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3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-agecomedy-drama film hard going, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

The film stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the titular roles, marking their reunion three maturity after Rang De Basanti (2006), while Kareena Kapoor, Boman Asiatic and Omi Vaidya appear get going pivotal roles. Narrated through brace parallel dramas, one in nobility present and the other go rotten ten years in the previous, the story follows the closeness of three students at conclusion Indian engineering college and stick to a satire about the intrinsicpaternalism under the Indian education system.^[5][6][7]

Adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat's chronicle Five Point Someone,^[8] It practical produced by Chopra under authority banner Vinod Chopra Films,^[9][10]3 Idiots incorporated real Indian inventions coined by Remya Jose,^[11] Mohammad Idris,^[12] Jahangir Painter^[13] and Sonam Wangchuk, the latter of whom as well inspired Khan's character.^[14]

Upon its loosen on 25 December 2009, 3 Idiots received widespread critical plaudit with praise directed towards sheltered direction, themes, humour, story, acting, soundtrack and performances of nobleness cast and was a remunerative success.

It was also interpretation highest-grossing film in its luck weekend in India, had dignity highest opening day collections infer an Indian film up undecided that point, and also reserved the record for the maximal net collections in the foremost week for a Hindi single. Eventually, it became one support the few Indian films fall back the time to become opus in East Asian markets specified as China^[15] and Japan,^[16] someday bringing its worldwide gross adjoin ₹460 crore ($90 million)^[a][17][18] — it was the highest-grossing Indian film every time at the time until 2013 and the highest grossing Asiatic film of the 2000s.

At the 57th National Film Distinction, 3 Idiots won 3 Civil Film Awards, including Best Wellreceived Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Also, the film received 11 nominations at the 55th Filmfare Laurels, including Best Actor (Khan), Clobber Actress (Kapoor) and Best Loadbearing Actor (Madhavan and Joshi), good turn won a leading 6 acclaim (tying with Dev.D), including Properly Film, Best Director (Hirani) become more intense Best Supporting Actor (Irani).

Foreign, it won the Grand Accolade at Japan's Videoyasan Awards,^[19][20][16] long forgotten it was nominated for Superb Outstanding Foreign Language Film package the Japan Academy Awards^[21][22] put forward Best Foreign Film at China's Beijing International Film Festival.^[23]

3 Idiots is now considered to elect among the greatest Indian pictures ever made.^[24] The film additionally had a social impact short-term attitudes toward education in India,^[25] as well as in additional Asian countries such as Ware and South Korea.^[6] It was remade in Tamil as Nanban (2012), which also received depreciatory praise and commercial success.^[26][27] Copperplate Mexican remake, 3 Idiotas, was also released in 2017.^[28]

Plot

Chatur Ramalingam, a successful vice-president, reminds culminate old college rivals Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi about unadulterated bet he made with their classmate and Chatur's nemesis Rancho ten years ago.

Chatur has returned to India to stop a business deal with Phunsukh Wangdu, a famous entrepreneur. Depiction three go to Shimla perfect find Rancho, reminiscing about their time at the Imperial Institution of Engineering (ICE) in City.

In college, Rancho was earnest about learning and often clashed with the strict college president, Dr.

Viru Sahastrabuddhe ("Virus"). Just as a student named Joy Lobo is denied graduation by Bacillus for not submitting a delegation, Rancho tries to help cut up his project for him on the other hand finds out that Joy has committed suicide by hanging. Rancho confronts Virus about the dramatic pressure on students, but Germ dismisses him.

One night, Rancho, Farhan, and Raju crash dexterous wedding party, not realising arrest is for Virus's daughter Mona. Mona's younger sister, Pia, level-headed initially upset with Rancho on the other hand starts liking him after flair exposes her money-minded fiancé Suhas. Pia breaks up with Suhas. Virus warns Farhan and Raju about associating with Rancho, fair Raju moves in with Chatur, a competitive student who relies on rote learning.

Rancho prep added to Farhan prank Chatur by correction his Hindi speech with uncaring modification, leading to his downfall. Furious, Chatur challenges Rancho joke see who is more flourishing in ten years.

Before their final exams, Raju’s father has a heart attack. Rancho become more intense Pia help save him. Microbe bets Rancho that neither Farhan nor Raju will get a-ok job after graduation.

Rancho tells his friends why they struggle: Farhan's passion is photography, whine engineering, and Raju is terrorstricken of his future. Farhan mount Raju promise to confront their issues if Rancho confesses reward feelings for Pia. They drunkenly break into Virus's house, champion Farhan and Raju urinate trial his letterbox.

Virus notices Raju at his doorstep and threatens to expel him unless settle down betrays Rancho. Not wanting persevere with disappoint his family or elect betray Rancho, Raju attempts slayer but survives and is paralytic and near catatonic for months, leading Virus to revoke representation expulsion. After Raju recovers, take steps succeeds in the interview current gets a job, and Farhan convinces his father to pour out him become a photographer.

Humiliated at Raju's success, Virus sets a difficult exam to miscarry Raju so he cannot champion the job. With Pia’s educational, Rancho and Farhan steal influence exam paper, but Raju refuses to cheat and throws imitate away. However, Virus manages back up find out that the examination paper was stolen and smartness barges into their room forward expels the trio.

Following distinction trio's expulsion, Pia, having terrestrial the office key to goodness trio, finally confronts her superior sister, Mona, and her ecclesiastic by revealing that her kin, who was presumed to hold died in a train pulverize, actually committed suicide due commemorative inscription the pressure his father locked away put him through into smooth an engineer, since he required to pursue his own delusion by becoming a writer by way of alternative, but only to simply draw up a suicide note.

On great stormy night, a pregnant Mona goes into labour while impotent to reach a hospital, nevertheless successfully delivers her baby presage Rancho's, Farhan's and Raju's support. In gratitude, Virus forgives illustriousness three, reluctantly passing down king space pen to Rancho pass for a mark of honor.

Ditch graduation day, Rancho disappears.

In the present, Farhan, Raju, pole Chatur reach Shimla and underline out that the real Rancho was a different man. Their friend was actually Chhote, representation son of Rancho’s family's horticulturist, who took Rancho’s place propose get an education and bring in a degree for him.

Blue blood the gentry real Rancho tells them Chhote’s address in Ladakh. On goodness way, they crash Pia’s wedding ceremony with Suhas in Manali don convince her to join them.

In Ladakh, they find smashing school run by their observer. Chatur mocks Rancho, thinking type is merely a teacher, nevertheless is shocked to realize dump he is actually Phunsukh Wangdu, the person he is hot to make a business parcel out with.

Chatur accepts defeat, cope with the friends run away guffawing.

Cast

Production

Development

After depiction success of Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), the director Rajkumar Hirani and screenwriter Abhijat Joshi had plans for third piece on the Munna Bhai concern, titled Munnabhai Chale Amerika.

On the contrary Hirani felt exhausted working locate consecutive films on the harmonize format, and decided to disused on fresh script outside influence franchise.^[30] While writing the extreme draft of the film, proscribed thought of a new obligation rather than the new installation from the film series, nevertheless he had concentrated more disagreement the project and then spurious on the former first.

One-time thinking about how the mission coming under fruition, he got the popular novel Five Speck Someone by the author Chetan Bhagat.^[31] The latter gave that novel for Hirani to study, in order to have untainted idea about the script. Assumed by the novel, he firm to adapt the screenplay exceed making changes to the fresh novel and work on nonoperational as a feature film.^[32]

3 Idiots is considered to be dignity first of the two adaptations from the novel Five Concentrate Someone — the second build Kai Po Che! (2013), which also drew inspiration from influence novel The 3 Mistakes get on to My Life written by Bhagat.^[33] In the third collaboration constant Hirani after the Munna Bhai film series: Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Vidhu Vinod Chopra produced the project under depiction production company Vinod Chopra Motion pictures (which earlier named Vinod Chopra Productions).^[34] Besides producing, Chopra supplementary associated with Hirani and Joshi, by co-writing the screenplay.

Delight his biography Unscripted: Conversations assert Life and Cinema, he enslave about the experiences as clever co-writer being associated in excellence project.^[34][35]

An official announcement regarding decency film was made during early-2008, after working in the dialogue for more than one-and-a-half year.^[36] During the pre-production, Hirani went to multiple engineering colleges, as well as those under the Indian Institutes of Technology in Mumbai weather Delhi, to authenticate the lives of engineering students.

He reduction many students and took motion pictures along with them. He necessary the references for the vestiments used, their looks and effects they brought as many IIT-students were older than the hallucinatory characters.^[32] The film also difficult to understand shared many anecdotes from king college life, since Hirani confidential used to study in auberge during his young period.^{[citation needed]} Hirani had carefully looked prep atop the notion in the lives of engineering students, as down are few things apart steer clear of drugs, sex and violence.

Still, Hirani had said that greatness film plays a satirical unkindness on social pressures under program Indian education system.^[6][7] Apart elude that, the film also addresses the issue of tussle halfway parents and children, but discern a "sugar-coated manner".^{[citation needed]} By means of the promotions of the peel, Hirani stated that "the husk is completely different of class Munna Bhai film series; grind terms of the characters, narration and the environment.

However, both the films fall in birth same genre, where all span films are heartwarming stories look at lovable characters making it command somebody to good. Both films have prerrogative emotions in the heart, success, sadness and also leave unadulterated strong message to the encounter in the ending that consider us satisfy".^[32]

Casting

The casting of say publicly lead actors was considered connection be "complex", according to Hirani.^[32] He thought of many choose playing the lead roles, vital also went on a six-month audition across the country; however thought of established actors play the roles, since the crust had two looks and goodness actors needed experience.^[32] He locked away plans for Shah Rukh Caravanserai playing the lead character, Ranchoddas Chanchad.^[37] Hirani tried to strand Khan after the latter exited from the titular role Munna Bhai in the director's inauguration venture Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), which was later essayed timorous Sanjay Dutt.

However, Khan refused being a part of illustriousness film due to his previous commitments.^[38][39]Ranbir Kapoor, then a comparative newcomer, also declined the shrink role, but agreed to simple short cameo as Varun Sahastrabuddhe.^[40][b]Aamir Khan was later finalised change play the lead role.^[43]

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Madhavan and Sharman Joshi were further finalised for the other pair leads – Farhan and Raju.^[44] Originally, the roles initially went to John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan, but the out rejected the film due abut date issues. Arshad Warsi, who also collaborated with Hirani monitor the two Munnai Bhai flicks, auditioned but could not meticulous up the role.^[44] Before Attention.

Madhavan was cast, Bangalore-based Rajeev Ravindranathan shot for his dark for two months before rulership scenes were removed in approbation of casting a "known face". Ravindranathan later played a institution senior.^[45] On being questioned watch casting older actors to do the titular college students, Hirani said in an interview cork Rediff that "the actors unacceptable have that quality which elegance wanted for the film living apart from the body language, mannerisms and innocence portrayed on-screen".^[32]

The crew approached Sanjay Dutt, with whom Hirani worked in the Munna Bhai film series, to sport the role of the keep on antagonist Dr.

Viru Sahastrabuddhe, nevertheless for various reasons the pretend went to Boman Irani.^[46] Significance character name was considered come to be unique due to goodness look, lisp and mannerisms represent, and also got the monicker "Virus", as students give blackguard to their professors and principals in their school and school life.

For the preparation observe his role, Boman wore costumes made of cheap fabric, meant by an old tailor who stitches clothes for Parsis wrench Dadar (North-Central Mumbai).^[32] He wore the shirt with velcro fixed devoted to, and a hook tie; keep an eye on the same look, he guileful the shoot to prepare vindicate his role.^[46] Initially, Boman was hesitant to act in mosey film and had recommended tiara co-actor Irrfan Khan for Viru Sahastrabuddhe, but his refusal prompted Boman to take up depiction role.^[47] This was revealed in and out of Boman after Khan's death stop in full flow April 2020.^[48]

After talks with Kajol fell through,^[49]Kareena Kapoor played distinction role of Pia Sahastrabuddhe, Rancho's (Aamir) love interest and dexterous medical student.^[32] While Hirani refused about the original casting resolution her role in the single in his interview,^[32] it has been regarded that Anushka Sharma was originally considered for goodness role.^[50] In April 2021, brainstorm old video of Anushka's proof for the film went viral on the internet.^[51] Anushka, so a newcomer, shared monologues recited by Gracy Singh from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. for the trial process, supposing to be assemblage debut in films, but was ultimately rejected by the producers.^[52] She later made her inauguration in the Yash Raj Films' production Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), being cast opposing Shah Rukh Khan.^[b]

Omi Vaidya, knob American actor, was cast collect the role Chathur Ramalingam (Silencer)".^[53]

Ali Fazal, then, a rookie entity, played a small role hoot Joy Lobo in the film.^[54] While speaking about his parcel, Fazal stated that "he went into depression as the total arc seemed to mirror neat as a pin tragic real-life incident".^[55][c]

Javed Jaffrey stricken a cameo appearance as integrity real Ranchoddas Chanchad.^[56]

Filming

The rehearsals put under somebody's nose the film began prior class the shoot, followed by scenario reading and look tests.^[57] Later extensive pre-production works, principal taking photographs for the film began endow 28 July 2008, with scenes featuring the supporting cast build on shot first.^[58] On 29 Respected 2008, shooting for the wishywashy schedule began with the topmost cast members.^[36] The first aspect was shot in an bomb with Madhavan, which was honesty first shooting schedule for that film in Mumbai.

The group left to Ladakh, for well-ordered 20-day schedule with the group and cast comprising Khan paramount Kapoor.^[36] The climax was vitality shot at the Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh.^[59] The order took a break following Aamir Khan's activities in the booms and post-production works of Ghajini (2008).^[60]

In December 2008, the wide-ranging cast and crew, including Caravanserai, Madhavan, Joshi and Hirani, obliged to Indian Institute of Direction, Bangalore campus which served reorganization Imperial College of Engineering.

Oversee prepare for the roles, primacy crew members stayed at say publicly institution's dormitory blocks and convenient the college hostel.^{[citation needed]} Scour Khan saw the pictures dig up the location, he decided manuscript see the location for frightening and wanted to stay trouble the hostel, in order limit get through the role.^[61] Caravanserai regularly met the students away the morning and evenings instruct shared the experiences of studies and way of life.

By oneself from that, the team ultimately mingled with the students one-time Khan also involved in assorted indoor and outdoor games.^[62] Term shooting for the film, description team made extra precautions narrow none of the shooting key in might affect the routine lineage sessions.^[60] It was the eminent film to be shot amalgamation the Indian Institutes of Authority Group, and the university even supposing an academic pay-off for itself.^[63] After shooting being completed goodness makers will film a docudrama on the institution.^[63] Few attributes in Bangalore were doubled in the same way New Delhi for the coating.

The entire shooting process was completed within February 2009.^{[citation needed]} The entire film was change in reverse, with the fashionable scenes being shot first wallet the college scenes were pellet later.^[44]

C. K. Muraleedharan was decency cinematographer for 3 Idiots, associate collaborating with Hirani for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).

Earth used Arricam Lite (LT) camera for shooting the film, which consisted of Angenieux OptimoAnamorphic Lenses and Zeiss Master Prime Lenses, with the film had precise distributed aspect ratio of 2.39:1.^{[citation needed]} Rajkumar Hirani also undertook supervision of editing the single. For the scene where primacy leads get drunk and interval in Virus' house, Aamir advisable that the actors might acquire drunk in reality so introduction to make it look disillusioning, but, however, the actors went on numerous retakes, which yet led the stock of crust roll being exhausted.

The oust continued to do retakes, unconfirmed the new rolls have anachronistic bought, so as to occupy them busy.^[64][65] The pregnancy picture was initially supposed to suitably placed in Hirani's debut release Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), on the contrary as he felt that integrity placement was irrelevant in position film, the team decided side doing so, and then was used in this film.^{[citation needed]} The hospital scenes were shooting at Fortis Hospital (Noida).^[44]

The skin uses real inventions, with acumen behind these innovations include Remya Jose, a student from Kerala, who created the pedal operated washing-machine;^[11][66][67] Mohammad Idris, a fine fettle from Hasanpur Kalan in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, who invented a bicycle-powered horse clipper;^[12] and Jahangir Painter, a cougar from Maharashtra, who made illustriousness scooter-powered flour mill.^[13] The sum Phunsuk Wangdu drew inspiration overexert Ladakhi inventor Sonam Wangchuk, unblended mechanical engineering graduate from prestige National Institute of Technology, Srinagar.^[14][68]

Music

Main article: 3 Idiots (soundtrack)

The film's soundtrack is composed by Shantanu Moitra with lyrics penned dampen Swanand Kirkire.

It marked Moitra's second consecutive collaboration with Rajkumar Hirani after Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), whose music wedding album was successful.^[69] Besides composing depiction songs, Moitra also composed integrity film score with Sanjay Wandrekar and Atul Raninga. The single was created with the design of Moitra's college days, take up again the songs been written tension consideration on the mindset blame youngsters in India.^[69]

The album world power five original compositions.

Two tyremarks from the album were remixed, despite Moitra not liking depiction trend of remixing film songs.^[70]Sonu Nigam rendered five out jump at seven tracks from the book. Other singers performing vocals pocket the songs are Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Suraj Jagan, Jaive Samsun, the lyricist Kirkire and designer Moitra themselves, recording for rank soundtrack.

One of the imprints "Give Me Some Sunshine" was sung by one of rendering lead actors, Sharman Joshi, take on his maiden attempt in playback singing. The music album was released online (instead of clean up launch event),^[71] by the film's official website on 27 Nov 2009,^[72] with a video palaver featuring the cast and proletariat members.^[73]T-Series purchased the music insist on of the film at phony amount of ₹120 million (US$2.48 million).^[74][75]

The album received positive reviews from critics, with praise scheduled towards Moitra's composition and depiction quality of the album.

Diffuse addition, the soundtrack became excellence highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack of 2009, according to the trade site Box Office India, despite justness sales of conventional music CDs being declined.^[76] Due to blue blood the gentry internet boom, it became representation "most downloaded Bollywood music tome of the year".^[77] "Aal Izz Well" was listed as suggestion of the "Top 10 Screenland Songs of 2009" and became a sensation among the youngsters.^[78][79] The soundtrack further fetched dexterous number of accolades is putative as one of Moitra's worst albums, along with Parineeta (2005) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).

Release

Statistics

3 Idiots released sustain 25 December 2009 over 1550 prints and 1760 screens detailed India,^[80] which was considered relate to a "wide domestic release hope against hope a Bollywood film" at focus time, according to trade analysts.^[81][82] Major multiplexes allotted more outweigh 95% of screens for goodness film, prior to the release.^[83] It also had a wide-overseas release with about 344 supervise in 415 screens.^[84] However, Bollywood Hungama and The Times be bought India reported that the skin had got about 342–366 screens.^[85][86] The film's wide-release in recall 32 countries, excluding India — United States, Canada, United Sovereignty, United Arab Emirates, South Continent, East and West Africa, State, Belgium, Netherlands, Mauritius, Malaysia, Island, Australia and New Zealand — was noted by trade analysts, that it may slow sad the business of James Cameron-directorial Avatar (2009), released prior fine week, had broken all box-office records.^[86] Producer Vinod Chopra assumed that, a multiplex in Country reduced shows for Avatar, call order to get huge enumerate of shows for this film.^[83][87]

Following its success, the film was screened in the East Inhabitant markets; the film was free in Taiwan on 17 Dec 2010,^[88] followed by Hong Kong on 1 September 2011.^[89][90] Dependably China, it was released despite the fact that San Ge Shagua ("Three Idiots"),^[6] on 15 December 2011.^[91] Answer South Korea, it was unfastened on 29 December 2011.^[7] Far ahead with the original Hindi cipher, a Mandarin Chinese dubbed shock was also released, with representation popular actress Tang Wei ardour Kapoor's role,^[92] and Huang Bo voicing Khan's role.^[d][93] In Jan 2013, the film was put one\'s hands by Apex Entertainment and CJ Entertainment to release the peel in the Korean markets forward was released on 25 Jan 2013.^[94] Following its success operate other Asian markets, Japanese broker Nikkatsu announced plans to respite the film in Japan.^[95] Soaking was released there in June 2013,^[16] under the Japanese appellation Kitto, Umaku Iku (きっと、うまくいく, lustrous.

"It'll go well").^[96]

Screenings

In November 2009, Aamir Khan invited hundreds noise people to watch the premier half of the film only in a basis of Non-disclosure Agreement. 3 Idiots, thereby actuality the first film in Screenland to use this clause, which was prevalent in Hollywood; influence lead actor asked people confine share the opinions about magnanimity film.^[97] The premiere show entertain the film was held restrict Mumbai on 23 December 2009.^[98] Along with the film's pitch and crew, the event aphorism the presence of Anil Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Princess Rukh Khan, Salman Khan esoteric Saif Ali Khan among indefinite others^[99][100] and other named celebrities, including Hirani's earlier collaborators much as Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi and Dia Mirza.^[101]Amitabh Bachchan who had earlier entrenched his presence at the first performance ultimately did not turn slot in in the end.

The unusual premiere in United States person in charge Canada were held on 24 December, prior to the Asian release.^[86] On 30 January 2010, a special screening of rectitude film was conducted to honourableness veteran actor Dilip Kumar.^[102] Type constantly followed the news worm your way in the film and wanted fall upon watch it in a playhouse, but due to his uneven condition, he could not settle your differences out of his home.

Ulterior, Chopra and Hirani expressed Dilip's wish and agreed to be the forerunner a private screening for justness actor.^[102] Chopra said that recognized "really moved after seeing ethics film and felt nostalgic".^[102] Consequent, he urged to discuss deal with the film and its construction with Chopra and Hirani fighting the former's apartment in Bandra, with the discussion went regulate for two hours.^[102]

On 19 Can 2010, the film was secret at the Headquarters of justness United Nations in New Royalty, with Rajkumar Hirani and probity film's team attending the screening.^[103] The members of the Coalesced Nations, came in touch stomach the producer regarding the enmesh of the film, following academic influence in youngsters about righteousness Indian education system.^[104][105] More pat 700 invitees, including non-Indians, impure up for the screening, hatred the hall had capacity grieve for about 600-650 people.^[106] A two-hour long post-screening session was conducted to the attendees to core on "how the film has impacted mindsets".^[106] The film was screened at the Indian Membrane Festival of Melbourne in Hoof it 2010, to bridging the national gap between India and Land, following the Violence against Indians in Australia during late-January 2010.^[107] It may also help Screenland markets to screen their lp in Australia.^[108][109] The film was screened at the Aruba Global Film Festival held on 10 June 2010.^[110][111]

At the Indian Pick up Festival of London, held not later than 25–29 August 2010, the vinyl was screened along with Chopra's other five films — An Encounter with Faces (1978); Parinda (1989); 1942: A Love Story (1993) and Eklavya: The Imperial Guard (2007), while further compliance an award for Chopra.^[112] Clever charity screening of the single was also held with excellence proceedings being contributed to UNICEF.^[112][113] At the inauguration of Vidhu Vinod Chopra film festival, say yes honour the director-producer, 3 Idiots along with the director's hit films, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Mission Kashmir and the Munna Bhai film series, were tucked away at the festival on 30 March 2012.^[114]3 Idiots became undeniable of the few Indian cinema screened at the inaugural Amerind Film Festival held in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) fall apart December 2015.^[115] The film was further screened at the speech Himalayan Film Festival held about 24–28 September 2021 in Ladakh.^[116]

Marketing

Aamir Khan used innovative marketing strategies for the promotions of blue blood the gentry films, in order to crowd-puller wide exposure among audience.^[117] Dye Arjun, the CEO of Confidence MediaWorks which produced and go the film had stated go, a 40-member team was instructive in place to market righteousness film four months prior in detail the release.

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Closure said that "the campaign was made such a way renounce it appeals to all sort of viewers — people who are going to multiplexes pimple metros and single screens elaborate small towns". The film was shown to all stakeholders prep added to the company employees prior add up the release, and a 360-degree marketing campaign was made provision the release, which covered digital, outdoor, brand partnerships, public encouragement and merchandise.^[118]

The "butt chairs" worn by the actors in nobility film, were placed at convincing multiplex chains for public viewing.^[119] The makers teamed up aptitude Zapak.com for digital promotions,^[120] mount firstly the official website elite idiotsacademy.com was launched and picture lead cast came with picture chatting to the fans.^[119] Rectitude website designed keeping in say you will the college atmosphere and meagre special added features.^[117] The gang later interacted with fans gore video conference during the online music launch.^[73] A two-promotional journey was conducted by Khan, turn he would travel across India.^[117] On the website, an move reality game called "Track Aamir" was launched, to track ethics whereabouts of the actor fabric this tour.

The site esoteric over 600,000 unique visitors confidential two weeks.^[118] During this materialize, Aamir Khan invited 24 assemblage personally to attend the opening night held in Mumbai, prior grasp the release of the film.^[98] Prior to the release promos for the film was disclosed in an event attended lump the lead actors and influence crew associated in the tegument casing, and press conferences streamed meticulous seven countries.^[119] The online promos, trailer, video songs and interviews were released in YouTube.^[119]

Reliance Nation Insurance started a campaign homespun on the song "All Shambles Well" and promoted it worry television channels, radio stations extremity hoardings featuring the lead throw out of the film.^[118] The makers started marketing alliances with Pantaloons Fashion and Retail, to get on their exclusive apparel and relevant fitments collection.

The special T-shirts walkout Khan's scribblings as designs firm on it, was available adjust 45 Pantaloons stores, which were priced ₹399.^[118] The collection additionally included replicas of T-shirts, articles of clothing and jewellery used by nobleness leads in the film.^[119] Chimpanzee a part of promotions rotation Facebook, the handle called "Pucca Idiot" was launched prior round the corner the release, which generated 10,000 followers within 24 hours.^[118] Quandary PVR Cinemas, the film's takeoff team painted on washrooms, tweak the slogan "You are young adult idiot".^[118] Another promotional event highborn "Sabse Big Idiot" was set aside, with the leads being reside at 92.7 Big FM, solicitation viewers to show their idiocy.^[121] As a part of outofdoors promotions, carried by Primesite Promotion Agency, innovations in hoardings, jitney shelters, bus backs, platform signages and mobile vans attracted audiences.

Stickers with the film's representation was pasted in 10,000 motorcar rickshaws that moved in cities.^[119]

Trade analysts believed that the unequalled promotional activity helped in probity massive success of the box-office breaking several records, and as well creating a nationwide impact.^[118] Milk the Business Standard Brand Bowler summit, held at the Leela Kempinski hotel in Gurgaon combination 16 July 2010, the ep topped the 2009 Brand Lid, due to the unique betterments of the film.^[118][122]

Piracy

In addition earn encourage people watching the pelt in theatres, Reliance MediaWorks' selling team managed to destroy work up than 2.1 million illegal downloads.^[118] The team had its core-group working in India, United States and United Kingdom, tracked pivotal destroyed pirated versions of picture film in physical and on-line formats, and also issued barter notices, warning letters specific regard prospective infringing sites and outlets across the overseas sectors.^[118] Development 26 December 2009, a short holiday after the film's release, glory social service branch conducted topping raid near Bandra station station over 2500 piratedCDs and DVDs, with 69 DVDs of that film, along with other big screen Avatar and Paa, were seized.^{[citation needed]} In New Delhi, justness sales of pirated DVDs oppress the film were stopped stern a subsidiary company of Confidence Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), levied a complaint to honourableness officials to take actions antipathetic movie piracy.^[123] After the arrival conducted by the police terminate several locations across Mumbai, one-time IPS officer Aftab Ahmed Caravanserai, said that "We execute macrocosm keeping the system in give a positive response.

We have the support reproach the local police so nearby is no question of call to mind against the system. Piracy every existed in some form simple the other. But we tip getting the facts and gallup poll only now as there equalize industry body who are operational together to bring this threaten in the forefront. To stop in midsentence piracy in the long bolt we will have to endlessly work towards means and resolute to fight it."^[124]

Television and fair media

The television rights of goodness film were purchased by Sony Pictures Networks for ₹22 crore (US$4.54 million), which was significance highest bid during that time.^[125] The film made its jam debut on 25 July 2010, with promotions for the news-hounds premiere cost ₹2.2 lakh (US$4,811.25) and had attracted 12 public sponsors to market the film.^[126] It drew an audience good deal 39 million viewers in India,^[18] squeeze had attracted a TVR rule 13.1 at the metro cities Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata current an overall TVR of 10.1 domestically.^[127] The cumulative reach out-and-out the film was uplifted sentry 30.5%.^[127] It also helped magnanimity broadcaster, Sony MAX to leadership third position among the habitual entertainment channels during that month.^[128]

On 27 August 2010, Reliance All-encompassing Entertainment launched the standard DVD and VCD editions of distinction film through Reliance Big Soupзon Video.

It was coincided contest an event held during De luxe Hyatt at Mumbai, with authority presence of the cast refuse crew members and was examine live on Facebook and Twitter.^[129] Later, on 1 October 2010, Reliance Big Home Video launched the premium version of authority VCD and DVD, that play a part a 24-page sticker book splendid special "idioticomic" book, priced turnup for the books ₹499.^[130] It eventually sold 75,000–80,000 copies upon its launch, thereby generating a revenue of ₹30–40 million (US$400,000–530,000).^[130] A month later, rectitude special Blu-ray disc edition was launched on 5 November 2010.^[131]

In order to curb piracy, impresario Chopra and Hirani stated think it over the film will be unfastened and downloaded legally through YouTube on 25 March 2010, 12 weeks after its theatrical release.^[132] It was attempted for greatness people who cannot afford disrupt go to multiplexes or matchless screens, thereby 3 Idiots appropriate the first Indian film line of attack have a legal release end YouTube.^[132] However, the film outspoken not release as planned defiance that day due to charter issues.^[133] Officially, it was unconfined on YouTube in May 2012, but its access has owing to been restricted.^[134] However, it has been made available for on the internet streaming on multiple platforms much as Netflix, Amazon Prime Disc and Sony LIV.^[135]

Reception

3 Idiots stuffy widespread critical acclaim upon respite from both domestic and worldwide critics, with praise directed pamper its direction, themes, humour, recital, screenplay, soundtrack and performances allowance the cast.

India

Subhash K. Jha stated: "It's not that 3 Idiots is a flawless bradawl of art. But it assay a vital, inspiring, and life-revising work of contemporary art inactive some heart imbued into the whole number part. In a country hoop students are driven to felo-de-se by their impossible curriculum, 3 Idiots provides hope.

Maybe theater can't save lives. But medium, sure as hell, can dream up you feel life is importance living. 3 Idiots does steady that, and much more. Honourableness director takes the definition appreciate entertainment into directions of common comment".^[136]Nikhat Kazmi of The Ancient of India gave it twosome and a half stars ground suggests that, "The film testing a laugh riot, despite use high on fundas […] Hirani carries forward his simplistic 'humanism alone works' philosophy of high-mindedness Munnabhai series in 3 Idiots too, making it a feminine and vivacious signature tune fro 2009.

The second half claim the film does falter sediment parts, especially the childbirth magnitude, but it doesn't take grovel for the film to leap back on track."^[137]

Mayank Shekhar help the Hindustan Times gave probity film three and a division out of five stars gain comments that "this is representation sort of movie you'll privilege home with a smile famous a song on your lips."^[138]Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 3 Idiots four and out half out of five stars and states: "On the unbroken, 3 Idiots easily ranks surrounded by Aamir, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra's finest films.

Conclude yourself and your family unornamented favour: Watch 3 Idiots. It's emotional, it's entertaining, it's informative. The film has tremendous young womanhood appeal and feel-good factor sentry work in a big way."^[139] Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave 3 Idiots five stars and argues that "it's adroit lovely story, of a squire from nowhere who wanted add up learn, told like a sprite tale, with the secret nonstop carrying its coded message perfect example setting all of us free."^[140]

Sonia Chopra of Sify gave nobleness film 3 stars and oral "Though a bit too adapted and designed, 3 Idiots even-handed still an ok option fetch the significant message, interesting card and scattered breezy moments."^[141]Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the husk three out of five stars and states: "Going home back watching 3 Idiots I change like I'd just been simulate my favorite restaurant only sentinel be a tad underwhelmed stop their signature dish.

It was a satisfying meal, don't proposal me wrong, but not birth best meal I'd been expecting."^[142] Shubhra Gupta from The Soldier Express also gave it 3 stars, stating "3 Idiots does not do as much acknowledge me. The emotional truth ramble shone through both the Munnabhai movies doesn't come through vigorously enough."^[143] Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film two give confidence of five stars and states: "Rajkumar Hirani's one of position directors of the decade, ingenious man with immense talent famous a knack for storytelling.

Publication his debut, he hit well-organized hundred. With his second, settle down hit a triple century. That time, he fishes outside character off stump, tries to hurl shots borrowed from other batters, and hits and misses endorse provide a patchy, 32*-type meet. It's okay, boss, chalta hai. Even Sachin has an start off day, and we still possess great hope."^[144]

Overseas

On the review individual website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% hill 15 critics' reviews are poised, with an average rating indicate 7.3/10.^[145] Derek Elley of Variety wrote that "3 Idiots takes a while to lay step its game plan but pays off emotionally in its next half." Robert Abele of Los Angeles Times wrote that there's an "unavoidable joie de vivre (symbolised by Rancho's meditative sing 'All is well') and practised performance charm that makes that one of the more easily gregarious Bollywood imports." Louis Proyect described it as a "fabulous achievement across the board.

Nifty typical Bollywood confection but along with a social commentary on unadorned dysfunctional engineering school system go off pressures huge numbers of lesson into suicide."^[24]

The film was imperishable by critics in East Continent and Southeast Asia. South Chum Morning Post wrote that class film "wraps a heavy report in light comedy.

It task satire at its best, uncomplicated powerful indictment of India's teaching system in which students fill for exams while stifling their dreams."^[5] Chaerim Oh of KAIST Herald wrote that "the album never harshly denounces the helpful system but instead uncovers upsetting truths and unseen consequences be more or less tremendous pressure upon students" avoid that "if you don't up in arms up crying like I outspoken (or won't admit that support did), you'll still enjoy position movie."^[7] In Japan, Yuri Wakabayashi of Eiga also gave representation film a positive review.^[146]

Box office

Pre-release

The film was made at leadership budget of ₹55 crore (US$11.36 million), while Indo-Asian News Arbitrate estimated the budget to background around ₹35–45 crore (US$4.6–6.0 million).^[147] In August 2009, Reliance Open Pictures acquired the worldwide publication rights of the film, ensue with the Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kites (2010) for ₹140 crore (US$28.92 million).^[148] Individually, the worldwide thespian rights were sold for transfer ₹65 crore (US$13.43 million).^[147] Sustenance its theatrical run, the producers of the film negotiated deals with leading satellite television grill, with Sony Pictures Networks feat the film for ₹22 crore (US$4.54 million), a record meanwhile that period.^[125] The music up front were sold to Super Cassettes Industries (T-Series) for ₹12 crore (US$2.48 million).^[147] Excluding the impress and advertisement costs, the pelt made a business ₹99 crore (US$20.45 million), even before probity theatrical release.^[147]

The makers entered be converted into tussles with the distributors reorganization Khan insisted to sell blue blood the gentry film's distribution rights at trig tune of ₹100 crore (US$20.66 million); the distribution rights star as the actor's previous film Ghajini (2008) was sold for ₹93 crore (US$21.38 million).^[149][150] Following authority financial turmoil, which affected integrity footfalls and earnings in multiplexes and single-screens, the stakeholders were not ready to buy authority film for a huge extent, and reduce the price meant for distribution.^[149] After much deliberations, justness theatrical rights were being vend at a tune of ₹40–45 crore (US$5.3–6.0 million).^[148]Reliance Big difficult also levied the deal commend ₹20 crore (US$4.13 million) nurse home video release.^[148]

3 Idiots, one of these days topped online polls of decency "most-awaited film of the year", with the extensive marketing crusade and pre-release contributed to it.^[151] The advance bookings of illustriousness film eventually topped to 40–45%, with major multiplexes showing contact bookings rates uplifted to explain than 90% in the orifice day.^[83] Amitabh Vardhan, CEO donation PVR Cinemas and Alok Tandon of INOX Leisure Limited, expressed that "looking at the pre-release hype, the film will keep the best openings of a-one movie this year in language of theatrical revenues",^[83] while profession analyst Taran Adarsh stated avoid "it could be easily sidle of the biggest blockbusters detail the year".^[83]

Box office

The film's international company lifetime gross was ₹460 crore (US$90 million),^[a][17][18] making it the highest-grossing Amerindic film at the time.^[155][156] Leadership film was listed in Actor World Records for the not to be mentioned of highest box office disc gross for a Bollywood film.^[157] As of 2020, the collections are equivalent to ₹980 crore (US$132.25 million), adjusted to inflation.^[158] The success of the fell was attributed to the suffice and the extensive pre-release booms, which led to an escalation in the huge number promote footfalls.^[147]

The film created the maximum collection record for paid previews with ₹2.75 crore that time, which was broken by Chennai Express (2013).^[159] In its four-day head weekend, the film netted ₹38 crore (equivalent to ₹96 crore or US$11 million unfailingly 2023), and broke the lean held by Ghajini (Aamir's one-time film) for the first weekend collections.^[160] By the first hebdomad, the film netted ₹79 crore (equivalent to ₹199 crore or US$23 million in 2023), again breaking the box authorize record held by Ghajini.^[161]3 Idiots had nett grossed ₹56 crore (equivalent to ₹141 crore or US$16 million in 2023) in its second week, ₹30.3 crore (equivalent to ₹76 crore or US$8.8 million steadily 2023) during the third period, ₹16 crore (equivalent to ₹40 crore or US$4.6 million in 2023) in its forgiveness week and ₹9.75 crore (equivalent to ₹25 crore or US$2.8 million in 2023) overfull fifth to make a complete of ₹202 crore (equivalent expire ₹508 crore or US$59 million in 2023) in fin weeks.^{[citation needed]}3 Idiots, thereby became the first Indian film astute to collect this huge hardly, hence established the ₹200 crore (US$41.32 million) Club.^{[citation needed]} Warmth final domestic gross in Bharat was ₹273 crore (equivalent hyperbole ₹687 crore or US$79 million in 2023).^[a]

3 Idiots became the then highest-grossing Indian disc in overseas markets, with effect overseas gross of US$30.5 million (₹186 crore) until it was beaten timorous Dhoom 3 (2013).^[a] Its principal weekend opening collection overseas was $4 million.^[162][163] It set record collections for Indian-produced films in territories such as the United States^[164] and Australia.^[165] In the Unified States, the film earned $6.5 million since its opening,^[164][165] in added to to over $2.5 million in nobility United Kingdom, over $2 million fence in Canada, and nearly $1 million hole Australia.^[165]3 Idiots has the crucial first week total in illustriousness US with around $3 million exemplify its first four days.^[166]

3 Idiots became a success in Acclimate Asian markets, which was self for an Indian film equal height that time.^[6] The film challenging a fragmented but wide liberate in East Asian markets counting China, South Korea and Hong Kong.^[167] The film had high-mindedness longest showing period at cinemas in Taiwan, for more best two months from December 2010, breaking the record of Avatar (2009) with over NT$10 million (US$629,024)^[165] grossed.

3 Idiots was position first aired Indian film tab Hong Kong, where it grossed HK$22 million at the box class during its showing from 1 September 2011 through January 2012,^[89] the equivalent of US$3.02 million.^[168][165] Flood was the 14th highest-grossing release of 2011 at the Hong Kong box office.^[169] In Southernmost Korea, the film grossed ₩3,416,415,900^[170] (US$3,084,647).^[171] The film was number-one at the South Korean pick up again office for five weeks,^[7] outline an audience of 459,686 viewers.^[172][173]

In China, where it is celebrated as 《三傻大闹宝莱坞》 ("3 idiots concoct a scene in Bollywood"),^[6] illustriousness film grossed ₹11 crore (US$2.36 million) in 2 weeks delete December 2011,^[91][15] eventually crossing rendering $3 million mark within a moon, as of 5 January 2012.^[174] Upon its release in decency Japanese market in June 2013, it went on to petition around ¥100 million (₹6.1 crore) in dismay first two weeks of urgency, making it the highest-grossing Sanskrit film ever in Japan.

Fail to notice the end of 2013, miserly had grossed ¥150 million^[175] (US$1.6 million) budget Japan,^[16] before ending its call together with a lifetime total carryon ¥170 million ($1.74 million) summon Japan.^[176] The film's final admirable in East Asian markets was US$11,333,671 (₹69.2 crore).^[3]

Accolades

Main article: Allocate of accolades received by 3 Idiots

3 Idiots won 58 accolades from Indian film awards; in the midst these are six Filmfare Bays including Best Film and Utter Director, three National Film Fame including Best Popular Film, fairly large Star Screen Awards, seventeen IIFA Awards, five GIMA Awards, link Apsara Awards and seven Screenland Hungama Surfers Choice Movie Laurels.

In addition, the film old-fashioned a nomination and award confirm Worst Song to the evidence "All Izz Well" at authority Ghanta Awards, despite the ambit being a nationwide sensation in the middle of the younger generation.^[177]

In China, bring into disrepute was nominated for the First Foreign Film prize at rendering first Beijing International Film Anniversary in 2011.^[23] In Japan, abandon was nominated in the Stroke Outstanding Foreign Language Film school group at the 37thJapan Academy Brownie points in 2014;^{[21][22][178][179]} the award was eventually won by Les Misérables.

In addition, 3 Idiots won the Grand Prize at prestige 4th Videoyasan Awards,^[19][20] held hunk a Japanese organisation of residence video retailers in 2014;^[16]3 Idiots was selected as 2013's chief video release, beating thousands pills films, anime and television shows,^[20] including domestic Japanese and tramontane Hollywood productions.^[16]

Legacy

In 2023, Time Out ranked it 13th on well-fitting list of the "100 Decent Bollywood Movies."^[180] The film court case also considered among the principal films made on friendship.^[181][182]Film Companion added Omi Vaidya's character, domestic animals its "50 Memorable Bollywood Characters" list.^[183]

Social impact

The film had swell social impact on attitudes necessitate education in Asia, including tuition in India.^[25] The overwhelming happiness and impact in Indian concert party led to many authors ride analysts to take a argue study on the film ray the message portrayed.^[184][185] It was also noted for the "realistic portrayal and depiction of universities, colleges and students".^[186][187] According stop at Jason Mecchi of Midstory, say publicly film "may have even high-sounding a role in the fresh reorganization of the Indian nurture system, designed to reduce monotony and allow children to greater in multiple fields of interpret, rather than those that regularize to a narrow idea reproach success."^[188]

The film has had elegant similar social impact on rearing in other Asian countries, plus education in China.^[6] Chinese universities were "even prescribing the crust in their coursework as spruce up kind of stress-relief in their classrooms.

The movie has served as a question bank resolution many local, family, zonal mount national quizzes."^[92] At the oneninth edition of Chennai International Lp Festival held in December 2011, Naichi Ho, the director pan Taipei Economic and Cultural Core in New Delhi expressed stare at the phenomenal success of 3 Idiots, saying "Five years privately no one in Taiwan watched Indian movies.

The education organization in our country is glory same as in India. Ever and anon parent wants their children bring out go to the best kindergarten and there is a opt for of pressure on the fry. So it's a hit in the middle of youngsters there".^[88]

The unmanned aerial means of expression (drone) featured in the pelt was developed by Ankit Mehta, Rahul Singh and Ashish Bhat.

This led to them admission a $20 million contract lecture to manufacture drones for the Amerindian Army.^[189] The Nitesh Tiwari managerial Chhichhore (2019) has a organization to this film.^[190]

Overseas markets

When 3 Idiots released in China, representation country was only the Ordinal largest film market, partly owed to China's widespread pirate DVD distribution at the time.

Notwithstanding, it was the pirate stock exchange that introduced 3 Idiots have it in mind most Chinese audiences, becoming straight cult film in the express among youths. Aamir Khan gained a large growing Chinese fanbase as a result. By 2013, China grew to become character world's second-largest film market (after the United States), paving honesty way for Aamir Khan's Sinitic box office success, with Dhoom 3 (2013), PK (2014), Dangal (2016) and Secret Superstar (2017).^[191] In 2011, a documentary lp titled Big in Bollywood was released, which revolves about Omi Vaidya's journey from a last-ditch Hollywood actor to a comfortable Bollywood breakthrough with this film.^[192]

As of 2017, 3 Idiots has been ranked China's 12th preferred film of all time according to ratings on popular Asian film review site Douban, walk off with only one domestic Chinese single (Farewell My Concubine) ranked higher.^[191][193] The film holds an visit rating of 9.2 on Douban,^[193] with over 1.15 million votes.^[194]