3 Idiots vs PK: The Better Film?

Now that PK is nearing the end of its run, it’s time for a comparison between two of the most liked films in recent times – Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and PK.

3 Idiots vs PK

3 Idiots vs PK

 

Like all Hirani films, both films had a message. While 3 Idiots was a fun-film about picking the profession your choice, chasing excellence and not success; PK was more serious and controversial because it spoke about a sensitive subject like religion, god and godmen.

Between the two, which is the better film? Take your pick and vote below.

3 Idiots vs PK

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  • I am going to be the exception here. For me it is Pk. I have strong reasons to give why Pk is much better than 3 idiots.

    1. The Popular sentiment V/s Risky theme:

    Even Raju Hirani agrees. 3 I is easy to love but PK is hard to accept. It challenges conventional blindly followed norms. Rare film to do so. OMG was a easy film to accept because it conveniently targeted fake Godmen. Pk went ahead and challenged religion. You need balls of steel to do that!

    2. Innovation:

    Pk was incredibly fresh if you ask me. Dancing cars, ATM beggar, or that scene where he says, “Religion is connected to fashion”. And then he demonstrates a man from Sikh to Hindu to Muslim. One word – OUTSTANDING! Or even the “Achha” scene. Fresh and genuinely funny!

    Consider this with 3 idiots where we had many stale jokes including that astronaut joke.

    3. Established character – PK:

    This may be a personal opinion but PK is an established character like Munna Bhai. I will vouch for PK to return. Rancho’s story ended so well that I dont think there is any chance of his return. PK has unique traits which makes him memorable. Wide and non-blinking eyes, innocent face, protruding ears and compare that to Rancho?

    Rancho wasnt an established character. He was a normal man. Not special like Munna Bhai or PK.

    4. Performance:

    Dont have to say more. Aamir gave his career best performance here. 3I was a collective performance. And toilet humor was a big upset for me after the interval. I never got bored in PK because Aamir was living PK. And I got a feeling that he was thoroughly enjoying that part.

    Having said that, 3 I is an absolute delight as well. Awesome film! But I am more inclined towards PK.

  • 3 idiots ofcourse…its loved by worldwide cinema goers….i was just randomly checking top movies in IMDB list…3 idiots is listed and i was amazed after reading reviews….many of them more than 70 % reviewers were non indians….mostly from CHINA,US,turkey,UK …most of them have admitted in commects that this movie has changed their views on bollywood and its not only about singing and dancing….i felt proud after reading the comments and glad to see in the list …world has admitted that it was ultimate…couldnt stop myself from watching the movies again after seeing lots of appreciation from native countries.

    PLEASE DO READ THE IMDB READER REVIEWS ….thats awesome especially which are done by non bollywood lovers :)

  • Well Well well ! !
    It’s a difficult Question to Answer !

    I liked 3 idiots more as at the time of 3 idiots, I didn’t have much knowledge about the technicality in movies. I was at my 9th standrd at that time. I watched 3 idiots on TV and loved it very much. It directly clicked in my heart and I started considerin it one of my favourite movies of all time. May be there were a few loopholes, I couldn’t know about them as I didn’t have much knowledge about films at all.

    As for PK , I liked it too. But Now I can know where/why/how the movie weakens. Ofcourse, I am not a genius in that field,but I have now more knowledge about movies compared to the time of 3 idiots.

    In this way, 3 idiots(ofcourse I am talking about the movie, not about the so many users from Salman and Srk fanclub such as the above two Navin Uncle and Zeeshaan or his homo-parter SSS) clicked in my heart more than PK.

    In short, I am not saying which movie is better. But I enjoyed 3 idiots more. So it’s 3 idiots for me!

  • obviously 3 idiots….
    Rancho is just too much fun….
    we remember aamir in that role forever….
    love u aamir n Salman….

  • Sorry my last comment was in reference to the movie 3 idiots n not about the ‘3 idiots/ chameleons’ of Indicine (nipun, somebuddha and kshitij)

    PK will always be an inspiring movie but 3 idiots had so much more going for it…

    Hiranis best film though is LRMB… I used to think 3 idiots but recently seen LRMB twice in last month or so on tele n it grows on you once again all over again…!

  • @meer

    Hhmm not sure about reading reviews of users as its better for users to perhaps watch the movie all over again… For me its been too long so its next on my agenda after I get around to watching Ek Villain- loving Galliyan song so much so that Im gonna get that dvd n see what the movie to see what all the fuss was about…!

  • well I’m sure, lots of votes are gonna go to 3 idiots, for me personally its PK.
    The thing that worked for me as a viewer was PK’s child like innocence and simplicity.
    The writing and dialogues were very sharp, the songs weren’t forced, they just went with the flow of the movie, editing was better.
    Coming to 3 idiots with the same aspects, 3 idiots was a bit more complex, too many characters, somewhere Virus’ performance over’shadowed that of the lovable Rancho.
    Writing here was terrific too, but the movie was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five Point Someone’, so PK goes up a nothch higher in this department. Some songs seem forced in 3 idiots like ‘Zooby Dooby’ was not needed at all, also the delivery scene/vaccum cleaner scene was dragged endlessly.
    thats my take.
    My rating for 3 idiots will be 8/10.
    PK will be 9/10.
    both are great films ?

  • yes pk is third class movie. 3 idiots was far better movie than pk. pk stick stickers on his cheeks and nobody beat him why? his other body parts were still available why dnt they try kick on his bump. a foolish movie pk.

  • 3 idiots. PK is Hirani’s weakest film with a half-baked plot and made with the intention of making money only by insulting Hinduism.

  • Of course 3 idiots.
    3 idiots was a game changing mode in hindi cinema.
    3 idiots was a film which changed the mindset of many parents who used to force their children to choose a career of their choice and did not even want to listen what their children wanted to become in future

  • @indicine

    Great article but an even better article though would be to vote for Raju Hiranis best film… That will be extremely tough as most honest moviegoers will find it tough to pick one…. Just an idea… Thanks

  • @indicine….you tell us to compare apple with orange….how can we compare two completely different genre…perfomance wise pk has plus entertaintment wise good music numbers and romance 3 idiots has advantage

  • @navin : that was just for reference if one doesnt not believe me on the review by fans around the world.
    Ek villain was waste of time..apart from songs movie is a an unofficial remake of some korean movie…a complete rip off….from the beginning u know who is villain…shraddha kapoor was best at her rodlu role….sid was good but in one fighting scene he was LOL …chemistry was good b/w them but movie not as good as it was portrayed i went there to look for some ambiguous ending.

    P.S u still watching movies on DVD ??

  • the amir as half actor in 3i movie is far better than amir in lead in pk though 50% credit should go to anushka otherwise the movie could have been like talash.also both 3i as well pk are wannabe classics rather than true classics like HIDER/MNIK.everybody said it’s best performance of amer in his life still SHAHID snatched the best actor award,so sad,lol.half actor doesn’t beleive in awards and awards also doesn’t give damn towards half actor’s overacting performance,lol.

  • 3i was far better than pk….I watched 3i numerous times still dont get bored. …pk is just 1 time watch good film…I still wonder how it become so successful at bo…

  • Not fair to compare. They are different films, different genres.
    I feel some films are better experienced as a discussion rather than as a critical analysis and ‘PK’ is among them.

  • Pk was a really good movie but 3 idiots was just something else.I still remember even my school teachers had requested us to watch the movie as it was that good..Also Pk somewhat lost its originality because of Omg.Still Pk is a classic but 3 Idiots is an all time classic

  • best dilauge of pk – tapswi- tum cigrate peete ho to sharaab bhi peete hoge. sarkaar jaante hue bhi ki ye cheeze health ke liye injurious hai band nahi karawa rahi, kyon?

  • ofcourse 3 idiot because still people are watching the 3 idiots and specialy i also see 3 idiots movie still because its great movie ever then anyother movies if 3 idiots release in 2014 it had gross 400 crore and worldwide above 700 crore

  • Thanks for that indicine :) I came here to check the response to my comment and found out that you placed it right at the top!

    • @gj007, the comments that we like and feel our readers will like reading, will be placed on top. We are okay with fan-wars and other comments Page 2 onwards. Our regular readers will read those anyway, but 60% of our visitors are new and we want them to read informative comments. A lot of people who visit do not recognise or know people who comment regularly :)

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    AAMIR KHAN DOES NOT RUN AFTER SUCCESS BUT SUCCESS RUNS AFTER @aamir_khan

  • All movies of Raj Kumar Hirani have been very good. He is easily no.1 director in bollywood today. All his movies have good entertainment, message and strong content which is not seen in most of the films today. 3 Idiots was the most entertaining movie when compared to all other movies of raju. But the other movies of his had strong message and content….

    The curosity for next raj kumar hirani movie will be sky high….

    @ Zeeshan: Thanks again. Now that you again took my name. Answer one of my question i.e. “Apart from Swades, name atleast 2 or 3 other SRK’s movies which had strong message to the society”. ???

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