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R Madhavan says he, Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi ‘appeared youthful than precise faculty children’ whereas filming 3 Idiots at 40 | Bollywood
Might 07, 2025 06:37 PM IST
R Madhavan displays on enjoying a university scholar in 3 Idiots at 40, expressing preliminary unease however feeling youthful than precise college students.
Actor R Madhavan, who’s recent out of success of Kesari: Chapter 2, has opened up about enjoying a university child in his blockbuster movie 3 Idiots which additionally starred Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi. The actor recalled that enjoying a younger scholar on the age of 40 made him really feel uneasy however was relieved when he noticed precise college students.
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‘It was a miracle that we handed off as faculty college students’
In an interview with Information 18, the Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein actor mentioned, “I used to be sh**ting bricks after I was doing 3 Idiots as I used to be 40 years previous at the moment. Oh my god! It’s a miracle that we handed off as faculty college students.”
Madhavan additional added, “However the humorous half was after we went to the school and acquired into our attires, we have been trying youthful than the precise college students there. That’s what gave us the arrogance. Fortunately, Aamir (Khan), Sharman (Joshi) and I weren’t bald. Guys finding out in that faculty have been bald or had gray hair. We needed to ask them in the event that they’re college students or professors. Once they mentioned that they’re college students, we have been like, ‘Achchi baat hai, bhai! (Thank goodness) Now we really feel a lot youthful.’”
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, 3 Idiots featured the three actors as engineering faculty college students. Aamir was 44 on the time, Madhavan 39, and Sharman was 30: all three a lot older than their characters’ ages within the movie. 3 Idiots, which additionally starred Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor, was an all-time blockbuster, changing into the primary Hindi movie to gross ₹400 crore.
R Madhavan’s future initiatives
Madhavan will subsequent be seen in Karan Johar’s Aap Jaisa Koi, his second collaboration with the producer after Kesari: Chapter 2. The movie will convey again Madhavan in a romantic function with Fatima Sana Shaikh within the lead. Curiously, Madhavan’s character is a 48-year-old Sanskrit trainer, whereas Fatima performs a French professor who’s 28. Directed by Vivek Soni, the Netflix movie is but to have a launch date. Madhavan can also be taking pictures for De De Pyaar De 2, which options Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh. The sequel is directed by Anshul Sharma and is slated to launch in theatres on November 14 this 12 months.
