3 Idiots

One of the main themes of the movie 3 idiots is to follow your heart. In the examples shown in the movie, the people concerned
already know what they want to do but many times it does not happen that way as Amitabh Bachchan said in one of his interviews “I
was lucky that early in life, I knew correctly that I wanted to become an actor. I have come across several people in my life who do
not know what to do with themselves”. To my mind, he is the best example of "Follow your heart". He went to the film Industry in
1969 after five years in the corporate world and what a stupendous success he turned out to be. It goes without saying that for
every such case, there are bound to be failures as well. For that matter, a good degree also cannot ensure commercial success for a
lifetime but chances of success are better where real passions and strengths lie if the concerned profession pays reasonably well.

 Aamir Khan as Ranchoddas, also known as "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad / Chhote / Phunsukh Wangdu, one of
the title group of three friends in the engineering college. He went missing after graduation and after 5 years his two
friends traveled across India looking for him, while telling stories of their time in engineering college together. Rancho,
as a student, was conspicuously ingenious and angry at the inhumanity of the school system. At the end of the film,
he is shown to be a famous scientist, entrepreneur and business magnate who also teaches young children when he
takes a break from researching.
 Shoaib Ahmed as young Chhote
 R. Madhavan as Farhan Qureshi, the film's narrator and a friend of Rancho and Raju. His father wanted him to be an
engineer, but his dream career is wildlife photography; in the end he is shown to have published several books of
photographs.
 Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi. He comes from an impoverished family with a mother who is a retired school teacher
and a paralyzed father who had been a postman. In the flashback story, his family is poor so they can't afford the car
that would be demanded as a dowry for his sister. In the present story, he is a settled married man in Delhi who has
freed his family from poverty by becoming a wealthy executive.
 Kareena Kapoor as Pia Sahastrabuddhe, Virus' younger daughter, an intelligent and capable doctor. Despite her
father's disapproval, she and Rancho fall in love.
 Boman Irani as Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe (nicknamed Virus), college's strict director. He is also Pia's father, and the
film's antagonist. He stubbornly sticks to a doctrinal method of teaching, putting him at odds with Rancho.
 Omi Vaidya as Chatur Ramalingam, a Ugandan-Indian educated in Tamil-speaking Pondicherry who has little
knowledge of Hindi. He is nicknamed Silencer because the pills he takes, to enhance his ability to memorise
passages from textbooks, make him gassy. In the present story, he is vice-president of an American company who
only discovers his success being overshadowed by Rancho in the end of the film.
 Baradwaj Rangan of the New Indian Express wrote that Chatur being a Tamil from Uganda makes him "twice
removed from the North Indians around him — a stranger to the nation as well as the national language."[26]
 Rahul Kumar as young Manmohan (nicknamed Millimetre), and Dushyant Wagh as adult Manmohan. As an
adolescent, he earns a small living by doing errands for students, such as ironing their clothes, finishing assignments,
and getting groceries. Rancho persuades him to buy a school uniform and sneak into school to gain an education.
Later he becomes an assistant to Rancho/Phunsukh Wangdu in Ladakh.
 Mona Singh as Mona Sahastrabuddhe, Pia's elder sister and Virus's first daughter.
 Parikshit Sahni as Mr Qureshi, Farhan's father, a strict but loving parent who just wants his son to be happy.
 Farida Dadi as Mrs Qureshi, Farhan's mother, a loving and caring parent.
 Amardeep Jha as Mrs Rastogi, Raju's mother, a retired schoolteacher and dedicated mother.
 Javed Jaffrey as the real Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad. Raju and Farhan go to his home and learn the truth:
that Chanchad's father sponsored an orphaned servant boy called 'Chhote', who had demonstrated his intelligence
and love of learning, to earn a degree in his name, while the real Ranchoddas was in London. He does appreciate
what Chhote did for him, and tells Raju and Farhan where to find him.
 Arun Bali as Shamaldas Chanchad, father of Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad.
 Ali Fazal as Joy Lobo, a student with a passion for machines. After Virus tells him that he will not graduate, he
commits suicide.
 Akhil Mishra as Librarian Dubey
 Rohitash Gaud as Ranchoddas' servant
 Achyut Potdar as Machine Class Professor
 Madhav Vaze as Joy Lobo's father.
 Olivier Sanjay Lafont as Suhas Tandon, Pia's ex-fiancé, who cares only about money and ostentation.
 Jayant Kripalani as a company head who conducts Raju's job interview.
 Atul Tiwari as Minister in Auditorium
 Rajeev Ravindranathan as ragging senior student
CLIMAX

Arriving at Shimla, they meet a man who turns out to be the real Ranchoddas Chanchad (Javed Jaffrey). From him, they
learn that the Rancho they knew was actually "Chhote", an orphaned servant to the Chanchad family. Ranchoddas'
father arranged for Chhote to attend ICE in his son's name, so that his son could take credit for the degree. Ranchoddas
provides Chhote's address in Ladakh, where he is a school teacher. On the way, in Manali, they also rescue Pia from
marrying her materialistic boyfriend Suhas, so that she can marry Rancho.

Upon arrival in Ladakh, the four find the village school, witnessing young students' inventions that resemble Rancho's
own college projects. Raju, Farhan, and Pia then happily reunite with Rancho. Assuming Rancho to be a mere school
teacher, Chatur insults Rancho, and asks him to sign a statement that he is the less successful one. Without comment,
Rancho does so. As Chatur walks away in triumph, "Rancho" reveals himself to be Phunsukh Wangdu, a world-renowned
inventor with over 400 patents, with whom Chatur seeks a contract. A horrified Chatur accepts his defeat and begs him
to sign the contract while Pia and the three friends run away laughing.

Conflicts
The causes for conflicts can be any of the following:

 Communication
 Incompatible goals
 Interdependence
 Differentiation

Conflicts are generally of two types : 1) Task-oriented 2) Socio-emotional

In this there was a conflict between Aamir Khan and Omi vaidya regarding the speech given in
the auditorium by Omi which is actually the edited version of the original one. This incident had
hurt the self-respect of Omi and eventually it lead to a socio-emotional conflict.
And, there was one more serious conflict between Boman Irani and Aamir. It was mainly on the
education system being followed by most of the colleges in India. First it started off as a taskoriented
conflict; but later on due to some personal grudges, it turned into a socio-emotional
conflict. When this happens, escalation of conflict takes place.

lessons from the movie "3 idiots"

 Don't run behind the success: Don't run behind the success, achieve excellence first, the success will automatically come
looking for you.
 Creativity: Be always creative in your answers, work & things you do which helps you become more capable of your own.
 Learning is everywhere: Learning isn't just about being inside a class room and listening to teachers but its there
everywhere. You just need to grab and grow with it.
 Do it with a passion: Are you passionate about what you are doing? then its for you! You need to love what you do and that
is when you can go get greater things at ease.
 Never Race: Don't ever race just because someone else doing it to achieve something on a timeline. Always try to gain some
knowledge and expertise.
 Say "All is well": Probably most popular chant words of the year 2009 in India. Rancho's core mantra of chanting the words
to help himself and friends to get rid of the fear. He says "This will not solve all problems but will surely give guts to face
them".
 Ignore others: There are naysayers, jealous, stupid, hatred people around us. Ignore them and move on. Remember? "If you
stop and throw a stone at every dog that barks, you will never reach your destination".
 Take a risk: Challenge yourself and take a risk to do something. The worst thing that will ever happen is "failure", if so,
switch over.