Amitabh Bachchan’s turn as Auro, a child suffering from progeria, in ‘Paa’ has won him his third National Award for Best Actor. And the first person to congratulate him on the triumph was his real-life son and movie dad Abhishek Bachchan.

Abhishek, who played Big B’s father in ‘Paa’ posted on his Twitter page, “I'm a very proud father today!!!!! My son just won the national award for his performance in PAA!!!!!!” He added later, "So excuse me for a while going off to do the monkey dance!!!!! Auro, auro, auro!!!!!!"

And the good wishes started flowing in from the rest of B'wood too.

Bipasha Basu said, "Congratulations to SrBachchan fr the most deserving national award fr PAA. Celebrations!"

Shilpa Shetty added, Well deserved National award, not that you need an award to reiterate your greatness as an actor:)"

And Arshad Warsi posted on Twitter, "Congratulation to the greatest actor this side of the hemisphere... We love you."

Big B had won the Best Actor National Award earlier for 'Agneepath' (1991) and 'Black' (2006). He had also picked up the Best Newcomer National Award for his performance in his debut 'Saat Hindustani' (1970).

So the win for ‘Paa’ makes it Best Actor National Award number three for Amitabh Bachchan, and with this he has caught up with Southern superstars Mammooty and Kamal Hassan who have each won the National Award thrice.

'Paa' also won the Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) and got Arundhati Nag the award for Best Supporting actress. She played Big B's character's grandma in the movie.

Apart from 'Paa', '3 Idiots' also won big at the National Awards for 2009. The Aamir Khan starrer took home the award for Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Lyrics for Swanand Kirkire for the song 'Behti hawa sa tha woh'.

List of National Award winners this year:

Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan for 'Paa'

Best Actress - Ananya Chatterjee for 'Abohoman' (Bengali)

Best Supporting Actor - Farooque Shaikh for 'Lahore'

Best Supporting Actress - Arundhati Nag for 'Paa'

Best Director - Raju Hirani for '3 Idiots' and Rituparno Ghosh for 'Abhoman' (Bengali)

Best Debut Director - Sanjay Puran Singh for 'Lahore'

Best Music: Amit Trivedi for 'Dev D'

Best Lyrics - Swanand Kirkire - 'Behti hawa sa tha woh' from '3 Idiots'

Best Producer - Vidhu Vinod Chopra for '3 Idiots'

Best Feature Film (Hindi) - 'Paa'

Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - '3 Idiots'

Best Film on Social Issues - 'Well Done Abba'

Best National Integration Film - 'Delhi 6'

Best Feature Film (Marathi) – 'Natarang'

Best Feature Film (Bengali) - 'Abohoman'

Best Feature Film (Overall) - 'Kutty Srank' (Malayalam)

Best Special Effects - Kamal Kannan for Magadheera

(Telugu)

Best Child Artists - Jiva, Anba Karasu for 'Pasanga' (Tamil)

Best Kids Film - Ottani Pati and Keshu

Special Jury Award - Editor Sreekar Prasad

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Aamir Khan was "shocked" and "distressed" to hear about the damage to the Druk Pema school, also known as Druk White Lotus school, in Leh after a sudden cloudburst last week. Now he plans to visit the institution.

"Very shocked and distressed to hear about the school we shot in Leh for 3 Idiots. Trying to get in touch with the principal. I suppose the communications are down too," Aamir had posted on his Facebook page Monday.

The actor found out through his journalist friend that "there were no casualties in the school".

"It is a big relief. I should be able to make contact with principal. Fingers crossed," he wrote.

The school became popular after being shown in the last few scenes of 3 Idiots. It is situated approximately 15 km from Leh on the Leh-Manali highway.

"Just spoke with Mr.Prasad, the principal at the school in Leh. Big relief after speaking with him. (I) am trying to go there," posted Aamir Tuesday.

For now, the actor, who has been advised rest, is awaiting the release of his production Peepli Live, directed by debutant Anusha Rizvi.

The film will hit screens Friday.

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After taking the Bollywood box office by storm, Aamir Khan-starrer '3 Idiots' brought record television viewer ratings (TVRs) for Sony Entertainment channel when it was telecast last month.

The film, aired July 25, got 10.9 TVRs, catapulting the channel to the third position of Hindi general entertainment channels in India with 270 gross rating points, a statement from the channel said.

"As a company, we are committed to bringing the biggest and the best properties for our viewers. '3 Idiots' is a continuation of our commitment to this vision and we are delighted with the performance of the premiere telecast on Sony Entertainment Television," said Manjit Singh, CEO Multi Screen Media, of which Sony Entertainment Television is a part.

N.P. Singh, Multi Screen Media COO, said: "I am delighted with the rating of 10.9 TVRs which broke all previous records and made it the most watched television property of the last two years."

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After taking the Bollywood box office by storm, Aamir Khan-starrer '3 Idiots' brought record television viewer ratings (TVRs) for Sony Entertainment channel when it was telecast last month.

The film, aired July 25, got 10.9 TVRs, catapulting the channel to the third position of Hindi general entertainment channels in India with 270 gross rating points, a statement from the channel said.

"As a company, we are committed to bringing the biggest and the best properties for our viewers. '3 Idiots' is a continuation of our commitment to this vision and we are delighted with the performance of the premiere telecast on Sony Entertainment Television," said Manjit Singh, CEO Multi Screen Media, of which Sony Entertainment Television is a part.

N.P. Singh, Multi Screen Media COO, said: "I am delighted with the rating of 10.9 TVRs which broke all previous records and made it the most watched television property of the last two years."

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Kareena, Vidya share best actress honours

'3 Idiots' that created history by becoming one of the most successful films in Hindi cinema walked away with 11 trophies at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards that concluded in Colombo with a flourish early on June 6, being declared the Best Film, while the Best Director award went to Rajkumar Hirani and the Best Actress award to Kareena Kapoor for the same movie.

Kareena shared the award with Vidya Balan, who was honoured for perfectly portraying the role in 'Paa' of a single mother whose son is suffering from progeria.

Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood's affable Munnabhai, walked away with the Best Comic Actor trophy for his rib-tickling performance in 'All The Best', while Boman Irani received the Best Actor in A Negative Role honour for his brilliant portrayal of an eccentric professor in '3 Idiots'.

Sharman Joshi, who played Aamir Khan's friend in '3 Idiots', won the Best Supporting Actor award, while Divya Dutta received Best Supporting Actress honour for her performance in 'Delhi 6'.

In the special award category, well-known Hindi filmmaker J. Omprakash and Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather, who made films like 'Aap Ki Kasam' (1974) , 'Aasha' (1980) and 'Aas Paas' (1981), was honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema.

Versatile actor Anil Kapoor, who made his mark in the international arena with British filmmaker Danny Boyle's multiple award winning rags-to-riches drama 'Slumdog Millionaire', was honoured for outstanding achievement by an Indian in international cinema. And yesteryears glamour girl Zeenat Aman was honoured for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema.

While Bollywood heart throb Salman Khan was given the Habitat for Humanity award, his not-so-good friend Vivek Oberoi, who has been in the news for all the wrong reasongs ever since he arrived for the IIFA awards, was honoured with the Panasonic Global Green award.

Pritam Chakraborty won the Best Music Director Award for composing lilting numbers for 'Love Aaj Kal' and Swanand Kirkire bagged the Best Lyrics Award for the super-hit movie '3 Idiots'.

In the playback singing category, the Best Female Playback Singer award went to Kavita Seth for crooning 'Ik tara' in 'Wake Up Sid' and the Best Male Playback Singer Award went to Shaan for the hit number 'Behti hawa sa thaa wo' in '3 Idiots'.

Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who made her Bollywood debut with 'Aladin', was declared Star Plus Debut of the Year (Female). Apart from Jacqueline, Mahi Gill, who played the modern age Paro in Anurag Kashap's new interpretation of 'Devdas' titled "Dev D", too bagged the Star Plus Debut of the Year (Female) award.

'3 Idiots' fame Omi Vadiya, who had people rolling in the aisles with his antics in the super-hit movie, received the Star Plus Debut of the Year (Male) award along with Jackie Bhagnani - the young actor who made his debut with the not-so-successful movie 'Kal Kissne Dekha'.

Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Story Award for penning the interesting tale of '3 Idiots'.

'3 Idiots' baggged the maximum technical awards. The film won the Best Sound Recording Award for Nihar Ranjan Samal and Sachin K. Sanghvi. The Best Sound Re-recording went to Anup Dev, the Best Song Recording Award went to Sachin K. Sanghvi, the Best Background Score Award went to Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga and Shantanu Moitra, while C.K. Muraleedharan received the Best Cinematography Award for '3 Idiots'.

Bosco Caesar won the Best Choreography Award for directing popular dance moves in 'Love Aaj Kal', the Best Costume Design Awrard went to Anahita Shroff and Dolly Ahluwalia for the same film, which had Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles.

Sabu Cyril won the Best Art Direction Award and Charles Darby won Best Special Effects (Visual) Award for Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Aladin'.

For designing mindblowing action sequecnes in the crime thriller 'Kaminey', Shyam Kaushal was honoured with the Best Action Award and the Best Makeup Award went to the international make-up artists Christien Tinsley & Dominie Till for giving a progeria patient look to Amitabh in 'Paa'.

Labels: 3 Idiots, Anil Kapoor, Bollywood News, IIFA 2010, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sharman Joshi

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Kareena, Vidya share best actress honours

'3 Idiots' that created history by becoming one of the most successful films in Hindi cinema walked away with 11 trophies at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards that concluded in Colombo with a flourish early on June 6, being declared the Best Film, while the Best Director award went to Rajkumar Hirani and the Best Actress award to Kareena Kapoor for the same movie.

Kareena shared the award with Vidya Balan, who was honoured for perfectly portraying the role in 'Paa' of a single mother whose son is suffering from progeria.

Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood's affable Munnabhai, walked away with the Best Comic Actor trophy for his rib-tickling performance in 'All The Best', while Boman Irani received the Best Actor in A Negative Role honour for his brilliant portrayal of an eccentric professor in '3 Idiots'.

Sharman Joshi, who played Aamir Khan's friend in '3 Idiots', won the Best Supporting Actor award, while Divya Dutta received Best Supporting Actress honour for her performance in 'Delhi 6'.

In the special award category, well-known Hindi filmmaker J. Omprakash and Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather, who made films like 'Aap Ki Kasam' (1974) , 'Aasha' (1980) and 'Aas Paas' (1981), was honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema.

Versatile actor Anil Kapoor, who made his mark in the international arena with British filmmaker Danny Boyle's multiple award winning rags-to-riches drama 'Slumdog Millionaire', was honoured for outstanding achievement by an Indian in international cinema. And yesteryears glamour girl Zeenat Aman was honoured for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema.

While Bollywood heart throb Salman Khan was given the Habitat for Humanity award, his not-so-good friend Vivek Oberoi, who has been in the news for all the wrong reasongs ever since he arrived for the IIFA awards, was honoured with the Panasonic Global Green award.

Pritam Chakraborty won the Best Music Director Award for composing lilting numbers for 'Love Aaj Kal' and Swanand Kirkire bagged the Best Lyrics Award for the super-hit movie '3 Idiots'.

In the playback singing category, the Best Female Playback Singer award went to Kavita Seth for crooning 'Ik tara' in 'Wake Up Sid' and the Best Male Playback Singer Award went to Shaan for the hit number 'Behti hawa sa thaa wo' in '3 Idiots'.

Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who made her Bollywood debut with 'Aladin', was declared Star Plus Debut of the Year (Female). Apart from Jacqueline, Mahi Gill, who played the modern age Paro in Anurag Kashap's new interpretation of 'Devdas' titled "Dev D", too bagged the Star Plus Debut of the Year (Female) award.

'3 Idiots' fame Omi Vadiya, who had people rolling in the aisles with his antics in the super-hit movie, received the Star Plus Debut of the Year (Male) award along with Jackie Bhagnani - the young actor who made his debut with the not-so-successful movie 'Kal Kissne Dekha'.

Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Story Award for penning the interesting tale of '3 Idiots'.

'3 Idiots' baggged the maximum technical awards. The film won the Best Sound Recording Award for Nihar Ranjan Samal and Sachin K. Sanghvi. The Best Sound Re-recording went to Anup Dev, the Best Song Recording Award went to Sachin K. Sanghvi, the Best Background Score Award went to Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga and Shantanu Moitra, while C.K. Muraleedharan received the Best Cinematography Award for '3 Idiots'.

Bosco Caesar won the Best Choreography Award for directing popular dance moves in 'Love Aaj Kal', the Best Costume Design Awrard went to Anahita Shroff and Dolly Ahluwalia for the same film, which had Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles.

Sabu Cyril won the Best Art Direction Award and Charles Darby won Best Special Effects (Visual) Award for Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Aladin'.

For designing mindblowing action sequecnes in the crime thriller 'Kaminey', Shyam Kaushal was honoured with the Best Action Award and the Best Makeup Award went to the international make-up artists Christien Tinsley & Dominie Till for giving a progeria patient look to Amitabh in 'Paa'.

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Star Screen Awards was not only about 3 Idiots, which mostly grabbed all the awards but also about Paa for which BigB received the best actor award.

Labels: 3 Idiots, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, News In Video, Nokia 16th Annual Star Awards, Paa, Videos, Vidya Balan

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Best Actor (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa

Best Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan - Paa

Best Actor in popular category (Male)
Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey

Best Actor in popular category (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots & Kurbaan

Best Film
3 Idiots

Best Director
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Rishi Kapoor - Love Aaj Kal

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Arundhati Naag - Paa

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots

Best Music
A R Rahman - Delhi-6

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Aaj Din Chadya - Love Aaj Kal

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Kavita Seth - Iktara - Wake Up Sid

Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil - Chor Bazari - Love Aaj Kal

Best Story
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal

Best Screenplay
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots

Best Dialogue
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Editing
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Special Effects
Charles Darby - Aladin

Best Cinematography
Rajeev Ravi - Dev D

Best Choreography
Bosco- Caesar - Zoobi Doobi - 3 Idiots

Best Action
Vijayan Master - Wanted

Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots

Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Mahie Gill - Dev D

Most Promising Debut Director
Nandita Das - Firaaq

Entertainer of the year
Katrina Kaif

Star Plus Jodi Award
Amitabh Bachchan - Abhishek Bachchan

Best Jodi of the Decade Award
Shahrukh Khan - Kajol

Lifetime Achievement Award
Javed Akhtar

Best Child Artiste
Pratik Katare - Paa

Best Ensemble Cast
Luck By Chance

Labels: 3 Idiots, A.R. Rahman, Amitabh Bachchan, awards, Bollywood News, Features, Kareena Kapoor, Nokia 16th Annual Star Awards, Paa, Raj Kumar Hirani, Shahid Kapur, Vidya Balan

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Best Film
3 Idiots
Dev D
Kaminey
Love Aaj Kal
Paa

Best Director
Anurag Kashyap - Dev D
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
R Balki - Paa
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
Vishal Bhardwaj - Kaminey

Best Actor (Male)
Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa
Ranbir Kapoor - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Ranbir Kapoor - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal
Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey

Best Actor (Female)
Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots
Katrina Kaif - New York
Priyanka Chopra - Kaminey
Priyanka Chopra - What's Your Raashee?
Vidya Balan - Paa

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Abhimanyu Singh - Gulaal
R Madhavan - 3 Idiots
Rishi Kapoor - Love Aaj Kal
Rishi Kapoor - Luck By Chance
Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Arundhati Naag - Paa
Divya Dutta - Delhi-6
Gauhar Khan - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Neha Dhupia - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi
Shahana Goswami - Firaaq

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Amole Gupte - Kaminey
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots
Kay Kay Menon - Gulaal
Mahesh Manjrekar - Wanted
Manish Choudhary - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year

Best Actor in a Comic Role
D Santosh - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots
Paresh Rawal - De Dana Dan
Sanjay Mishra - All The Best
Vinay Pathak - Raat Gayi Baat Gayi

Best Background Music
Amit Trivedi - Dev D
Ilaiyaraja - Paa
Salim-Sulaiman - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Shantanu Moitra, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar - 3 Idiots
Vishal Bhardwaj - Kaminey

Best Music
A R Rahman - Delhi-6
Pritam - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Pritam - Love Aaj Kal
Pritam - Tum Mile
Vishal Bhardwaj - Kaminey

Best Playback Singer Female
Kavita Seth - Iktara - Wake Up Sid
Rekha Bhardwaj - Genda Phool - Delhi-6
Shreya Ghoshal - Zoobi Doobi - 3 Idiots
Shilpa Rao - Mudi Mudi - Paa
Sunidhi Chauhan - Mere Sang - New York

Best Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Emosanal Attyachaar - Dev D
Irshad Kamil - Chor Bazari - Love Aaj Kal
Javed Akhtar - Sapnon Se Bhare Naina - Luck By Chance
Piyush Mishra - Ranaji - Gulaal
Prasoon Joshi - Man Ko Ati Bhavey - London Dreams

Best Story
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Malhotra, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Sanjay Maurya - Gulaal
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari - Firaaq
R Balki - Paa

Best Screenplay
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane - Dev D
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
Pankaj Advani - Sankat City
R Balki - Paa

Best Dialogue
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane - Dev D
R Balki - Paa
Vishal Bhardwaj - Kaminey

Best Editing
Aarti Bajaj - Dev D
Aarti Bajaj - Love Aaj Kal
Anil Naidu - Paa
Meghna Manchanda Sen, Sreekar Prasad - Kaminey
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Sound
Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihar Ranjan Samel - 3 Idiots
Dileep Subramaniam - Love Aaj Kal
Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego - Dev D
Shajith Koyeri, Subhash Sahu, P M Satheesh - Kaminey
Tapas Nayak - Paa

Best Special Effects
Charles Darby - Aladin
Prime Focus Ltd - Blue

Best Cinematography
C.K. Muraleedharan - 3 Idiots
P.C. Sreeram - Paa
Rajeev Ravi - Dev D
Shankar Raman - Frozen
Tassaduq Hussain - Kaminey

Best Art Directon
Acropolis, Rajnish Hedaa, Sumit, Snigdha Basu - 3 Idiots
Sabu Cyril - Aladin
Samir Chanda - Delhi-6
Samir Chanda - Kaminey
Sukanta Panigrahy, Helen Jones - Dev D

Best Choreography
Ahmed Khan - Prem Ki Naiiyya - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Avit Dias - Aal Izz Well - 3 Idiots
Bosco- Caesar - Zoobi Doobi - 3 Idiots
Prasanna - Marjaani - Billu
Baawre - Vaibhavi Merchant - Luck By Chance

Best Action
James D Bomalick - Blue
Huan-Chiu Ku - Chandni Chowk To China
Shyam Kaushal - Kaminey
Tinu Verma - Acid Factory
Vijayan Master - Wanted

Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Amole Gupte - Kaminey
Chandan Roy Sanyal - Kaminey
Navin Kaushik - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots

Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Gauhar Khan - Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year
Giselle Monteiro - Love Aaj Kal
Jesse Randhawa - Gulaal
Kalki Koechlin - Dev D
Mahie Gill - Dev D

Most Promising Debut Director
Ayan Mukerji - Wake Up Sid
Nandita Das - Firaaq
Pankaj Advani - Sankat City
Shivajee Chandrabhushan - Frozen
Zoya Akhtar - Luck By Chance

Best Child Artiste
Jahan Bativala - Little Zizou
Iyanah Bativala - Little Zizou
Rahul Kumar - 3 Idiots
Parzan Dastur- Sikandar
Pratik Katare - Paa

Best Ensemble Cast
Delhi-6
Firaaq
Gulaal
Luck By Chance
Sankat City

Labels: 16th Annual Star Screen Awards, 3 Idiots, awards, Bollywood News, Dev D, Features, Kaminey, Love Aaj Kal, Nominations, Paa

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Amir Khan Starrer "3 Idiots" has smashed all previous records. The Week 1 [incl. Thursday previews] totals to an astonishing, earth-shattering Rs. 80 crores net. Reliance BIG Entertainment, distributor of the film, released about 2,000 prints across 40 countries. Has crossed the lifetime net collections of all films, except ‘Ghajini’ [Rs. 115 cr.] and ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ [Rs. 85 cr.].

Reliance Big Pictures which released ‘3 Idiot’s in 2126 screens worldwide including 366 screens overseas – the widest release for any Indian film so far – has reported unprecedented box-office response from all over. The film has set new records in ticket sales in towns and cities across the world. In just 4 days the film has grossed over an astounding Rs 100 crores worldwide. The film continues to draw record crowds and is setting new benchmarks for Bollywood films.

Inspired from Chetan Bhagat’s novel, ‘Five Point Someone’ the film chronicles the tale of three friends together in an engineering college. What seem to have touched the right chord in people’s heart is the witty writing and terrific acting and the incisive look which the film takes at the education system in India. The screenplay is impressively done, with the credits going to Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Shot on location the film has caught the audience’s imagination like never before, thanks to the cinematographer C.R. Muraleedharan. From a small town like Wardha to a city like Chandigarh, from Mumbai to Delhi and from New York to Sydney theatres have reported record-breaking collections. The film which has also been critically acclaimed has already begun attracting repeat audiences. Said a college student coming out of a suburban multiplex in Ahmedabad that she was coming back again tomorrow with her family to watch the film.

Commenting on the huge success of the film Producer Vinod Chopra said, “Response has been overwhelming from all over the world. Aamir, Raju and I knew from the responses earlier on that people liked the film but this is something else… We have got reports from places like Australia that they have reduced ‘Avatar’ shows and increased ours.”

“3 Idiots is the highest grossing Hindi film ever in Australia on its opening weekend. Similarly in the US, I have been given to understand that ‘3 Idiots’ would be highest ever for a Hindi film,” he added.

Film Information, an Indian trade journal that tracks box office performance commented “Bollywood should be dancing, singing, rejoicing, shedding tears of joy… 3 Idiots has come like a tornado to smash box-office records and create new ones which may not be broken easily, at least in the immediate future.”

Labels: 3 Idiots, Aamir Khan, Bollywood News, Madhavan, Raj Kumar Hirani, Sharman Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

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Film makes Rs.93 crore in opening weekend

Aamir Khan starrer comedy-drama "3 Idiots" created a record by earning around Rs.93 crore (Rs.930 million/$20 million) in its opening weekend. Reliance BIG Entertainment, which is the distributor of "3 Idiots", released the movie with about 2,000 prints across 40 countries.

Loosely based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller "Five Point Someone", the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

"Response has been overwhelming from all over the world. Aamir, Raju and I knew from the responses earlier on that people liked the film but this is something else? We have got reports from places like Australia that they have reduced 'Avatar' shows and increased ours," said Chopra in a statement.

Released on Dec 25, its box office collection has beaten the initial earnings of another Aamir starrer "Ghajini", considered Hindi cinema's highest grosser till date, with 30 percent more earnings till Sunday night.

"'3 Idiots' is the highest grossing Hindi film ever in Australia on its opening weekend. Similarly in the US, I have been given to understand that '3 Idiots' would be highest ever for a Hindi film," he added.

The paid previews of the movie also garnered over Rs.9 crore worldwide, above those of the paid preview collections of "Ghajini" that was Rs.7 crore globally.

It also stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles.

Labels: 3 Idiots, Aamir Khan, Bollywood News, Ghajini, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi

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Actors and director tight-lipped about the scene

Just ahead to the release of the film ‘3 Idiots’ (pictured above), reports doing the rounds are that Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor will share a long and passionate kiss in the film.

Even though Kareena, Aamir and director Raju Hirani are tight-lipped, an insider source confirmed the news.

Aamir generally does not have such kissing scenes in his films and this will be something to watch out for.

Fifteen years back Aamir had done a similar kissing sequence with Kareena’s sister Karisma Kapoor in “Raja Hindustani”, which had made much news at that time.

As for Kareena, didn’t we hear her say sometime back that she will not indulge in such scenes and skin show any more as she is going to be the daughter-in-law of the Royal Pataudi family?

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They’ll discuss marketing strategies for 'Paa', '3 Idiots'

Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are leaving no stone unturned to promote their upcoming films "Paa" and "3 Idiots" respectively - the two are meeting today (Nov 15) to discuss marketing gimmicks for both the films.

"Paa" is releasing on Dec 4, while "3 Idiots" hits the screens on Dec 25.

"Aamir comes over Sunday at my initiative to discuss a few promotional points for our respective films. It is always a joy to meet him... We have always spent time together discussing various topics of common interest and yes films is one of them. Let’s see how things go," Amitabh posted on his blog on Saturday.

Aamir, who excels at promotional gimmicks for his movies, has so far had live chat with fans on the internet, reportedly got in touch with them through social-networking websites and even launched the music of the film online.

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, "3 Idiots" has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller "Five Point Someone", it stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor apart from Aamir.

Big B too is promoting "Paa", in which he plays a 13-year-old suffering from the disease progeria that causes premature ageing. He says his fans often come to visit him on Sundays and that he plans to "give hand outs autographed by me or maybe by Auro".

"There is a unique way in which the promotion for 'Paa' is scheduled over the radio and soon you shall all be in a position to witness it...," he wrote.

"Talks have now been initiated for the premiere to be held in not one, not two, but three centres. And we are diligently working on a London-Dubai-Mumbai destination... The logistics and the mechanics are being worked out and hopefully there will be some news soon," he added.

Directed by R. Balakrishnan, "Paa" stars Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan as Amitabh's parents.

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Kareena Kapoor has said that working with Aamir is a dream-come-true. She calls him a cinematic genius. Meanwhile, Aamir is gaga over the actress too.

“Kareena is so beautiful, you can look and admire her all day and not get bored of her,” said Khan, adding, “She is a wonderful person too; so warm and friendly and a terrific actress who is dedicated to her work.”

“We have wanted to work with each other since a long time and we have finally got together for 3 Idiots in which we have been paired romantically,” smiled Khan.

Khan has worked with both Karisma and Kareena, so what does he have to say about that? “I remember Kareena was very young when she visited the sets of Andaz Apna Apna and Raja Hindustani. I think they both are equally fantastic actresses and I am chummier terms with Kareena.”

Kareena couldn’t take her eyes off Aamir, like a star-struck fan and mouthed ‘thank you’ as he praised her. “I think there is no one like Aamir Khan. He is a true emperor and cinematic genius, even though he is an idiot in the film. 3 Idiots is a milestone film in my career and something I will be proud to tell my children about,” said the stunning star. Apparently, Saif isn’t too pleased about Kareena being star struck by Aamir.

Aamir, on the other hand has different sentiments about Saif (who is back in the pink of health) and Kurbaan though. Aamir is gung-ho about Kurbaan. “I think we should promote Kurbaan now,” he joked, adding on a serious note, “Kurbaan is one film I am really excited about as the promos look spectacular and intriguing.”

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Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots isn’t a direct adaptation of the Chetan Bhagat Novel Five Point Someone, but has the trademark Hirani twist to it.

Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone was about three IIT hostelmates with below average GPAs surviving in a B-school. Their marks not only affect their professional life, but family and love life as well. However, director Rajkumar Hirani who’s known best for creating the Munnabhai phenomenon has provided his own rendition to the tale of the three IITians. Hirani, when quizzed about the film being an adaptation, confirmed, “While the basic premise of the B-school and IITian culture is similar to that of the book, the film is very loosely based on the novel. The story and characters are very different, along with the humour and message that is delivered through the life of the three friends.”

A source on the sets of the film reveals, “The film is a notch above the book. Hirani has thrown light on the professional and parental pressure IITians go through in a B-school. The pressure of always being on top, strict competition and the necessity of doing everything forms the book and has been highlighted in the movie. The plight of the students and their parents will help audiences relate with the story. It’s a complete entertainer, considering Hirani’s humour can leave anybody rolling off their seat and also the message given at the end of each of his films. Aamir is the star of the film indeed, but Sharman Joshi, Madhavan and, most importantly, Boman Irani shine throughout the film. Kareena Kapoor is a breath of fresh air in the film. All characters are essaying the role of 20-25 year olds and are completely believable. 3 Idiots is a must-watch for the youth and their parents.”

Boman Irani too tagged the film as a must-watch in a recent interview and Kareena labeled 3 Idiots as the film of the year. With Aamir Khan going around town promoting the film through the youth, it is quite evident that the actors and the filmmakers feel very strongly about their forthcoming offering. Sounds like this film will be worth all those expectations, indeed!

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Actor and wife away from home, in one quiet spot

Aamir Khan, who is spending time with wife Kiran Rao after her miscarriage last month, says his much-awaited "3 Idiots" will hit the screens in December.

"Vinod (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) and Raju (Raj Kumar Hirani) tell me that the post production on '3 Idiots' is progressing well - so by the time I get back, the cut (final product) will be ready. Which means I can confirm to all those of you who have been repeatedly asking... yes, '3 Idiots' will be releasing on Christmas this year. I'll see the cut once I get back," he wrote on his blog.

He didn't reveal his whereabouts, but informed: "Kiran and I are away from home, in one very quiet spot, just lying in and resting. Reading, going for walks, watching films."

The actor says he is utilising his time to catch up on a few films and books - something that he hasn't been able to do thanks to his chock-a-block schedules.

"There are so many films to see, and books to read. One life time is not enough. Books, I read, but films I never get down to seeing.

"Strange, since, I love cinema so much. It's not as if I don't enjoying watching films. I really do, in fact when I watch a film I forget to blink and my eyes start hurting after a while. But for someone who is so steeped in films I have watched pathetically few films in all these years," he said.

Aamir is glad that he has finally managed to watch 1994 American film "The Shawshank Redemption", which was recommended to him by many.

"Just saw '(The) Shawshank Redemption'. Had heard so much about this film. It seems to be on a lot of ‘must see' lists. Really enjoyed it," he added.

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