3 Idiots

Year:

2009

Duration:

170 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

8.5

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Awards:

25 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: India

Release Date: 2009-12-24

Filming Locations: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $1,645,502 (USA) (27 December 2009)

Gross: $6,532,908 (USA) (7 March 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kareena Kapoor

3 Idiots

Madhavan

3 Idiots

Aamir Khan

'Rancho' Shamaldas Chanchad

Sharman Joshi

Raju Rastogi

Boman Irani

Viru Sahastrabudhhe

Omi Vaidya

Chatur 'Silencer' Ramalingam

Mona Singh

Mona

Javed Jaffrey

Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad (as Jaaved Jaaferi)

Parikshat Sahni

Mr. Qureshi (as Pareekshit Sahani)

Sanjay Lafont

Suhas Tandon

Rahul Kumar

Millimeter - MM

Amardeep Jha

Mrs. Rastogi

Farida Dadi

Mrs. Qureshi

Mukund Bhatt

Mr. Rastogi

Chaitali Bose

Kamini 'Kammo' Rastogi

Jayant Kripalani

Campus Interview Panel Head (as Jayant Kriplani)

Arun Bali

Shamaldas Chanchad (as Aron Baali)

Shoaib Ahmed

Chhote

Dushyant Wagh

Centimeter

Pooja Goswami

Air Hostess

A.S. Duggal

Pilot (as Captain A.S. Duggal)

Annapurna Kaul

Airline Ground Staff 1

Chandrashekhar

Airline Ground Staff 2

R.S. Kodange

Doctor at Airport

Dharmendra Bhurji

Airport Cab Driver

Meghna Bhalla

Raju's Wife

Harvinder Singh

Mr. Dhillon

Dilshad Edibam

Aunt at Farhan's Birth

Rajeev Ravindranathan

Lead Ragging Senior (as Rajeev Ravindranath)

Hitesh Tak

Ragging Senior 2

Rajendra Patwardhan

Govind

Achyut Potdar

Machine Class Professor

Ali Fazal

Joy Lobo

Madhav Vaze

Joy's Father

Dileep Desai

Priest at Joy's funeral

Raghunathan

Professor in Corridor (as Prof. Raghunath)

Vaidyanathan

Professor Vaidyanathan

Kumar Veer Singh

Waiter at Mona's Wedding

Shailja Dhar

Lady at Mona's Wedding (as Shailaja Dhar)

Dinesh Kumar

Mona's Husband

Aakash Dabhade

ICE Student 2

Apul Jaisinghani

ICE Student 3

Trilok Sadhwani

ICE Student 4

Akhil Mishra

Librarian Dubey

Sonu

Library Clerk

Atul Tiwari

Minister in Auditorium

Praful Kulkarni

Doctor startled by scooter in hospital (as Dr. Praful Kulkarni)

Jalil Parkar

Doctor1 Attending on Raju's Father (as Dr. Jalil Parkar)

Debashish Naha

Doctor2 Attending on Raju's Father (as Dr. Debashish Naha)

Michael Joseph

Exam Hall Professor

Smriti

Girl at Notice Board with Chatur

Sanjay Sood

Peanut Vendor at Shimla

Dayal Sharma

Caretaker at Shyamaldas' House

Rakesh Sharma

Minister at Shyamaldas' Funeral

Elihud George

Chote's Teacher (Masterji)

Sarvanna

College Security Guard

Tanveer Ahmed

Professor in Induction Motor Class

Shankar Sachdev

Ambulance Driver

Kishor Patil

Doctor in Ambulance with Raju (as Dr. Kishor Patil)

Insia Lacewalla

Nurse

Keshav Rae

Campus Interview Panelist 1

Lata Kurdikar

Campus Interview Panelist 2 (as Mrs Lata Kurdikar)

Suhas Vaidya

Campus Interview Panelist 3

Nishi Singh

Maid at Pia's House

Saurabh Agnihotri

Housekeeping Boy at Pia's Wedding

Sitaram Sharma

Manager at Pia's Wedding

Pundit Prayag Raj

Panditji at Pia's Wedding

Supriya Shukla

Matron in Hospital with Pia

Malvika Singh

Mona's Baby

Tsanwal Namgyal

Kid 1 at Rancho's School

Jigmet Dorjey

Kid 2 at Rancho's School

Pitobash

Junior 1

Bharat Jha

Manager (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Aamir Khan got inspired by A.R.Murugadoss (who directed him in Ghajini earlier) for the dressing sense and body language of the lead character 'Rancho'.

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The film was shot in reverse, the present day scenes were shot first and then the college scenes.

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Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has claimed that 3 Idiots will be legally released on YouTube within 12 weeks of releasing in theaters - a first in the history of Indian cinema.

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Goofs

When the librarian Mr. Dubey narrates the speech to Chatur, he begins with this line: "Hamare director Sahab Ne Yahaan Kai Chamatkar Kiye Hain!" In the actual speech this line is missing! And Rancho did not change the speech; he only changed some words and added a Sanskrit Shlok.

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One of the first scenes, with Madhavan in an Air India aircraft, shows a distant shot of the aircraft to be an Airbus 321. Though, when moments later when the captain calls for an emergency landing at Delhi, the cockpit is that of a Boeing.

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During the baby delivery scenes, supposedly taking place around 2003, both parties engaged in the video chat use Google Chrome web browser which was not released until 2008.

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Quotes

Farhan Qureshi: [after finding out Rancho topped their exam] That day we learned, when your friend flunks, you feel bad, when he tops, you feel worse.

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Rancho: [At Pia's sister's wedding] Hi.

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Pia V. Sahastrabudhhe: [Now that everyone knows, Rancho's real surname is not Chhanchhad] Thank God, after marriage my name wont be Pia Chhanchhad!

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Faq

Q

Which novel is this movie based on?

A

About 20% of the plot and characters of 3 Idiots was inspired from Indian writer Chetan Bhagat's "Five Point Someone". Despite there was no such thing taken from the book, the writer was given a special thanks when the credit rolls in the end.

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