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Tour begins for 3 Idiots' success 'yatra'



Any other director would've screamed from rooftops. But Rajkumar Hirani continues to have his feet firmly planted on soil. 3 IDIOTS is his third hit in a row - in fact, his biggest to date - yet Hirani hasn't changed one bit. "I was expecting the movie to fare well, but I really didn't expect it to fare this well. I've yet to figure out what actually clicked with the moviegoers," the soft-spoken director tells me.

Next on the cards is MUNNABHAI CHALE AMREEKA, with Munna [Sanju] and Circuit [Arshad]. But before he starts filming the third instalment in the Munnabhai series, the 3 IDIOTS team of producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Hirani, Aamir, Sharman, Madhavan and the core team is visiting various cities [till the first week of January], hoping to connect with the aam junta.

The first stop is Bangalore, where major chunks of the movie were filmed. In fact, a special screening of the film will also be held for the students of IIM, where this film was shot.

3 IDIOTS ROCKING INTERNATIONALLY.



Not only is the Rajkumar Hirani directed 3 IDIOTS setting the Indian box-office on fire, it is equally impressive in the Overseas circuit as well.

As per the numbers available, the Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor starrer has grossed £425,000 in the UK, with an impressive print average of over £8,000. The film has also grossed a very impressive $2,149,227 in the US, with a big print average of $18,060. Reportedly, 3 IDIOTS has done exceptionally well in Australia.

What must be kept in mind is that unlike the usual 3-day weekend in the US and UK, the numbers are for a 5-day weekend, as 3 IDIOTS released on Wednesday the 23rd of December in both the markets.