sunshine, Give Me Some Rain, Give Me Another Chance, I Wanna Grow Up Once Again***

and so the story unfolds………………

Written by:

Credits:

Writing credits
Chetan Bhagat -  book “Five Point Someone” (After reading the book and watching the movie, its probably just about 10% that’s been taken from the book)
Rajkumar Hirani     –    story
Abhijit Joshi      -   writer

Original Music by
Shantanu Moitra

Cinematography by
C.K. Muraleedharan

Production Design by
Acropolis
Rajnish Hedao

Art Direction by
Rajnish Hedao

I watched 3 IDIOTS at PVR Cinemas thereby making my long & lovely Christmas holiday have a wonderful end. How? Well, I watched it with my friends, my high school friends.

My verdict – Ensure that you have a ‘dhekko’ of this movie. It is absolutely worth the moolah. This movie is definitely one of the finest produced this year.

The concept of the movie takes off from where Aamir left off in Dil Chahta hai. It is the story of three guys (3 Idiots) who meet at an engineering college, become room mates and then become the best of friends. One of their less illustrious friends Chatur Ramalingam reminded me of a friend in school days. So did few others too.

This very feature of the movie wherein the audience can relate to the characters and the situations is what works in making this movie the hit of the year.

The Characters & Plot:

Aamir Khan, if he can make it to the Education industry, he can well transform the entire education delivery system in the country by the intelligent ideas portrayed in Taare Zameen Par & 3 Idiots system of teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the beauty is, we will only get to watch these beautiful teaching techniques only in a movie, as our Indian education system will never change.

Boman Irani has given a great performance as usual again proving to one and all that he cannot become an effective Principal/Headmaster – All his students tend to get the better of him in his movies. First Main Hoon Na then Munnabhai MBBS & now 3 Idiots. He has again done it with ease.

Madhavan and Sharman have under acted and done it amazingly well. Their characters are definitely not the main catch of the script but the end scenes and performances given by both of them, takes the story and those characters to a totally new level.

The story begins with two friends Farhan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman) trying to hunt down their old friend Rancho (Aamir) 10 years after they completed their engineering. This journey leads them through many a twist in the midst of which we are given a detailed account of their years at the engineering college. They manage to even gate crash Kareena’s (Aamir’s love interest) marriage in their search.

I would like to divulge the details rather the entire movie but do not want to spoil the fun for those who are yet to see it.

So Watch it and come back impressed by Aamir’s performance coupled with Sharman & Madhavan playing the perfect foil.

My advice: DO NOT miss the first 10 minutes of the movie.

Movie Rating:4/5

To bolo: All isz Wellll……………………….

Regards

Mani S (A.k.a Ananth S) & TD