In my only full viewing I found it quite tiresome in parts, mainly because I think Aamir Khan has zero flair for comedy. Another movie I can think of is SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and this was a hollywood Boxoffice failure too. My point is, if someone does an experiement on a depressed patient and is shown AAA every morning as soon as he wakes up for a month, he may see life from totally different angle and come out of depression.
Therein lies its magic.ĪAA could be Bollywood's ultimate "feel good" movie. Whether it be Salman's buffoonry, Aamir's oversmartness, Karishma's innocence, Paresh's drama, Shakti's antics, it never takes itself beyond silliness. If one looks beyond its simplistic storyline, AAA works wonders on screenplay and direction alone. Its self-mockery, silliness and direction made it such a landmark film and a boxoffice failure both. Unfortunately, it released during peak golden era of 1990s decade of "romance" bollywood sandwitched between HAHK (1994) and DDLJ (1995).ĪAA aged so well because of its steller casting, amazing script that do not go for cheap, physical comedy (Shetty, David Dhawan cinema). It would've had an unstoppable march towards 500 crores in holiday season becoming Bollywood's first 500 crore club movie with 2 reigning superstars, terrific entertainment value, wholesome family comedy, enjoyable clean family like songs as it belonged in both Single Screens and Multiplexes. TBH, AAA (1994) is atleast 20 years ahead of its time if you ask me.ĪAA belongs in Christmas 2014 well beyond 3-IDIOTs Christmas 2009 release date. I haven't watch it yet most love it, some hate it.