Ranked #51 of 100
3 Idiots
थ्री इडियट्स · 2009
Three engineering students and a system that measures everything except whether you should be there at all.
- Director
- Rajkumar Hirani
- Year
- 2009
- Genre
- Comedy · Drama
- Cast
- Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Kareena Kapoor
Why it's at number 51
India's most successful film for years and a genuine national argument about education.
Three engineering students and a system that measures everything except whether you should be there at all.
3 Idiots sits in the 2000s alongside Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Rajkumar Hirani — also responsible for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., PK.
- Released in 2009, in the 2000s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Comedy, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — 3 Idiots (2009) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
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