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3 Idiots
2009
· Movie
· 170 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #321
- IMDb #69
- Google retired #10
- Rotten Tomatoes #212
- Metacritic #975
- Letterboxd #256
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #257
- Metacritic Audience #184
- Criticker #710
- Douban #28
- Kinopoisk #208
- AlloCiné #788
- Trakt #90
Every rating
61–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Google on 98. Critics average 67, everyone else 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two friends embark on a search for their long-lost college roommate. During their journey, they reminisce about their days at an elite engineering academy and how their friend inspired them to think differently. His unconventional approach to life and learning challenged the strict system and changed their lives.
Details
- Director
- Rajkumar Hirani
- Writers
- Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Based on
- a work by Chetan Bhagat
- Released
- 23 December 2009
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi, English
- Runtime
- 170 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $60.3M
- Awards
- 36 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 49 →23 major awards won · 36 wins from 49 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Producers Guild Film Awards 2011 | Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Producers Guild Film Awards 2011 | Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 | Most Popular Song | "All Izz Well' | Winner |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 | Best Lyricist | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 | Best Male Playback Singer | Shaan, Shantanu Moitra for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 | Best Film Album | Shantanu Moitra | Winner |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 | Best Engineer | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Anup Dev | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2010 | Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
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International Indian Film Academy Awards
22 nominations, 16 won
| Best Actress | Kareena Kapoor | Winner |
| Best Background Score | Sanjay Wanderkar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan | Winner |
| Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Editing | Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Best Lyricist | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Best Male Debut | Omi Vaidya | Winner |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Shaan for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Boman Irani | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Best Sound Re-Recording | Anup Dev | Winner |
| Best Sound Recording | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihal Ranjan Samel | Winner |
| Best Story | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sharman Joshi | Winner |
| Best Actor | Aamir Khan | Nominee |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Shreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi" | Nominee |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Sonu Nigam for "All Izz Well" | Nominee |
| Best Music Director | Shantanu Moitra | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Comic Role | Omi Vaidya | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | R. Madhavan | Nominee |
Global Indian Music Academy Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Engineer | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Anup Dev | Winner |
| Best Film Album | Shantanu Moitra | Winner |
| Best Lyricist | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Shaan, Shantanu Moitra for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Most Popular Song | "All Izz Well' | Winner |
Producers Guild Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
Filmfare Awards
11 nominations, 6 won
| Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Best Story | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Boman Irani | Winner |
| Best Actor | Aamir Khan | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Kareena Kapoor | Nominee |
| Best Playback Singer – Female | Shreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi" | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sharman Joshi | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | R. Madhavan | Nominee |
National Film Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Audiography | Anup Dev | Winner |
| Best Lyrics | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Winner |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
Stardust Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Film of the Year – Drama | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Winner |
| Star of the Year – Female | Kareena Kapoor (also for Kurbaan ) | Winner |
Ghanta Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Worst Song | "All Izz Well" | Winner |
Videoyasan Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize | 3 Idiots | Winner |
Beijing International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | 3 Idiots | Nominee |
Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film | 3 Idiots | Nominee |