3 Idiots
2009 film directed by Rajkumar Hirani / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy drama buddy film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the production banner of Vinod Chopra Films. It was distributed by Reliance BIG Pictures. It was released in India on 25 December 2009. It is adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat's 2004 novel Five Point Someone: What NOT to do at IIT! It is a cult film in the Hindi cinema. The film stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the title roles. Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Javed Jaffrey, Parikshit Sahni and Amardeep Jha also appear. There are two parallel dramas, one in the present and the other set ten years in the past. The story follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college. It is a satire about the social pressures under the Indian education system.[6][7][8]
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Directed by | Rajkumar Hirani |
Written by | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | Five Point Someone: What NOT to do at IIT! by Chetan Bhagat |
Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
Starring | Aamir Khan R. Madhavan Sharman Joshi Kareena Kapoor Boman Irani Omi Vaidya Mona Singh Javed Jaffrey Parikshit Sahni Amardeep Jha |
Narrated by | R. Madhavan |
Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan |
Edited by | Rajkumar Hirani |
Music by | Score: Sanjay Wandrekar Atul Raninga Shantanu Moitra Songs: Shantanu Moitra |
Production company | Vinod Chopra Films |
Distributed by | Reliance BIG Pictures |
Release dates | 25 December 2009 (India) |
Running time | 171 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹550 million[2][3] |
Box office | est. ₹4.60 billion[4][5] |