Snehitudu

It's easy to see why Shankar was tempted to remake 3 Idiots in Tamil and serve it with sambar on the side. 3 Idiots has a let's-give-the-audience-a-good-time kind of filmi fantasy quotient, with a healthy mix of sentiment and comedy, that cheerfully and unapologetically refuses to cater to high-brow critics - a glorious cinematic concoction that so works for both Telugu and Tamil audiences. And since those in the Tamil hinterlands might not have watched the original, making a version with local pin-up boys was a move that seemed unlikely to go wrong.

But dubbing a Tamil remake ....