3 Idiots (2009)

December 23, 2009 (IN) • Drama, Comedy • 171m

Overview

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

Director

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers

Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Chetan Bhagat, Abhijat Joshi, Abhijat Joshi

Top Billed

Aamir Khan

Keywords

challenge middle class slapstick comedy coming of age flashback teacher friends engineering university subjective camera smart kid poor kid looking for friend plot twist inspirational student life advice amused delhi

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Top Billed Cast

Aamir Khan

Ranchoddas "Rancho" Chanchad

R. Madhavan

Farhan Qureshi

Sharman Joshi

Raju Rastogi

Kareena Kapoor Khan

Pia Sahastrabudhhe

Boman Irani

Viru "Virus" Sahastrabudhhe

Omi Vaidya

Chatur "Silencer" Ramalingam

Mona Singh

Mona Sahastrabuddhe

Rahul Kumar

Millimeter

Parikshat Sahni

Mr. Qureshi

Farida Dadi

Mrs. Qureshi

Amardeep Jha

Mrs. Rastogi

Mukund Bhatt

Mr. Rastogi

Javed Jaffrey

Ranchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad

Ali Fazal

Joy Lobo

Olivier Lafont

Suhas Tandon

Arun Bali

Shamaldas Chanchad

Achyut Potdar

Machine Class Professor

Akhil Mishra

Librarian Dubey

Dushyant Wagh

Older Millimeter

Supriya Shukla

Matron in Hospital with Pia

Chaitali Bose

Kamini "Kammo" Rastogi

Jayant Kripalani

Campus Interview Panel Head

Madhav Vaze

Joy Lobo's Father

Atul Tiwari

Minister in Auditorium

Rajeev Ravindranathan

Lead Ragging Senior

Shoaib Ahmed

Chhote

Crew

Rajkumar Hirani

Editor

Rajkumar Hirani

Director

Rajkumar Hirani

Screenplay

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Producer

Rahul Nanda

Publicist

Vir Chopra

Creative Producer

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Screenplay

Manish Malhotra

Costume Design

Serina Tixeira

Key Hair Stylist

Anup Dev

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shubham Singh Rathore

Visual Effects

Sumit Basu

Production Design

Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee

Sound Designer

Badarinathchinimilli

Digital Compositors

Bhavesh Patel

Visual Effects

Sham Kaushal

Stunt Coordinator

Mohd Abrez

Digital Compositors

Rajnish Hedao

Production Design

Rajnish Hedao

Art Direction

Sheena Parikh

Costume Design

Rajashekharan Rajeev

CG Supervisor

Menaka Nagarajan

Casting

Rajiv Raghunathan

Digital Intermediate

Vikram Gaikwad

Makeup Designer

Shantanu Moitra

Original Music Composer

Achal Muchhala

Digital Compositors

Javed Akhtar

Thanks

Dia Mirza

Thanks

Caesar Gonsalves

Choreographer

Bosco Martis

Choreographer

C.K. Muraleedharan

Director of Photography

Chetan Bhagat

Novel

Shreya Ghoshal

Playback Singer

Sonu Nigam

Playback Singer

Rohan Mapuskar

Casting

Kareena Kapoor Khan

Makeup Artist

Mahendra Pawar

Makeup Artist

Parshuram Mane

Production Manager

Sunil Gujar

Graphic Designer

Gaurav Chandelya

Third Assistant Director

Menaka Nagarajan

Second Second Assistant Director

Anil Davda

Executive Producer

Nalini Rathnam

Casting

Suraj Godambe

Hairstylist

Vinay Waikul

First Assistant Director

Sanjay Wandrekar

Original Music Composer

Dhananjay Thorat

Graphic Designer

Ravi Sarin

Line Producer

Mukul Saraogi

Set Decoration

Maheep Dhillon

Assistant Director

Salim Qureshi

Production Manager

Bhavin Thakkar

Production Manager

Serina Texiera

Key Hair Stylist

Sachin Utekar

Production Manager

Saikat Bose

Assistant Art Director

Sanjiv Kishinchandani

Line Producer

Atul Raninga

Original Music Composer

Girdhar Swami

Casting

Bharat Reddy

Dolby Consultant

Sarvesh Singh

Unit Production Manager

Karan Tejpal

Second Assistant Director

Ajay Chodanker

Assistant Art Director

Ramakant Kanojia

Graphic Designer

Shashi Kasare

Boom Operator

Avadhoot Wardham

Makeup Artist

Mrunmayee Lagoo

Third Assistant Director

Aman Mahajan

Associate Producer

Boman Irani

Makeup Artist

Bharat Jha

Production Manager

Jai Sharma

Second Assistant Director

Vipin Kumar

Assistant Art Director

Sajjan Choudhary

Foley Artist

Raghuveer Shetty

Costume Design

Atishay Dayal

Assistant Production Manager

Ravi Barnabas

Production Manager

Sanjay Chaturvedi

Dialogue Editor

Rohan Mapuskar

Third Assistant Director

Karan Narvekar

Second Assistant Director

Yogi Dholakia

Sound Recordist

Anna Cichoń

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Joginder G. Gupta

Makeup Artist

Ritesh Naik

Makeup Artist

Jini Dhamande

Property Master

Subir Kumar Das

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nihar Ranjan Samal

Production Sound Mixer

Biju Dhanpalan

Visual Effects

Sachin K. Sanghvi

Sound Recordist

Karnail Singh

Foley Artist

Rajesh Kodadi

Sound Recordist

Gyana Mishra

Boom Operator

Varun Visoi

Foley Recordist

Muthu Stalin

Compositing Artist

Vinay Kadam

Visual Effects

Atul Khurana

Visual Effects

Shree Krishna Shrestha

Rotoscoping Artist

Amol Thakur

Visual Effects

Mahesh Sundriyal

Smoke Artist

Manoj Sundriyal

Smoke Artist

Parantap Singh

Digital Compositor

Mitul Patel

Visual Effects

Saurabh Sameer

Visual Effects

Abhishek Vaidya

Modeling

Brian Wade

Animatronics Designer

Soumen Das

Visual Effects

Akshay Sachdeva

Matchmove Supervisor

Gaurav Sharma

Compositing Artist

Vikas Sawlani

VFX Artist

Nihar Ranjan Samal

Sound Recordist

Satya Reddy

Digital Compositor

Suraj Jagan

Playback Singer

Sajal Desai

Thanks

Arjun Singh Bhurji

Key Grip

Ashutosh Vandana

Lighting Technician

Sachin Utekar

Location Manager

Piyush Acharya

Jimmy Jib Operator

Zeshaan Akbar Latif

Still Photographer

Siba Prasad Sahoo

Assistant Camera

Radhika Mehra

Wardrobe Assistant

Dileep Desai

Production Coordinator

Ramakant Dubey

Key Accountant

T. Kundu

Thanks

Isha Ahluwalia

Costumer

Jhanvi Mehta

Costume Assistant

Gaurav Chandelya

Assistant Editor

Dharmendra Bhurji

Key Grip

Deval Samanta

Gaffer

Daniel B George

Conductor

Ramani Ranjan Das

First Assistant Camera

Sejal Jain

Wardrobe Assistant

Swanand Kirkire

Playback Singer

Ranju Varghese

Choreographer

Daniel B George

Music Arranger

Sunil Behra

Thanks

Amitabh Jhunjhunwala

Thanks

Swanand Kirkire

Lyricist

Sandeep Thakur

Musician

Ranjeet Bahadur

Co-Editor

Rahul Bhadve

Color Assistant

Jitendra Bhargava

Thanks

Rajiv Verma

Thanks

Sunil Bohra

Thanks

Navmeet Singh

Production Assistant

Darshan Jalan

Costumer

Daniel B George

Orchestrator

Shaan

Playback Singer

Kirit Parekh

Accountant

Pudiyamuthu Sundaram

Jimmy Jib Operator

Makarand Surte

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Subir Kumar Das

Sound Mixer

Indu Shekhar Vasisst

Thanks

Avit Dias

Choreographer

Abhijat Joshi

Screenplay

Abhijat Joshi

Story

Shilpi Jha Bose

Set Dresser

Collection

3 Idiots Collection

3 Idiots

4 Idiots

Reviews

alirazahub

⭐ 10/10

May 27, 2023

Best Movie

Pratik Ghare

April 18, 2025

3 Idiots is a brilliant mix of humor, emotion, and inspiration. Aamir Khan shines, and the film’s message about following your passion really hits home. Funny, touching, and unforgettable—a must-watch!