3 idiots
Starring: Aamir Khan (rancho), R. Madhavan (farhan), Sharman Joshi (raju), Kareena Kapoor (Pia)
Fahran is a freshman in the Imperial College of Engineering. On his
first night, he, together with his room mate, Raju, and the other
freshmen were given ‘initiation rite’ by senior Engineering students and
it was also the first time he saw an extraordinary student, Rancho, who
was able to defy the seniors. Fahran felt trouble when it turned out
that the guy is another room mate.
Rancho, however, proved to be a very good friend, helpful and loyal.
Despite Rancho’s obvious passion for Engineering and his sanguine
nature, however, the school director considered him a bad influence to
both Fahran and Raju. With his subjective treatment of students, the
school director called the three of them the “Three Idiots.”
But Rancho is far from being an idiot. Year after year, he sits beside
the school director during class pictorials signifying his position as
the first in class, a fact which annoyed Chatur, another student who is
good in memorization and who vowed to see Rancho again after 10 years,
to find out who is the more successful engineer.
Besides Chatur and the school director, Pia, a medical student and
daughter of the school director himself, also felt malevolence towards
Rancho, especially when he called her fiance an ass. But after
witnessing Rancho’s chivalric and selfless act of saving Raju’s father
from death, her attitude and eventually her feelings for Rancho
developed into something special.
Rancho, though feeling something special for Pia could not reciprocate
how she feels, a fact known to both Fahran and Raju. So, in one of their
drinking sessions, the three idiots made a bet that if Rancho would be
able to admit to Pia his true feelings, Fahran will pursue his love for
photography and Raju will let go of his fears and face the world
courageously. Rancho accepted the bet and on that catastrophic night, he
was able to express his feelings to Pia and the school director spotted
Raju on their way out of his house after pissing on his mailbox.
The enraged school director threatened Raju to expel him from school,
but Raju begged him not to as his expulsion might be too much for his
father. So, the school director asked him to incriminate Rancho instead
as he was sure they were together the previous night. Raju, quite unable
to repay Rancho’s kindness with treachery chose to jump off the
building to commit suicide.
Raju lived and Rancho and Fahran, together with their friends and
classmates, tried everything to revive him from his state of coma. They
succeeded and Raju went back to school in time for the interview with
potential employers. Raju, with his changed behavior and attitude, was
accepted. Fahran, as promised to Rancho, told his parents his love for
photography and his intentions to study Photography in Hungary. In the
end, Raju and Fahran expressed their gratitude to their friend.
On the night of the final exam, Rancho, worried about Raju, took Fahran
to the school director’s office and together, stole the test to give to
Raju, but Raju refused. The school director discovered the theft and
rushed to the three idiots’ room and saw on the floor the copy of the
test that Raju crumpled, he expelled them on the spot.
On their way out of school, the three saw Mona, the school director’s
daughter, suffering from labor pains and could not be taken to the
hospital because of the flood. They took her to the recreation center of
the school and, with his invention and compassionate nature, Rancho
delivered the baby.
Their graduation day was the last time they saw Rancho as he disappeared
and was never seen nor heard of again, until Chatur, while setting an
appointment with the most revered scientist Pungsukh Wangdu, saw him on
his secretary’s picture. So, together with Chatur and Raju, hunted for
Rancho and went to his home, only to find out that the Rancho they knew
is not that real Rancho but Chotte, the son of a gardener. Fahran and
Raju also found out that Chotte studied in Rancho’s place so that the
real Rancho will earn a degree and Chotte will learn about engineering.
With this discovery, they continued their journey to find their friend
and along the way thought of Pia whom they know is still in love with
Rancho. They arrived in her house just in time for her wedding. She went
with them, however, and left her fiance.
The address they found is of a school, a school of invention and of
various things they were sure Rancho would think of doing. There, they
found Millimeter, a former errand boy, who showed them Fahran’s book of
Photography which Rancho collects, Raju’s blog which Rancho always reads
and Pia’s helmet which Rancho stole and told them how much Rancho
misses them.
Rancho was surprised to see Pia driving towards him in bridal dress and
was surprised more to see his old friends who came to see him. Most
surprised of all was Chatur when he found out that Rancho is Pungsukh
Wangdu, the scientist he has been closing up a deal with for a year now.