3 Idiots is an Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The film is based on novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat, it follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and is a satire about the social pressures under an Indian education system. The film stars Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya in lead roles. 3 Idiots has been remade in Tamil entitled Nanban (2012) and Spanish-language Mexican remake named 3 idiotas (2017).
3 Idiots garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its direction, screenplay, the cast's performances, cinematography, and musical score. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 13 reviews and judged 100% to be positive, with an average rating of 7.44/10. At the 55th Filmfare Awards, the film received eleven nominations including Best Film, Best Director for Hirani, and went on to win six awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. At the 11th IIFA Awards, the film garnered twenty-three nominations and went on to win seventeen awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing for Hirani, Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) for Kareena Kapoor, Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) for Sharman Joshi, Best Performance in a Negative Role for Boman Irani, Best Male Debut for Omi Vaidya.
3 Idiots won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, and the National Film Award for Best Audiography at the 57th National Film Awards. At the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize, the film was nominated for the Outstanding Foreign Language Film. At the 1st Global Indian Music Academy Awards, 3 Idiots won the GiMA Award for Best Engineer – Theatre Mix, GiMA Award for Best Music Debut, GiMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer, and the GiMA Award for Best Lyricist.
Accolades AwardYear of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResultBeijing International Film Festival2011Best Foreign Film3 IdiotsFilmfare Awards2010Best FilmVidhu Vinod Choprarowspan="6"Best DirectorRajkumar HiraniBest DialogueAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar HiraniBest StoryBest ScreenplayAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod ChopraBest Supporting ActorBoman IraniR. Madhavanrowspan="5"Sharman JoshiBest ActorAamir KhanBest ActressKareena KapoorBest Playback Singer – FemaleShreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi"Global Indian Music Academy Awards2010Best Film AlbumShantanu Moitrarowspan="11"Most Popular Song"All Izz Well'Best LyricistSwanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh"Best Male Playback SingerShaan, Shantanu Moitra for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh"Best EngineerBishwadeep Chatterjee and Anup DevGhanta Awards2011Worst Song"All Izz Well"International Indian Film Academy Awards2010Best FilmVidhu Vinod ChopraBest DirectorRajkumar HiraniBest EditingBest ActressKareena KapoorBest Supporting ActorSharman JoshiR. MadhavanBest Performance in a Negative RoleBoman Iranirowspan="2"Best Male DebutOmi VaidyaBest Performance in a Comic RoleBest LyricistSwanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh"rowspan="2"Best Male Playback SingerShaan for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh"Sonu Nigam for "All Izz Well"Best Background ScoreSanjay Wanderkar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitrarowspan="7"Best StoryAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod ChopraBest ScreenplayBest DialogueAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar HiraniBest CinematographyC. K. MuraleedharanBest Sound RecordingBishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihal Ranjan SamelBest Sound Re-RecordingAnup DevBest ActorAamir Khanrowspan="4"Best Music DirectorShantanu MoitraBest Female Playback SingerShreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi"Japan Academy Prize2014Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film3 IdiotsNational Film Awards2010Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentRajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Choprarowspan="7"Best LyricsSwanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh"Best AudiographyAnup DevProducers Guild Film Awards2011Best FilmVidhu Vinod ChopraBest DirectorRajkumar HiraniStardust Awards2010Film of the Year – DramaVidhu Vinod ChopraStar of the Year – FemaleKareena Kapoor (also for Kurbaan) Videoyasan Awards 2014 Grand Prize 3 Idiots
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