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Fun connection—"3 Idiots" is a Bollywood film about the journey of three engineering students at an Indian college, inspired by Wangchuk's (the engineer's) life!

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I have this one on my list but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. Would you recommend?

Yes! It's a great film!

oh i was under the (probably mistaken) assumption that it is based off of 'five point someone' novel by mr. chetan-bhagat ?

IIRC "3 Idiots" was indeed based on "Five point someone", but the plot substantially changed. There was a court case filed by the author, etc.

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