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3 Idiots
by Ahsen
3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming-of-age
comedy-drama film directed by Rajkumar
Hirani, with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi, and
produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. 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. 3
Idiots went on to become the highest-grossing
Bollywood film and was surpassed only in 2013
by Chennai Express.
Upon release, the film broke all opening box office records in India. It was the highestgrossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day
collections for a Bollywood film. It also held the record for highest net collections in the
first week for a Bollywood film. It also became one of the few Indian films to become a
major success in East Asian markets such as China,http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=C86pLho1hlE eventually bringing its overseas total to US$25 million—the highestgrossing Bollywood film of all time in overseas markets. It was expected to be the first
Indian film to be officially released on YouTube, within 12 weeks of releasing in theatres
on 25 March 2010, but finally got officially released on
YouTube in May 2012 The film also went on to win
many awards, winning six Filmfare Awards including
best film and best director, ten Star Screen Awards
and sixteen IIFA awards.
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