SILVER

Director Rajkumar Hirani (PK) adds a dose of madcap comedy to a touching coming-of-age drama about success and self-realization in this film that broke every box-office record in India. Ten years after college, two former engineering students (R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi) reunite to search for a friend who went missing shortly after graduation, when they receive news of his whereabouts from another classmate (Omi Vaidya). On their way from New Delhi to a remote town up north, the friends reminisce about their past mischief and find new ways to get into trouble. Bollywood actor Aamir Khan stars as the missing "Rancho," with Kareena Kapoor as his long-lost love. DIR/SCR Rajkumar Hirani; SCR Abhijat Joshi; SCR/PROD Vidhu Vinod Chopra. India, 2009, color, 170 min. In English and Hindi with English subtitles. RATED PG-13

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