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Was 3 Idiots shot in IIM Bangalore?

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I’ve heard rumors — was the movie “3 Idiots” actually filmed at IIM Bangalore, or was it another college campus?


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Yes, the 2009 Bollywood film 3 Idiots was primarily shot at IIM Bangalore, which served as the fictional Imperial College of Engineering (ICE) in the film. Director Rajkumar Hirani and the cast, Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, and Boman Irani, filmed the campus sequences at IIMB in December 2008. The iconic stone corridors, classrooms, lawns, and hostel scenes that define the film’s academic setting are all from IIMB’s Bannerghatta Road campus in Bangalore. Reports from the time noted that Aamir Khan stayed in the IIMB hostel during the shoot to interact with students and build authenticity into his character. Other locations in the film include Pangong Tso in Ladakh (the climax), Shimla, Delhi, and Mumbai. Interestingly, Chetan Bhagat’s source novel Five Point Someone was based on IIT Delhi, but the film’s visual identity comes from IIMB. Alumni often share side-by-side comparisons of film scenes and the actual campus. Full IIMB profile at https://www.goalisb.com/post/iim-bangalore.


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