Actor
Madhavan
missed
his
appointment
with
his
3
Idiots
co-star
Aamir
Khan
at
the
Sundance
Film
Festival
earlier
this
month.
During
his
recent
visit
to
Canada
with
his
wife
and
son,
Madhavan
was
invited
by
Aamir
to
the
Sundance
Film
Festival.
But
then
man
proposes
God
disposes.
Aamir
father
passed
away.
Says
Madhavan,
“I
was
supposed
to
join
Aamir
at
the
Sundance
film
festival,
and
in
fact
all
set
to
leave
from
Canada
to
the
US
when
news
came
that
Aamir
had
to
rush
back.
Of
course
I
was
disappointed.
I
was
hoping
to
participate
in
the
festival
with
Aamir
and
catch
his
film
Peepli
Live
which
I
haven"t
seen.
But
more
than
disappointment
abut
missing
Sundance
I
was
concerned
for
Aamir"s
loss.
We
all
were."
With
Sundance
cancelled
Maddy
decided
to
take
a
different
route.
He
decided
to
do
an
American
tour
entitled
Coffee
With
An
Idiot.
Explains
Maddy,
“It
was
a
much
selected
gathering,
intellectual
and
fun
at
the
same
time.
The
whole
idea
of
'Coffee
With
An
Idiot'
was
inspired
by
3
Idiots.
I
wanted
the
film"s
success
to
be
take-off
point
for
cozy
sit-in
dinners
with
a
selected
audience
in
four
American
cities
namely
Dallas,
San
Jose,
New
Jersey
and
Chicago.
The
interaction
in
each
city
lasted
for
nearly
two
hours."
Just
back
from
his
'Coffee
With
An
Idiot'
tour,
Maddy
was
struck
by
the
level
of
intellectual
and
mass
connectivity
the
NRIs
in
the
US
had
with
3
Idiots.
“It"s
opened
up
a
whole
new
discussion
on
the
education
system
and
the
role
of
Indian
cinema
in
bridging
the
gap
between
Oriental
and
Western
perceptions
on
the
power
of
the
youth."
Now
Madhavan
wants
to
take
his
'Coffee
With
An
Idiot'
discussion
to
other
parts
of
the
world.
“In
many
ways
I
owe
the
concept
and
its
success
to
Aamir
Khan.
If
3
Idiots
hadn"t
happened
such
a
creative
forum
discussing
education
and
the
youth
wouldn"t
have
opened
up.
On
a
more
microscopic
level
it
was
Aamir"s
invitation
to
Sundance
which
actually
made
my
Coffee
With
An
Idiot
tour
Possible."
Quite
like
the
protagonist
in
3
Idiots,
Madhavan
seems
confused
about
his
future.
“I"ve
a
thriving
career
in
Tamil
and
my
career
in
Hindi
cinema
has
just
found
its
bearings.
I
can"t
pretend
that
a
3
Idiots
will
happen
again.
It"s
a
once-in-a-lifetime
phenomenon.
So
when
I
am
asked
during
the
promotional
tours
of
Teen
Patti,
if
it
will
be
as
big
a
success
as
3
Idiots
I
feel
like
throwing
my
hands
up
in
the
air
and
running
the
other
way."