3 Idiots (2009) - Quotes

Cottage Cheese Symbolizes Hope for the Future

Raju Rastogi's Mother: *(Would you like cottage cheese) My son, one day cottage cheese will be available at the goldsmith's in small small pouches.

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A Mother's Advice on Hard Work and Patience

Raju Rastogi's Mother: (Paneer lenge)...Paneer to beta kuch dinou mai itti itti thailiyoun mai Sonaar ki dukan pay bikegi....

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Rising Vegetable Prices Concern Raju's Mother

Raju Rastogi's Mother: *(Would you like Okra') You know, one kilo of Okra is now twelve rupees and cabbage is ten rupees, there's a widespread steal across the country...

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Concern Over Rising Vegetable Prices

Raju Rastogi's Mother: (Bhindi lenge) pata hai tujhe, bhindi barah rupay kilo ho gayi hai aur gobi dass ki, loot machi hai saray desh mai. ....

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3 Idiots - Raju Rastogi's Mother

Raju Rastogi's Mother: *Kammo has turned 28, people are asking for a car in dowry, if you will not study, how will she get married?

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Societal Pressures on Marriage and Education

Raju Rastogi's Mother: Atayees (28) ki hogayi hai Kammo, Maruti 800 mangtay hain Dahej main, aray tu padhega likhega nahi to shadi kaisi hogi iski,

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Fairness in Love and War Explained

Virus (proffesor)(Boman Irani): Everything is fair in Love and War, and this is World War... 3!

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Authority and Dismissal in Education

Virus (proffesor)(Boman Irani): Shave karani hai? (nahi Sir) then "Get Lost..!

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A Friend's Sacrifice for Loyalty

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): [narration] I've always been a law abiding citizen. But in the last 24 hours, I grounded an airplane, nearly flushed someone's remains down the toilet, and helped Pia escape her wedding. All for Rancho. He would've done the same for any of us, too, like stealing a copy of the final exam that was designed for Raju's failure.

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Pursuing Excellence Leads to Unexpected Success

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): Rancho was right when he said "Pursue excellence, and success (Chatur) will follow, pants down!

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Father did not agree

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): [crying face] Abba nahi mane gye

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Success Follows Those Who Strive for Excellence

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): Baba ranchoddas sahi kehte the... Baccha kabil bano kabil.. Kamyabi to sali jhak maar ke peeche ayegi

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The Complexity of Friendship and Success

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): * We learnt something about human behaviour that day, It feels bad when a friend fails, but it feels even worse when he comes first.

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The Pain of Friendship and Competition

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): Human behaviour ke baare me uss din humne kuch jaana, Dost fail ho jaye toh dukh hota hai, lekin dost first aa jaye toh jyada dukh hota hai.

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Prioritizing friendship and personal goals in life

Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan): Badi duvidha thi, Dost ko sambhaltay ya dost ki Maa kay aansu pochtay, phir humne socha hatao yaar mater paneer pay concentrate karo

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Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi): * Sir, I have learnt to stand up on my feet after having broken both my legs. This attitude has come with great difficulty. No sir, I can't. You may keep your job, and let me keep my attitude.

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Value of Attitude Over Employment

Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi): Dono taange tudawa kar apne pairo par khada hona sikha hai sir, badi mushkil se aaya hai yeh attitude, nahi hoga sir. Aap apni naukri rakh lijiye, main apna attitude rakh leta hoon.

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Suspicions of a Hidden Relationship

Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi): * There's something going on between you both.

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Emphasizing the Importance of Connection

Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi): Fullll connection hai baba...

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Questioning the Nature of Happiness and Purpose

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: *“No need to be so happy. Define a machine.”

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Identity in "3 Idiots" Explored Through Names

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: Ehh, Phunsukh Wangdu.

Teaching Beyond the Subject Matter

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: * I wasn't teaching you engineering, that you know better than me. I was teaching you how to teach.

Teaching Beyond Subject Matter

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: Main apko engineering nahi padha raha tha sir, woh to aap mujhse behtar jante hain. Main to apko yeh padha raha tha ... ki padhate kaise hain..

The Challenges of a First Kiss

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: * I never manage to plant the kiss dude... the nose comes in between and I wake up.

Challenges of Romantic Moments

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: Kiss ho nahi paati yaar... naak beech me aa jaati hai aur main Jag jata hoon.

The Complexity of Learning and Understanding

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: [To Professor; [Book] Instruments that record analyse summarize organize debate and explain information which are illustrative non-illustrative hardbound paperback jacketed non-jacketed with forward introduction, table of contents, index that are intended for the enlightenment, understanding enrichment enhancement and education of the human brain through sensory root of vision... Sometimes touch. ]s, sir.

Life as a Race and Its Consequences

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: [Rancho mimicking Virus] Life is a race.. If you don't run fast.. You will be like a broken anda (egg) like the gangu bird...

Questioning the Nature of Success and Pressure

Ranchoddas chhachad - Aamir Khan: * These engineers are very smart sir, they didn't invent a machine which can measure the pressure on the brain. If they had, we would have come to know that this was not a suicide but a Murder.