3 Idiots (2009)

 ●  Hindi ● 3 hrs 52 mins

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Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi's Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.
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as 'Rancho' Shamaldas Chanchad
as Pilot
as ICE Student 2
as Machine Class Professor
as Librarian Dubey
as Joy Lobo
as Mrs. Rastogi
as Airline Ground Staff 1
as ICE Student 3
as Shamaldas Chanchad
as Minister in Auditorium
as Viru Sahastrabudhhe
as Kamini 'Kammo' Rastogi
as Caretaker at Shyamaldas' House
as Doctor2 Attending on Raju's Father
as Airport Cab Driver
as Priest at Joy's funeral
as Aunt at Farhan's Birth
as Mona's Husband
as Centimeter
as Chote's Teacher
as Mrs. Qureshi
as Mr. Dhillon
as Ragging Senior 2
as Nurse
as Doctor1 Attending on Raju's Father
as Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad
as Campus Interview Panel Head
as Kid 2 at Rancho's School
as Campus Interview Panelist 1
as Doctor in Ambulance with Raju
as Waiter at Mona's Wedding
as Campus Interview Panelist 2
as Joy's Father
as Mona's Baby
as Raju's Wife
as Exam Hall Professor
as Mona
as Mr. Rastogi
as Maid at Pia's House
as Chatur 'Silencer' Ramalingam
as Mr. Qureshi
as Air Hostess
as Doctor startled by scooter in hospital
as Panditji at Pia's Wedding
as Farhan Qureshi
as Doctor at Airport
as Millimeter - MM
as Lead Ragging Senior
as Minister at Shyamaldas' Funeral
as Peanut Vendor at Shimla
as Housekeeping Boy at Pia's Wedding
as Lady at Mona's Wedding
as Ambulance Driver
as Raju Rastogi
as Chhote
as Manager at Pia's Wedding
as Campus Interview Panelist 3
as Matron in Hospital with Pia
as Professor in Induction Motor Class
as ICE Student 4
as Kid 1 at Rancho's School

Direction

Director

Production

Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Line Producer

Writers

Screenplay Writer
Dialogue Writer
Novelist

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Animation

Animation Director

Art

Art Director
Assistant Art Director

Casting

Casting Director
Casting Assistant

Costume and Wardrobe

Editorial

Makeup and Hair

Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist

Special Effects

Special Effects Technician

Stunts

Stunt Director
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Spoken Languages:
English, Urdu
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Camera:
ARRICAM Lite (LT)
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Movie Connection(s):
Remade as: Nanban (Tamil)
Remade as: Snehitudu (Telugu)
Referenced in: Chennai Express (Hindi)
Goofs:
Miscellaneous
Farhan (as narrator) says he was born in 1978. Chatur, presumably about the same age, says (in the hazing scene) that he was born in Uganda, whose dictator Idi Amin (1971-1979) expelled nearly all Indians in 1972.

Miscellaneous
The mobile phones used in the college period are the ones which were not used in 1998 when the film is set

Miscellaneous
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.

Character Error
Rancho is from Shimla, even his name is not Gujarati. However when Kareena Kapoor lands in his room, she calls him a Gujarati and talks about Dhokla, Phaphda etc.

Continuity
Kareena's elder sister is called Poonam at first, and afterward consistently called Mona.

Continuity
In the scene where Farhan and Raju threaten to drop Mr.Chanchad's remain down the drain, they drop the pot's cap in the commode but when they hand back the pot to the real Ranchoddas the cap is still there.

Continuity
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.

Continuity
In the wedding scene, where the 3 guys are shocked looking at Virus, Madhvan is shown to be frozen in time. But his expressions change in one frame and then roll back to the previous expression.

Continuity
When Rancho is been ragged the hands position of the senior who is wearing green vest changes from scene to scene.

Continuity
When Rancho (Amir Khan) was about to show "demo" to Pia (Kareena Kapoor) on her new wrist watch, during their conversation, the position of millimeter (MM) was changing from scene to scene (alternately from facing Rancho's back and standing in the middle of Rancho and Pia).

Continuity
Suhas enters through the main gate during the wedding, which is not possible as he was already in the building where the wedding was taking place.

Continuity
When "Virus" explains about the monthly income of Rancho Farhan and Raju's parents, the "five" in the amount written on the board keeps changing shape in every shot.

Crew/Equipment Visible
During the final scene when Sharman and Madhavan fight with Aamir, the crew is visible in the background.

Errors in Geography
The airport shown in the start, is actually shot in Bangalore and not Delhi.

Factual Mistake
The characters are shown speaking on mobiles near Pangong Tso (about 150Kms ahead of Leh) towards the end of the movie. There is no mobile coverage in the area. The last being at Tangtse (about 100Kms from Leh).

Miscellaneous
Some consider Pia and Suhas getting back together after 5-6 years a plot hole. However, this is entirely conceivable considering the pressure from both families.
Trivia:
The film is based on the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat.

Aamir Khan's character never stands still throughout the entire movie. He is always swaying in some direction. Apparently, after observing his nephew, he concluded that the new generation of kids never stand still.

The film's shooting was chronologically backwards. The present day scenes were shot first and then the college scenes.

While shooting the drunk scene, Aamir Khan suggested that they actually get drunk, which led to numerous retakes.

Shah Rukh Khan, who turned down this film to work on "My Name Is Khan" (2010), referred to himself as the 4th idiot, passing a chance to work in such a great movie.