3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming-of-age comedy-drama film, directed and written by Rajkumar Hirani, and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, with screenplay by Abhijat Joshi. It was inspired by the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat.[3] The film stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, and Parikshit Sahni.
Upon release, 3 Idiots was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point. It also held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film. It also became one of the few Indian films at the time to become successful in East Asian markets such as China[4] and Japan,[5] eventually bringing its worldwide total to ₹453.82 crore (US$87.55 million),[a]—at the time the highest-grossing Indian film ever.[6]
The film's story involves themes such as friendship[7] and the pressures of an Asian education system.[8] It is also distinctive for featuring real inventions by little-known people in India's backyards. The brains behind the innovations were Remya Jose, a student from Kerala, who created the pedal operated washing-machine;[9][10][11] Mohammad Idris, a barber from Hasanpur Kalan in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, who invented a bicycle-powered horse clipper;[12] and Jahangir Painter, a painter from Maharashtra, who made the scooter-powered flour mill.[13]
The film's character of Phunsuk Wangdu also draws inspiration from Ladakhi real-life inventor Sonam Wangchuk.
The subtitled version of the film grew popular in South Asia, East Asia (China, South Korea and Japan), Southeast Asia (such as Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines),[7] and the United States. This film was remade in Tamil as Nanban (2012), which also received critical praise and commercial success.[14][15] A Telugu remake was planned, despite Nanban having a Telugu dubbed version titled Snehitudu. A Mexican remake, 3 Idiotas, was also released in 2017.[16]
PLOT OF THE MOVIE IS
Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan), Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi), and Ranchoddas "Rancho" Chanchad (Aamir Khan) are students and roommates at the prestigious Imperial College of Engineering (ICE). This movie addresses two major issues in the society: one is the issues associated with the present day Education system particularly in Engineering colleges and another one is the parent's expectations and demands towards their children on pursuing "Engineering" for their social status.
Rancho believes in practical education system and tends to give unorthodox answers in class, Rancho comes into conflict with the institution's director, Dr. Viru "Virus" Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), whose traditional and strict philosophies on education contrast sharply with Rancho's carefree love of learning. Viru often tries to break the relationship of the three friends, but is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, Chatur Ramalingam, an arrogant Ugandan-born Tamil student, is highly obsessed with standing first in the exams and either reads a lot, or distracts students before exams to stand first. Rancho decides to teach him a lesson, and ultimately makes him embarrass himself on teachers day. Humiliated, Chatur holds a bet with Rancho that ten years later, they would see who is more successful.
One night during their senior year, the three friends drunkenly break into the Sahastrabuddhe household to allow Rancho to profess his love to Pia. After discovering their antics, Viru threatens to expel Raju unless he writes a letter implicating Rancho in the break-in. Unwilling to betray Rancho or disappoint his family, Raju unsuccessfully attempts suicide. With intensive care and support from his friends, Raju recovers in time for a corporate job interview. Meanwhile, Rancho and Pia post Farhan's letter to his favorite photographer, Andre Istvan, who offers him a position as assistant. Farhan still fears his father's rejection, but after advice from Rancho, he communicates his dream to his father, who gives his acceptance.
Infuriated by Rancho's influence on Raju, Viru intentionally decides to set a difficult final exam to fail Raju. Pia gives Viru's spare office keys to Rancho to enable him to get the exam papers, but Viru discovers the trio and expels them. However, when Viru's pregnant elder daughter Mona (Mona Singh) goes into labor during a heavy storm that cuts off all power and traffic, and Rancho uses his engineering knowledge to deliver the baby with the help of Pia, a grateful Viru finally acknowledges Rancho as an extraordinary student, allowing the three to graduate. Unexpectedly, Rancho disappears shortly after the convocation.
Ten years later, Farhan is a successful wildlife photographer, Raju is settled in a comfortable lifestyle with a corporate job and wife, and Chatur is vice president of a reputed corporation in the United States. None of them have heard from Rancho since graduation. Farhan is boarding a flight, when he suddenly receives a call from Chatur claiming that he has found Rancho. In order to exit the plane, Farhan causes an emergency landing by faking a heart attack. On the way to the campus, he picks up Raju and meets Chatur at the ICE campus only to find that Rancho is not there. Chatur reveals that Rancho is in Shimla.
Arriving at Shimla, they meet a man who turns out to be the real Ranchoddas Chanchad (Javed Jaffrey). From him, they learn that the Rancho they knew was actually "Chhote", an orphaned servant to the Chanchad family. After Chhote demonstrated high intelligence, Ranchodas' father arranged for Chhote to attend ICE in his son's name, so that his son could take credit for the degree. Ranchoddas provides Chhote's address in Ladakh, where he is a school teacher. On the way, in Manali, they also rescue Pia from marrying her price-obssesed boyfriend Suhas, so that she can marry Rancho.
Upon arrival in Ladakh, the four find the village school, witnessing young students' inventions that resemble Rancho's own college projects. Raju, Farhan, and Pia then happily reunite with Rancho. Assuming Rancho to be a mere school teacher, Chatur insults Rancho, and asks him to sign a statement that he is the less successful one. Without comment, Rancho does so.
As Chatur walks away in triumph, "Rancho" reveals himself to be Phunsukh Wangdu, a world-renowned inventor with over 400 patents, with whom Chatur seeks a contract. A horrified Chatur accepts his defeat and begs him to sign the contract while Pia and the three friends run laughing.
