3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming of age comedydrama film cowritten, edited, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Abhijat Joshi wrote the screenplay. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. The film stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani.
Farhan Qureshi R.Madhavan and Raju Rastogi Sharman Joshi are students at the prestigious Imperial College of Engineering ICE. Farhans passion is wildlife photography, but he pursues an engineering degree to appease his father. Raju chooses engineering with hopes of improving his familys financial situation, but his lack of selfconfidence results in poor grades. Their third roommate and friend, Ranchodas Rancho Shamaldas Chanchad Aamir Khan, has immense interest in robotics, and invents in his spare time. Rancho regularly faces the wrath of the colleges director, Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe Boman Irani, known as Virus, when he gives creative and unorthodox answers in class. He lives by the philosophy that one should pursue excellence, as when it is achieved, success follows. Virus is shown as an extremely strict personso strict that he caused his own sons suicide by putting him under excess pressure. The star student of their class is Chatur Ramalingam Omi Vaidya nicknamed Silencer, known for his incredible techniques of memorisation but more notorious for his silent but malodorous flatulence in addition to his arrogant attitude. Catering for them and the other college students needs is Man Mohan, nicknamed Millimeter.Chatur, in an attempt to impress his professors, prepares a speech in Hindi for Teachers Day. He memorizes the speech without knowing what it means due to his poor grasp of Hindi. Rancho modifies this speech by replacing praise words with obscenities. Chatur memorises and delivers the modified speech, humiliating himself, Virus, and the Minister of Education. He vows revenge against Rancho, and also vows that he will be more successful than Rancho. Meanwhile, Rancho falls in love with Pia Kareena Kapoor, Virus younger daughter, who is a medical student in residency at the citys hospital. Virus tries to break the trio up but despite the challenges they face, the three manage to stand firm. ........
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