3 Idiots is a 2009 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani， with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi， and produced by Vidhu Vinod C It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan B 3 Idiots stars Aamir Khan， R Madhavan， Sharman Joshi， Kareena Kapoor， Omi Vaidya， Parikshit Sahni and Boman IUpon release， the film broke all opening box office records in I It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and has the highest opening day collections for a Bollywood It also has the record for highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood Within 10 days of its release， the film crossed the 1 billion mark in India and became the first film of 2009 to do The film also created a new box office record for a release in the last quarter of a year (October to December)， breaking the previous record set by G It is also the highest-grossing film to be released in the second half of the year (July to December)， breaking the previous record also held by G3 Idiots has become the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in India and is also the highest grossing Indian film ever breaking the previous record set by Ghajini which also starred Aamir KThe film set a box office record for the Indian film industry， grossing Rs 339 crore It was expected to be the first Indian film to be officially released on YouTube， within 12 weeks of releasing in theaters on March 25， 2010， but never got The film also went on to win many awards， winning six Filmfare Awards including best film and best director， ten Star Screen Awards and sixteen IIFA
