3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-written by him and Abhijat Joshi, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya, the film follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and is a satire about the social pressures under an Indian education system. The film is narrated through parallel dramas, one in the present and the other ten years in the past. Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banner Vinod Chopra Films, the film incorporated real Indian inventions created by Remya Jose, Mohammad Idris, Jahangir Painter and Sonam Wangchuk. It received critical acclaim and huge commercial success upon its release on 25 December 2009.
| Director | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Writer(s) | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani |
| Screenplay by | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Based on | Five Point Someone, by Chetan Bhagat |
| Starring | Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya |
| Narrator | R. Madhavan |
| Music | Score, Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra, Songs, Shantanu Moitra |
| Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan |
| Edited by | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Production, company | Vinod Chopra Films |
| Distributed by | Reliance BIG Pictures |
| Released | December 25, 2009 (India) |
| Running time | 171 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi, English |
| Budget | ₹ 550 million |
| Box office | est. ₹ 4.60 billion |
| Netflix ID | 70121522 |
About 3 Idiots
The film follows two friends who are looking for their lost buddy. The friends recollect their times in college, learning and growing even though at the time the group was just called a bunch of idiots.
Achievement of 3 Idiots
Rajkumar Hirani wrote and directed the film. The movie is based off the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat.
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