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Actor-filmmaker R Madhavan recalled the unusual circumstances behind filming a memorable scene in the movie 3 Idiots, which required the central characters to be drunk. Madhavan said that he was actually drunk on set that day, at the suggestion of none other than the film’s star, Aamir Khan. In an interview, Madhavan said that Aamir said that it is always preferable to be drunk pretending to be sober than to be sober pretending to be drunk.
Appearing on the BeerBiceps podcast, Madhavan spoke about the scene and confirmed that all three central actors were, in fact, drunk. He said, “So, Aamir’s idea was that in drunk scenes, you should never act like you’re drunk. You should drink and act like you’re normal. Basically, we wanted to shoot at 9, so Aamir made a plan. By 8 we’d start drinking; by 8:30-8:45 we’d have had our three-four pegs. But what happened is that the lighting conked off, so at 8:30 they said another two hours left. So, we wanted to maintain the same level of alcohol in our blood, except we didn’t realise that the cold Bangalore air would have a complete different impact on our intoxication. By the time the shot came, we thought we were completely normal, except we didn’t realise we were taking hours to deliver the lines.
Madhavan also recalled a real-life 3 Idiots moment in his life, when he had a heart-to-heart conversation with his disappointed father. He said, “I flunked in the 8th standard because I got 39% in mathematics. I was not a very good student, much to the disgust and dismay of my parents. Their dream was that I should get married and join Tata Steel, and live in the same house as my father. I remember my parents being heartbroken. My dad isn’t prone to being dramatic, but we were walking down the railway track after the last engineering college had rejected by application. He had tears in his eyes, and he asked, ‘What have I done wrong with you?’ I said, ‘Appa, I don’t know what I will become, but I know what I don’t want to do, and I don’t want to do your job. If I sit on the table for 30 years, I’ll end up killing somebody. I’m not right for that. All I can tell you is that I won’t let you down.”
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, 3 Idiots opened to critical and commercial success in 2009. The movie was particularly successful in China, and eventually grossed over Rs 450 crore worldwide.
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