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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]
3 Idiots | |
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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] |
Two friends embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long-forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash, and a funeral that goes, ridiculously out of control. Their inner journey is the story of their friend - the impressible free-thinker Rancho. He had touched and changed their lives. It is a story of their hostel days. It swings between Rancho's romance with the spirited Pia, and his clash with an oppressive mentor, Viru Sahastrabuddhe. And then one day, suddenly, Rancho vanished. Who was he? Where did he come from? Why did he leave? He was the friend who influenced and inspired them to think creatively and independently. The conformist world called them "three idiots". Where is the original idiot now? Finally, in misty mountains with unparalleled beauty, the friends find the key to the secret.
The film joined genuine Indian developments made by Remya Jose, Mohammad Idris, Jahangir Painter and Sonam Wangchuk. [9] The film was a critical and commercial success. It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India. It had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point. It held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film. It was one of only a few Indian films which was successful in East Asia. This took its overall gross to ₹3.92 billion ($90 million).[4][5] It was the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time.[10]
The film won six Filmfare Awards including Best Film and three National Film Awards including Best Popular Film. Overseas, it won the Grand Prize at Japan's Videoyasan Awards[11][12][13] while it was nominated for Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film at the Japan Academy Awards[14][15] and Best Foreign Film at China's Beijing International Film Festival.[16] In 2012, a Tamil remake of the film was released and it was called Nanban. In 2017 a Mexican remake of the film was released and it was called 3 Idiotas.
When asked about plans of a 3 Idiots sequel in an interview with Hindustan Times, screenwriter Abhijat Joshi replied, saying, "Honestly, I don't know. We have an idea for the 3 Idiots sequel, a Munna Bhai part three, and also for a PK sequel; but the PK and Munna Bhai sequels interest me the most. So, I think the 3 Idiots sequel may happen in the future, but these two I really want to work on."[17] In January 2016, director Rajkumar Hirani and actor Aamir Khan confirmed that they were considering a 3 Idiots sequel. Khan told reporters, ""Raju Hirani has given me a hint about 3 Idiots' sequel and I am giving you all a hint. The film will happen if and whenever he will write the script." Hirani agreed, saying "this is one film that I really want to do."[18]
In June 2018, Hirani was asked a question while promoting his upcoming film Sanju and he was quoted as saying, "I definitely want to make a sequel to 3 Idiots, but it’s still in the initial stage and we will take a fair amount of time to develop the script".[19] The report also said that Hirani will begin shooting for the Munna Bhai sequel with Sanjay Dutt. Work on 3 Idiots will begin only after Hirani is done with Munna Bhai 3.[20]
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