3 Idiots
Over a flashback 10 years prior, it is shown that Farhan joined the prestigious ICE since his orthodox father (Parikshit Sahni) forced him to pursue engineering despite his passion for wildlife photography. Upon arriving, he befriends his second roommate Raju, who has come from a lower middle-class family, which has pinnned very high hopes on him to bring them out of poverty. While being ragged by the hostel seniors, Farhan and Raju stumble upon their seemingly naive third roommate Rancho, who has come from a rich family but has a passion of experimenting using different theories and consequently tops the class. He gives unorthodox answers to the college professors as an advice to serve them with rather understandable, easygoing learning methods. Rancho, Raju and Farhan, now good friends, meet Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), the director of ICE nicknamed "Virus" by the students, on the day of their introduction to the college's principles. Virus believes in a strict and competitive education system and Rancho's carefree love for knowledge always results in him being at odds with his draconian teaching philosophy, especially during their first meeting.