Mumbai, From “3 Idiots” to “Teen Patti”, R. Madhavan is surely doing a different kind of cinema but he doesn’t want to experiment with the genres. The multilingual actor says he just wants to work on good scripts but rues that these are hard to come by.

“I don’t want to experiment with genres, I just want to work on great scripts. I wish I had the luxury of saying that I have six scripts that are fantastic and let me see which one I want to do,” Madhavan told IANS in an interview.

Finding one good script is a huge challenge. So I do a film whose script comes and grabs me. Once I finish that, I look forward to the next movie,” he added.

Madhavan admitted that he follows his instincts while shooting although he goes through the necessary preparation to get under the skin of a character.

“I take all the information, I do all the rehearsals and the positioning and then I switch myself off completely. I forget whatever I have learnt and let the instincts take over. Sometimes it is the cumulative effects of all but sometimes it is natural and totally different from what I have rehearsed to be,” said the actor, who shares screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in “Teen Patti”.

He is a huge fan of Bachchan and has become his devotee after working with him.

“I was a huge fan of Mr. Bachchan and now I am his devotee. It’s his personality that made him stay in the industry for 40 years,” he said.

Directed by Leena Yadav, “Teen Patti” is an emotionally riveting and razor sharp thriller about greed and deception. Releasing Feb 26, it also stars Hollwyood veteran Ben Kingsley.

Asked about his character in the film, Madhavan said: “I play a professor who wants to have the luxuries of life as soon as possible. So he makes certain compromises for which he has to make a lot of sacrifices.”

The actor was recently seen in the super duper hit “3 Idiots”. After the film, Madhavan, who has always been choosy about his movies, would go even slower.

“I am very choosy about my films. I don’t do a film just for the sake of money. I will continue to be choosy and I will go even slower now. I will wait for movies that are of equal calibre or have something, at least little bit, in respect to ‘3 Idiots’. ‘Teen Patti’ is one among them.”

Talking about his transition from a student in “3 Idiots” to a professor in “Teen Patti”, he said: “Actually, I did the role of the professor first and then became a student. We actually finished ‘Teen Patti’ before ‘3 Idiots’.”

Madhavan’s next project is director Aanand L. Rai’s “Tannu Weds Mannu”. It is a romantic movie and he has teamed up with Kangana Ranaut in it.

Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan at the press meet of “Teen Patti” in Cinemax in Mumbai.

Quick Review:
* A must see film for Aamir Khan fans.
* Loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “Five Point Someone”, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
* This is going to be Aamir Khan’s 3rd hit in a row.
* Aamir khan can give classic performances one after another.
* This is the third year in succession when Aamir Khan’s movies released in December after “Taare Zameen Par” and “Ghajini”.
* Boman irani was fabulous.

It has the ability to keep u glued to the seats. The ragging shown at the beginning and the speech at the function are the funiest portions. Kareena Kapoor looked very hot in saari. Sharman and madhavan were much better than expected.

Aamir Khan is returning to the big screen exactly after a year with “3 Idiots” and the film has created the right buzz thanks to the innovative ways he has been promoting it. Revolving around three friends and their college days, the movie releases Friday.

Loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “Five Point Someone”, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who has invested around Rs.35 crore in it.

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, it also stars Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani. It is being distributed by Reliance Big Pictures and is releasing with nearly 1,000 prints worldwide.

To market the film, Aamir has been travelling across the country in different get-ups. His travels have so far taken him to Varanasi, Madhya Pradesh’s Chanderi district, former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s home in Kolkata, Jaipur and Punjab’s Faridkot district.

The story revolves around three engineering students — Rancho (Aamir), Farhan Qureshi (Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman) — and their journey. The film covers every aspect of their lives including Rancho’s romance with Pia (Kareena) and his conflicts with their teacher Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Boman).

“3 Idiots” is about how Rancho influences his two friends and teaches them to live life on their own terms. But one day he just vanishes. Then begins Farhan and Raju’s search for Rancho and finally learning the secret behind his disappearance.

The music of the film is already topping the charts with songs like “Aal izz well”, “Zoobi doobi”, “Jaane nahin denge tujhe” and “Give me some sunshine” becoming chartbusters.

This is the third year in succession when Aamir’s movie will release in December after “Taare Zameen Par” and “Ghajini”.

No big budget Bollywood movie is preceding “3 Idiots” from the previous week and it has created just the right amount of curiosity among audiences…will this Chopra-Hirani-Aamir collaboration strike gold at the box office and close 2009 on a happy note?

Madhavan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra at the press meet of 3 IDIOTS.

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