3 Idiots Directed by Rajkumar Hirani Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra Written by Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani Based on Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT! by Chetan Bhagat Starring Aamir Khan R. Madhavan Sharman Joshi Kareena Kapoor Khan Boman Irani Omi Vaidya Narrated by R. Madhavan Music by Shantanu Moitra Production company Vinod Chopra Films, Dimension Films Distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Miramax Release dates 25 December 2009 Running time 171 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹55 crore (equivalent to ₹97 crore or US$14 million in 2016) Box office est. ₹392 crore (equivalent to ₹690 crore or US$100 million in 2016) 3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming of age comedy-drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Abhijat Joshi wrote the screenplay. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. The film stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. Upon release, the film was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point. It 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 to become successful in East Asian markets such as China, eventually bringing its overseas total to more than US$65 million at the time—the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in overseas markets, before being overtaken by Chennai Express in 2013. The film is distinctive for featuring real inventions by little-known people in India's backyards. The brains behind the innovations were Remya Jose, a student from Kerala, who created the exercise-bicycle/washing-machine; Mohammad Idris, a barber from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, who invented a bicycle-powered horse clipper; and Jahangir Painter, a painter from Maharashtra, who made the scooter-powered flour mill. This film was remade in Tamil as Nanban (2012) which also received critical praise and commercial success. It has also been announced that there will be a Chinese remake of the film produced by Stephen Chow and that there are plans for a Hollywood remake produced in the United States. A Telugu remake was planned despite Nanban having a Telugu dubbed version titled Snehitudu. 3 Idiots Directed by Rajkumar Hirani Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra Written by Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani Based on Five Point Someone – What not ... Read more »
Paa Paa(Hindi: पा, English: Father) is a 2009 Indian comedy-drama film directed by R. Balakrishnan (credited onscreen as R. Balki) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vidya Balan. The film is based on a rare genetic condition known as progeria and places emphasis on a father-son relationship. Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, in real life, are father and son respectively, but in Paa, they played opposite roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 Dec 2009. Veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja scored the music. The film was critically acclaimed in India and fared well at the box office. Despite a warm reception from Indian film critics, the film received mixed reviews from overseas film critics, according to the websites Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Amitabh Bachchan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor at the 57th National Film Awards for his performance and his fifth Filmfare Best Actor Award and Vidya Balan got her first Filmfare Best Actress Award. Directed by R. Balki Produced by Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Sunil Manchanda Mahesh Ramanathan Written by R. Balki Starring Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Vidya Balan Paresh Rawal Arundhati Nag Music by Ilaiyaraaja Cinematography P. C. Sriram Edited by Anil Naidu Production company MAD Entertainment Ltd Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Reliance Big Pictures Distributed by Reliance Big Pictures Release date 4 December 2009 Running time 133 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹15 crore (equivalent to ₹26 crore or US$4.1 million in 2016) Box office ₹31 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$8.5 million in 2016) Cast Amitabh Bachchan as Auro Abhishek Bachchan as Amol Arte Vidya Balan as Dr. Vidya Paresh Rawal as Mr. Arte/Amol's father (Auro's paternal grandfather) Arundhati Nag as Bum/Vidya's mother (Auro's maternal grandmother) Satyajit Sharma as Jaikirt Prateek Katare as Vishnu Taruni Sachdev as Auro's classmate Soundtrack Paa Album by Ilaiyaraaja Genre Feature film soundtrack Label T-Series Producer Sunil Manchanda The soundtrack (songs and the background score) was scored by veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja. "Halke Se Bole" is based on the Tamil song "Putham Pudhu Kaalai" from his 1980 film Alaigal Oivathillai. "Gumm Summ Gumm" is based on the Malayalam song "Thumbi Vaa" which Ilaiyaraaja had composed for the 1982 Malayalam film Olangal. The song "Mere Paa" is based on his Tamil song "Kaatru Vizhi", from Balu Mahendra's film Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam. The song has an eclectic mix of Irish and Tamil Folk music, both seamlessly fused to create a soothing melody that appears as a leitmotif, in the film's theme music. Tracks Title Singer(s) Length Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se Shilpa Rao 2:53 Gumm Summ Gumm Bhavatharini Shravan 4:40 Udhi Udhi Ittefaq Se Shilpa Rao 2:36 Hichki Hichki Sunidhi Chauhan 4:22 Gali Mudhi Ittefaq Se Shaan 2:40 Halke Se Bole Chorus 1:22 Mere Paa Amitabh Bachchan 4:16 Paa Theme (Remix) Instrumental 3:21 Awards and nominations 57th National Film Awards National Film Award for Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon National Film Award for Best Supporting ActressArundathi NagWon National Film Award for Best Feature Film in HindiAB Corporation Ltd Sunil Manchanda R. Balakrishnan Mahesh Ramanathan Won National Film Award for Best Make-up ArtistChristien Tinsley Dominie Till Won 16th Star Screen Awards Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon Best Child ArtistPratik KatareWon Best Supporting ActressArundathi NagWon Jodi No. 1Amitabh Bacchan Abhishek Bachchan Won Best FilmAB Corporation Ltd Sunil Manchanda Nominated Best DirectorR. BalkiNominated Best StoryR. BalkiNominated Best ScreenplayR. BalkiNominated Best DialogueR. BalkiNominated Best Background ScoreIlaiyarajaWon Best Playback Singer (Female)Shilpa Rao for "Mudi Mudi"Nominated Best EditingAnil NaiduNominated Best CinematographyP. C. SreeramNominated Best AudiographyTapasNominated 8th Stardust Awards Star of the Year – MaleAmitabh BachchanWon Best Supporting ActorAbhishek BachchanWon Star of the Year – FemaleVidya BalanNominated 55th Filmfare Awards Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon Best Supporting ActressArundathi NagNominated Best MovieAB Corp Ltd.Nominated Best DirectorR. BalkiNominated 11th IIFA Awards Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon Best MakeupChristien Tinsley Domini Till Won Best MovieAB Corporation Ltd Sunil Manchanda Nominated Best DirectorR. BalkiNominated IIFA Best Supporting Actor AwardAbhishek BachchanNominated IIFA Best Supporting Actress AwardArundathi NagNominated IIFA Best Story AwardR. BalkiNominated IIFA Best Female Playback AwardShilpa Rao for "Mudhi Mudhi"Nominated 7th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon Lines Gold Award Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon FICCI Frames Excellence Awards Best ActorAmitabh BachchanWon Best ActressVidya BalanWon Matri Shree Media Award Best Film: 2010 R. BalkiWon Paa Paa (Hindi: पा, English: Father ) is a 2009 Indian comedy-drama film directed by R. Balakrishnan (credited onscreen as R. Balki) starring Am... Read more »
Aladin Aladin is a 2009 Indian Hindi fantasy adventure film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, and featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez and Sanjay Dutt. The film was considered as a box office disaster both in terms of collections and content. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh Produced by Sujoy Ghosh Written by Sujoy Ghosh Suresh Nair Ritesh Shah Starring Amitabh Bachchan Ritesh Deshmukh Jacqueline Fernandez Sanjay Dutt Music by Vishal-Shekhar Background Score: Jody J Jenkins Cinematography Shirsha Roy Release date 30 October 2009 Running time 131 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹200 million (US$3.1 million) Box office ₹135 million (US$2.1 million) Cast Amitabh Bachchan as Genius Riteish Deshmukh as Aladin Chatterjee Jacqueline Fernandez as Jasmine (Mona Ghosh Shetty as the dubbing voice) Sanjay Dutt as Ringmaster - Negative Role Victor Banerjee as Grandfather Ratna Pathak Shah as Marjina Sahil Khan as Kasim Joy Sengupta as Aladin's father Sohini Ghosh as Riya (Aladin's mother) Arif Zakaria as Prof. Nazir William Ong as Xi Guang Lee Boman Irani as Narrator Erina as Fire Breathing Lady AwardsEdit Stardust Awards - Best Female Debut - Jacqueline Fernandez[5] IIFA Best Female Debut - Jacqueline Fernandez Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril Best Special Effects (Visual) - Charles Darby (Eyecube Labs) SoundtrackEdit Aladin Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar Released27 September 2009 RecordedEros Studios GenreFeature film soundtrack Length35:42 LabelEros Music ProducerVishal-Shekhar Vishal-Shekhar chronology Dostana (2008)Aladin (2009)12 The Movie (2009) Music of film is composed by Vishal Shekhar,lyrics penned by Vishal Dadlani and Anvita Dutt Guptan(Bachke O Bachke). No.TitleArtist(s)Length 1."Genie Rap"Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Manchanda2:57 2."Tak Dhina Dhin"Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan4:32 3."Ore Saawariya"Amitabh Bachchan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan4:28 4."You May Be"Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani5:43 5."Bachke O Bachke"Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani5:20 6."Giri Giri"Sanjay Dutt3:11 7."Genie Rap" (Remix -DJ Suketu feat. Aks)Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Manchanda5:24 8."Ore Saawariya" (Remix -DJ Suketu feat. Aks)Amitabh Bachchan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan4:07 Aladin Aladin is a 2009 Indian Hindi fantasy adventure film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, and featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline... Read more »