3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming of age
comedy-drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by
Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Abhijat Joshi wrote the screenplay. It was inspired by 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 .
Upon release, the film was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point. It also held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film.
Farhan’s passion is wildlife photography , but he pursues an engineering degree to appease his father. Raju chooses engineering with hopes of improving his family’s financial situation, but his lack of self-confidence results in poor grades. Their third roommate and friend, Ranchodas Rancho Chanchad ( Khan ) , has an immense interest in
engineering , and invents in his spare time. After giving unorthodox answers in class, Rancho faces scrutiny from the college’s director, Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhi ( Irani ) , known as Virus, whose traditional philosophies on education and learning contrast sharply with Rancho’s atypical ideas of teaching. Virus is shown to be extremely strict — a trait that indirectly caused his own son’s suicide after putting him under excessive pressure.