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Shah Rukh Khan refused to act in movie 3 Idiots, Aamir Khan benefited
The movie became a big hit
Shah Rukh Khan was the first choice
for Bollywood hit 3 Idiots. He turned down the offer. The role next went to
Aamir Khan. The movie became a bit hit. Here are some information about the
movie 3 Idiots.
3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian
coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by
Rajkumar Hirani. Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena
Kapoor, Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya, the film 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 is narrated through
parallel dramas, one in the present and the other ten years in the past. It
also incorporated real Indian inventions, namely those created by Remya Jose,
Mohammad Idris, Jahangir Painter and Sonam Wangchuk.
Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
under the banner Vinod Chopra Films, 3 Idiots received critical and commercial
success upon its release on December 25, 2009. The film was the
highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India, had the highest opening
day collections for an Indian film up until that point and also held the record
for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film. It also
became one of the few Indian films at the time to become successful in East
Asian markets such as China and Japan, eventually bringing its worldwide gross
to ₹392 crore ($90 million)—it was the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the
time. The film also had a social impact on attitudes to education in India.
The film won six Filmfare Awards
including Best Film and three National Film Awards including Best Popular Film.
Overseas, it won the Grand Prize at Japan's Videoyasan Awards, and was
nominated for Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film at the Japan Academy
Awards and Best Foreign Film at China's Beijing International Film Festival.
This film was remade in Tamil as Nanban (2012), which also received critical
praise and commercial success. Nanban had a Telugu dubbed version titled
Snehitudu. A Mexican remake, 3 Idiotas, was also released in 2017.
The film initially opened up on
1550 prints worldwide. 3 Idiots was released in 1800 theaters in India, which
was at that time a big domestic release. 3 Idiots was released in 415 screens
overseas. 3 idiots was released in 2,215 theaters worldwide.
It was expected to be the first
Indian film to be officially released on YouTube on 25 March 2010, only 12
weeks after its initial theatrical release. Officially, it was released on
YouTube in May 2012, but its access has since been restricted.
The film released in Taiwan on
December 2010, followed by Hong Kong on 1 September 2011. In China, it was
released as San Geshagua ("Three Idiots"), in December 2011. In South
Korea, it was released in 2011. Alongside the original Hindi version, a
Mandarin Chinese dubbed version was also released, with the popular actress
Tang Wei (known for Lust, Caution) voicing Kareena Kapoor's role and Huang Bo voicing
Aamir Khan's role (Khan and Bo later collaborated again on Secret Superstar).
Following its success in other
Asian markets, Japanese distributor Nikkatsu announced plans to release the
film in Japan. It was released there in June 2013, with the title きっと、うまくいく (Kitto,
Umaku Iku).
The film's worldwide lifetime gross
was ₹459.96 crore (US$90 million), making it the highest-grossing Indian film
ever at the time. The film was listed in Guinness World Records for the record
of highest box office film gross for a Bollywood film.
In India, the film broke all box
office records upon release. It created the highest collection record for paid
previews with ₹27.5 million that time, which was broken by Chennai Express
(2013). In its four-day first weekend, the film netted ₹38 crore (equivalent to
₹71 crore or US$10 million in 2018), and broke the record held by Ghajini for
the first weekend collections. By the first week, the film netted ₹79 crore
(equivalent to ₹149 crore or US$21 million in 2018), again breaking the box
office record held by Ghajini. 3 Idiots had nett grossed ₹56 crore (equivalent
to ₹105 crore or US$15 million in 2018) in its 2nd week, ₹302.5 million (US$4.4
million) during the third week, ₹16 crore (equivalent to ₹30 crore or US$4.4
million in 2018) in its fourth week and ₹9.75 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or
US$2.7 million in 2018) in fifth to make a total of ₹202 crore in five weeks,
first Indian film ever to collect this huge amount, hence established the ₹200
crore (US$29 million) Club. Its final domestic gross in India was ₹273.82 crore
(US$57.05 million).
Overseas, 3 Idiots became the then
highest-grossing Indian film in overseas markets, with an overseas gross of
US$30.5 million (₹186 crore). Its first weekend opening collection overseas was
$4 million. It set record collections for Indian-produced films in territories
such as the United States and Australia. In the United States, the film earned
$6.5 million since its opening, in addition to over $2.5 million in the United
Kingdom, over $2 million in Canada, and nearly $1 million in Australia. 3
Idiots has the biggest first week total in the US with around $3 million over
its first four days.
Unusual for an Indian film at the time,
3 Idiots became a success in East Asian markets. 3 Idiots had a wide release in
East Asian markets including China, South Korea and Hong Kong. The film had the
longest showing period at cinemas in Taiwan, for more than two months from
December 2010, breaking the record of Avatar, with over NT$10 million
(US$629,024) grossed. 3 Idiots was the first aired Indian film in Hong Kong,
where it grossed HK$22 million at the box office since its showing from 1
September 2011 through January 2012, the equivalent of US$3.02 million. It was
the 14th highest-grossing film of 2011 at the Hong Kong box office.
In South Korea, where it was
released in 2011, the film grossed ₩3,416,415,900 (US$3,084,647). The film was
number-one at the South Korean box office for five weeks, drawing an audience
of 459,686 viewers.
In China, where it is known as San
Geshagua ("Three Idiots"), the film grossed ₹11 crore in 2 weeks in
December 2011, eventually crossing the $2 million mark within 18 days, and
nearly $3 million within a month, as of 5 January 2012.
Upon its release in the Japanese
market in June 2013, it went on to collect around ¥100 million (₹61 million) in
its first two weeks of run – that makes the film the highest grossing Hindi
film ever in Japan. Its final gross in Japan was ¥150 million (US$1.6 million).
The film's final gross in East Asian markets was US$11,333,671 (₹69.2 crore).
The film won 52 accolades from
Indian film awards; among these are six Filmfare Awards including Best Film and
Best Director, three National Film Awards including Best Popular Film, ten Star
Screen Awards, sixteen IIFA Awards, five GIMA Awards, two Apsara Awards and
seven Bollywood Hungama Surfers Choice Movie Awards.
In China, it was nominated for the
Best Foreign Film prize at the first Beijing International Film Festival in
2011. In Japan, it was nominated in the Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film
category at the 37th Japan Academy Awards in 2014; the award was eventually won
by Les Miserables. In addition, 3 Idiots won the Grand Prize at the 4th
Videoyasan Awards, held by a Japanese organisation of home video retailers in
2014; 3 Idiots was selected as 2013's best video release, beating thousands of
films, anime and television shows, including domestic Japanese and foreign
Hollywood productions.
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