3 Idiots (2009)
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- PG-13
- 2h 50min
- Comedy, Drama
- 09 Nov 2009 (Germany)
- Movie
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
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- 65 wins & 30 nominations.
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| Aamir Khan | ... |
Rancho
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| Madhavan | ... |
Farhan
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| Sharman Joshi | ... |
Raju
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| Kareena Kapoor | ... |
Pia
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| Boman Irani | ... |
Viru Sahastrabudhhe
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| Omi Vaidya | ... |
Chatur
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| Mona Singh | ... |
Mona
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| Jaaved Jaaferi | ... |
Ranchoddas Chanchad
(as Javed Jaffrey)
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| Parikshit Sahni | ... |
Farhan's Father
(as Pareekshit Sahani)
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Olivier Lafont | ... |
Suhas
(as Sanjay Lafont)
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| Rahul Kumar | ... |
Millimeter
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| Amardeep Jha | ... |
Raju's Mother
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| Farida Dadi | ... |
Farhan's Mother
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| Mukund Bhatt | ... |
Raju's Father
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Chaitali Bose | ... |
Raju's Sister
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Jayant Kripalani | ... |
Campus Interview Panel Head
(as Jayant Kriplani)
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| Arun Bali | ... |
Shamaldas Chanchad
(as Aron Baali)
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Shoaib Ahmed | ... |
Chhote
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| Dushyant Wagh | ... |
Centimeter
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Pooja Goswami | ... |
Air Hostess
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A.S. Duggal | ... |
Pilot
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Annapurna Kaul | ... |
Airline Ground Staff 1
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Chandrashekhar | ... |
Airline Ground Staff 2
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R.S. Kodange | ... |
Doctor at Airport
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Dharmendra Bhurji | ... |
Airport Cab Driver
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Meghna Bhalla | ... |
Raju's Wife
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Harvinder Singh | ... |
Mr. Dhillon
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Dilshad Edibam | ... |
Aunt at Farhan's Birth
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| Rajeev Ravindranathan | ... |
Lead Ragging Senior
(as Rajeev Ravindranath)
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Hitesh Tak | ... |
Ragging Senior 2
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Rajendra Patwardhan | ... |
Govind
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| Achyut Potdar | ... |
Machine Class Professor
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| Ali Fazal | ... |
Joy
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| Madhav Vaze | ... |
Joy's Father
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Dileep Desai | ... |
Priest at Joy's funeral
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Raghunathan | ... |
Professor in Corridor
(as Prof. Raghunath)
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Vaidyanathan | ... |
Professor Vaidyanathan
(as Prof. Vaidyanathan)
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Kumar Veer Singh | ... |
Waiter at Mona's Wedding
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Shailja Dhar | ... |
Lady at Mona's Wedding
(as Shailaja Dhar)
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Dinesh Kumar | ... |
Mona's Husband
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Pitabhash Tripathi | ... |
ICE Student 1
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Aakkash Dabhade | ... |
ICE Student 2
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Apul Jaisinghani | ... |
ICE Student 3
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Trilok Sadhwani | ... |
ICE Student 4
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| Akhil Mishra | ... |
Librarian Dubey
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Sonu | ... |
Library Clerk
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| Atul Tiwari | ... |
Minister in Auditorium
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Praful Kulkarni | ... |
Doctor Startled by Scooter at Hospital
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Jalil Parkar | ... |
Doctor 1 Attending on Mr. Rastogi
(as Dr. Jalil Parkar)
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| Debashish Naha | ... |
Doctor 2 Attending on Mr. Rastogi
(as Dr. Debashish Naha)
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Michael Joseph | ... |
Exam Hall Professor
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Smriti | ... |
Girl at Notice Board with Chatur
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Sanjay Sood | ... |
Peanut Vendor at Shimla
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Dayal Sharma | ... |
Caretaker at Shyamaldas' House
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Rakesh Sharma | ... |
Minister at Shyamaldas' Funeral
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Elihud George | ... |
Chote's Teacher (Masterji)
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Sarvanna | ... |
College Security Guard
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Tanveer Ahmed | ... |
Prof. in Induction Motor Class
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Shankar Sachdev | ... |
Ambulance Driver
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Kishor Patil | ... |
Doctor in Ambulance with Raju
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Insia Lacewalla | ... |
Nurse
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Keshav Rae | ... |
Campus Interview Panelist 1
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Lata Kurdikar | ... |
Campus Interview Panelist 2
(as Mrs Lata Kurdikar)
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Suhas Vaidya | ... |
Campus Interview Panelist 3
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Nishi Singh | ... |
Maid at Pia's House
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Saurabh Agnihotri | ... |
Housekeeping Boy at Pia's Wedding
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Sitaram Sharma | ... |
Manager at Pia's Wedding
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Pundit Prayag Raj | ... |
Panditji at Pia's Wedding
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| Supriya Shukla | ... |
Matron in Hospital with Pia
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Malvika Singh | ... |
Mona's Baby
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Tsanwal Namgyal | ... |
Kid 1 at Rancho's School
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Jigmet Dorjey | ... |
Kid 2 at Rancho's School
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Freny Bhagat | ... |
Couple at Wedding (uncredited)
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| Rohitash Gaud | ... |
Ranchoddas' Servant (uncredited)
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Bharat Jha | ... |
Manager (uncredited)
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| Komal Jha | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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James Kumaran | ... |
Samej Naramuk (uncredited)
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| Pitobash | ... |
Junior 1 (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Rajkumar Hirani | ||
Written by
| Abhijat Joshi | ... | (story) |
| Rajkumar Hirani | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Abhijat Joshi | ... | (screenplay) |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | (screenplay associate) |
| Chetan Bhagat | ... | (based on the novel 'Five Point Someone' by) |
Produced by
| Deepak Bhagra | ... | Shimla |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | producer |
| Vir Chopra | ... | creative producer |
| Anil Davda | ... | executive producer |
| Sanjiv Kishinchandani | ... | line producer |
| Ravi Sarin | ... | line producer: Delhi |
| Manu Sud | ... | shimla |
Music by
| Shantanu Moitra | ... | (background music) |
| Atul Raninga | ... | (background music) |
| Sanjay Wandrekar | ... | (background music) |
Cinematography by
| C.K. Muraleedharan | ||
Editing by
| Rajkumar Hirani | ||
Editorial Department
| Ranjeet Bahadur | ... | co-editor |
| Rahul Bhadve | ... | assistant colorist |
| Gaurav Chandelya | ... | assistant editor |
| Vinod Durgavle | ... | on-line editor |
| Debakriti Kundu | ... | senior conformist: Reliance Mediaworks Ltd |
| Nitin Minz | ... | conforming editor |
| Makarand Surte | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
Casting By
| Rohan Mapuskar | ||
| Menaka Nagarajan | ||
| Nalini Rathnam | ... | (Bangalore Casting) |
| Girdhar Swami | ||
Production Design by
| Sumit Basu | ||
| Rajnish Hedao | ||
Art Direction by
| Rajnish Hedao | ||
| Santhosh Vishwakarma | ... | assistant art director |
Set Decoration by
| Mukul Saraogi | ... | (Set Logistics) |
Costume Design by
| Darshan Jalan | ... | additional costume designer |
| Manish Malhotra | ||
| Sheena Parikh | ... | (as Sheena Parekh) |
| Raghuveer Shetty | ||
Makeup Department
| Ashwin Barot | ... | makeup artist |
| Pratap Borade | ... | makeup artist |
| Gaurav Chauhan | ... | makeup artist |
| Anna Cichon | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Seema Creado | ... | hair stylist |
| Vikram Gaikwad | ... | makeup designer |
| Suraj Godambe | ... | hair stylist |
| Joginder G. Gupta | ... | makeup artist |
| Boman Irani | ... | makeup artist |
| Kareena Kapoor | ... | makeup artist |
| Abraham David Kharat | ... | makeup designer |
| Ritesh Naik | ... | makeup artist |
| Nilesh Patkar | ... | key makeup artist / makeup artist |
| Mahendra Pawar | ... | makeup artist |
| Rajendra Sharma | ... | makeup artist |
| Serina Tixeria | ... | key hair stylist (as Serena Tixeira) |
| Brian Wade | ... | special animatronic baby effects designer and creator |
| Avadhoot Wardham | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Ravi Barnabas | ... | production manager |
| Atishay Dayal | ... | assistant production manager |
| Bharat Jha | ... | production manager |
| Parshuram Mane | ... | production manager |
| Salim Qureshi | ... | production manager |
| Sarvesh Singh | ... | unit production manager |
| Bhavin Thakkar | ... | production manager |
| Sachin Utekar | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Gaurav Chandelya | ... | third assistant director |
| Maheep Dhillon | ... | assistant director (as Mahdeep Dhillon) |
| Mrunmayee Lagoo | ... | third assistant director |
| Rajesh Mapuskar | ... | associate director |
| Rohan Mapuskar | ... | third assistant director |
| Menaka Nagarajan | ... | second second assistant director |
| Karan Narvekar | ... | second assistant director |
| Jai Sharma | ... | second assistant director |
| Karan Tejpal | ... | second assistant director |
| Vinay Waikul | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Saikat Bose | ... | assistant art director |
| Shilpi Jha Bose | ... | set dresser |
| Ajay Chodankar | ... | assistant art director (as Ajay Chodanker) |
| Jini Dhamande | ... | property master |
| Sunil Gujar | ... | graphic designer |
| Ramakant Kanojia | ... | graphic designer |
| Vipin Kumar | ... | assistant art director |
| Sandeep Sharad Ravade | ... | associate art director |
| Mukul Saraogi | ... | photographer |
| Dhananjay Thorat | ... | graphic designer |
Sound Department
| Mohammed Aquilhusain | ... | boom operator |
| Reddy Bharat | ... | dolby consultant |
| Bishwadeep Chatterjee | ... | sound designer |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | ... | additional dialogue editor |
| Jitendra Chaudhary | ... | Dialogue Recordist |
| Sajjan Choudhary | ... | foley artist |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | associate re-recording mixer |
| Anup Dev | ... | re-recording engineer |
| Yogi Dholakia | ... | sound recordist |
| Mani Janal | ... | sound recordist |
| Shashi Kasare | ... | boom operator |
| Muppala Kiran Kumar | ... | dialogue editor |
| Rajesh Kodadi | ... | Assistant sound recordist |
| Gyana Mishra | ... | boom operator |
| Jagdish Nachnekar | ... | assistant re-recording mixer |
| M. Lakshmi Naidu | ... | associate sound designer / sound editor |
| Kiran Nalwade | ... | boom operator |
| Ishwarjeet Poudel | ... | adr recordist |
| Nihar Ranjan Samal | ... | production sound mixer: sync / sound recordist |
| Sachin K. Sanghvi | ... | sound recordist |
| Karnail Singh | ... | foley artist |
| Varun Visoi | ... | foley recordist |
Special Effects by
| Brian Wade | ... | special animatronic baby effects designer and creator |
Visual Effects by
| Badarinathchinimilli | ... | digital compositor |
| Soumen Das | ... | visual effects artist |
| Biju Dhanpalan | ... | visual effects: Fable Farm (as Biju D.) |
| Vinay Kadam | ... | prep artist |
| Atul Khurana | ... | visual effects artist |
| Bhuvnesh Kumar | ... | visual effects artist |
| Abrez Mohammed | ... | digital compositor (as Mohd Abrez) |
| Achal Muchhala | ... | digital compositor: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. |
| Ganesh Navgane | ... | di conformist |
| Bhavesh Patel | ... | visual effects: Fable Farm |
| Mitul Patel | ... | visual effects: Fable Farm |
| Rajiv Raghunathan | ... | digital intermediate production head |
| Rajeev Rajasekharan | ... | cg supervisor |
| Shubham Singh Rathore | ... | visual effects artist: visual effects |
| Satya Reddy | ... | digital compositor |
| Akshay Sachdeva | ... | matchmover |
| Saurabh Sameer | ... | visual effects artist |
| Vikas Sawlani | ... | vfx artist |
| Gaurav Sharma | ... | compositor |
| Gaurav Sharma | ... | compositor |
| Shree Krishna Shrestha | ... | visual effects: roto artist |
| Parantap Singh | ... | digital compositor |
| Muthu Stalin | ... | compositor |
| Mahesh Sundriyal | ... | smoke/flame artist |
| Manoj Sundriyal | ... | smoke/flame artist |
| Amol Thakur | ... | visual effects: Fable Farm |
| Abhishek Vaidya | ... | modelling artist |
Stunts
| Sham Kaushal | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Sanober Pardiwalla | ... | lead stunt double |
| Paramjeet Singh | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Piyush Acharya | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Arjun Singh Bhurji | ... | key grip |
| Dharmendra Bhurji | ... | key grip |
| Ramani Ranjan Das | ... | first assistant camera |
| Nilip Deb | ... | videographer: behind-the-scene-chroma key footage |
| Fakhruddin Khan | ... | Jimmy jib boom operator |
| Zeshaan Akbar Latif | ... | still photographer |
| Satish Reddy Parpally | ... | assistant camera |
| Pawan_Sharma | ... | best boy |
| Santosh Misal Pentya | ... | lighting technician |
| Siba Prasad Sahoo | ... | assistant camera |
| Deval Samanta | ... | gaffer |
| Rajesh Shah | ... | chief assistant camera |
| Pudiyamuthu Sundaram | ... | jib operator |
| Joseph Thomas | ... | grip: Zoo Grips |
| Ashutosh Vandana | ... | lighting technician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Isha Ahluwalia | ... | additional costumer |
| Sejal Jain | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Darshan Jalan | ... | additional costumer |
| Radhika Mehra | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Jhanvi Mehta | ... | costume assistant |
Location Management
| Sachin Utekar | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Bikram Chaudhary | ... | musician |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | surround music mixer |
| Daniel B. George | ... | arranged by: orchestrated & conducted |
| Shreya Ghoshal | ... | playback singer |
| Suraj Jagan | ... | playback singer |
| Swanand Kirkire | ... | lyricist / playback singer |
| Chacha Mogambo | ... | music producer |
| Sonu Nigam | ... | playback singer |
| Akash Pranami | ... | musician: soundtrack |
| Sachin K. Sanghvi | ... | song and music recordist |
| Rohit Sangwan | ... | musician |
| Shaan | ... | playback singer |
| Sandeep Thakur | ... | violinist |
Additional Crew
| Hetal Adesara | ... | associate to producer |
| Anil Arjun | ... | head of distribution: overseas: Reliane team |
| Ranjeet Bahadur | ... | dialogue supervisor |
| Dileep Desai | ... | production coordinator |
| Nimish Dhagat | ... | marketing |
| Subhash Dhar | ... | chief executive: international operations |
| Avit Dias | ... | choreographer |
| Ramakant Dubey | ... | chief accountant |
| Caesar Gonsalves | ... | choreographer (as Bosco-Caesar) |
| Gayatri Gulati | ... | International Distribution & Sales |
| Amitabh Gupta | ... | legal & insurance advisor |
| Supriya Kelkar | ... | assistance |
| Gulnaaz Khan | ... | Assistant Choreographer |
| Aman Mahajan | ... | associate to producer |
| Dilip Kumar Mandal | ... | production staff |
| Bosco Martis | ... | choreographer (as Bosco-Caesar) |
| Arun Mishra | ... | project team: Reliance team |
| Manish Muradiya | ... | production staff |
| Himanshu Nanda | ... | publicity design: H-One |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | publicity design: H-One |
| Mustafa Neemuchwala | ... | assistant to producer |
| Kirit Parekh | ... | senior accountant |
| Ashni Parikh | ... | legal consultant |
| Raka | ... | assistant choreographer |
| Mahesh Ramanathan | ... | management: Reliance Entertainment |
| Dhairya Roy | ... | international distribution |
| Anil Sekhri | ... | chartered accountant |
| Rohit Sharma | ... | project head: Reliance team |
| Deepa Singh | ... | project team: Reliance team |
| Navmeet Singh | ... | production assistant (as Navmeet Arora) |
| Pravin Solanki | ... | assistant: Choreographer / production secretary: Choreographer |
| Raj Surani | ... | dancers coordinator |
| Tom Thudiyanplackal | ... | development & marketing executive (as Thomas Marcus George) |
| Ranju Varghese | ... | choreographer: assistant |
Thanks
| Javed Akhtar | ... | special thanks |
| Sunil Behra | ... | special thanks |
| Jitendra Bhargava | ... | special thanks (as Jitendra Bhargava, Air India) |
| Sunil Bohra | ... | special thanks |
| Sajal Desai | ... | special thanks (as Dr. Sajal Desai) |
| Amitabh Jhunjhunwala | ... | special thanks |
| T. Kundu | ... | special thanks (as Prof. T. Kundu, IIT Bombay) |
| Dia Mirza | ... | special thanks |
| Indu Shekhar Vasisst | ... | special thanks (as Indu Shekhar Vasisst, CAO, IIM Bangalore) |
| Rajiv Verma | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Reliance Big Pictures (2009) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Reliance Big Pictures (2009) (World-wide) (video)
- Reliance Big Pictures (2009) (World-wide) (tv)
- Megavision Films (2013) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Nikkatsu (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Amazon Prime Video (India) (video) (VOD)
- Edko Films (2012) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Edko Films (2012) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Irfan Film (2012) (Turkey) (tv)
- Netflix India (India) (video) (VOD)
- Sony Max (2010) (India) (tv)
Special Effects
- Fable Farm (visual effects)
- Reliance MediaWorks (additional VFX)
Other Companies
- Acropolis (production design)
- Anil Girkar & Co. (sound)
- Aradhana Sound Services (studio: foley recording)
- BHURJI GRIPS (GRIP EQUIPMENT/CREW/CAMERA VEHICLES)
- BWFX Special Makeup and Effects (animatronic baby effects)
- Creative Canvas Entertainment (facilities)
- Dayanand Public School, Simla (sincere thanks: for assistance in Himachal)
- Delhi Public School, Leh (sincere thanks: for assistance in Ladakh)
- Druk White Lotus School (sincere thanks: for assistance in Ladakh)
- H-One (publicity design)
- Idea Forge Technology (invention used in the film: Quadrotor Helicopter)
- Kodak (raw stock)
- Lighthouse (lights)
- Pancham (studio: dialogue cleaning)
- Prime Focus (camera)
- Q Factor (studio: sound design)
- Reliance MediaWorks (digital intermediate)
- Reliance MediaWorks (processing)
- Sandhu Transport Services (transport)
- Shree Balaji Studio (studio: re-recording)
- Shree Ganesh Movie Lights (generators)
- Shree Ganesh Movie Lights (lights)
- Spice PR (pr consultant)
- Spice (media consultant)
- Stereovision (lights)
- Subhash Light House (lights)
- T-Series (soundtrack)
- Tibetan School, Tsomoriri (sincere thanks: for assistance in Ladakh)
- Trigger Happy Entertainment (Visual Promotions)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Rancho is an engineering student. His two friends. Farhan and Raju, Rancho sees the world in a different way. Rancho goes somewhere one day. And his friends find him. When Rancho is found, he has become one of a great scientist in the world. Written by Luv |
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| Taglines | Don't be Stupid. Be an I.D.I.O.T. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | INR550,000,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend India | INR379,600,000, 24 Dec 2009 |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $80,000,000, 07 Mar 2010 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Shah Rukh Khan who declined this film to work on "My Name Is Khan" (2010) referred himself as the 4th idiot, who declined to work in such a great movie. See more » |
| Goofs | 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in 55th Idea Filmfare Awards (2010). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Aal Izz Well See more » |
| Quotes |
Machine Class Professor:
Why are you back? Rancho: Sir, I forgot to take something... Machine Class Professor: What? Rancho: Instruments that record, analyse, summarise, organise, debate and explain information; that are illustrated, non-illustrated, hardbound, paperback, jacketed, non-jacketed; with foreword, introduction, table of contents, index; that are indented for the enlightenment, understanding, enrichment, enhancement and education of the human brain through sensory route of vision - sometimes touch. Machine Class Professor: [confused] What are you trying to say? Rancho: Books sir! I forgot to take my books. See more » |