# List of accolades received by 3 Idiots

3 Idiots is an Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The film is based on novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat, it follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and is a satire about the social pressures under an Indian education system. The film stars Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya in lead roles. 3 Idiots has been remade in Tamil entitled Nanban (2012) and Spanish-language Mexican remake named 3 idiotas (2017).
3 Idiots garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its direction, screenplay, the cast's performances, cinematography, and musical score. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 13 reviews and judged 100% to be positive, with an average rating of 7.44/10. At the 55th Filmfare Awards, the film received eleven nominations including Best Film, Best Director for Hirani, and went on to win six awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. At the 11th IIFA Awards, the film garnered twenty-three nominations and went on to win seventeen awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing for Hirani, Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) for Kareena Kapoor, Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) for Sharman Joshi, Best Performance in a Negative Role for Boman Irani, Best Male Debut for Omi Vaidya.
3 Idiots won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, and the National Film Award for Best Audiography at the 57th National Film Awards. At the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize, the film was nominated for the Outstanding Foreign Language Film. At the 1st Global Indian Music Academy Awards, 3 Idiots won the GiMA Award for Best Engineer – Theatre Mix, GiMA Award for Best Music Debut, GiMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer, and the GiMA Award for Best Lyricist.

## Accolades

| Award | Year of ceremony | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref(s) |
| Beijing International Film Festival | 2011 | Best Foreign Film | 3 Idiots | Nominated | |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Story | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Boman Irani | Won | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | R. Madhavan | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Sharman Joshi | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Actor | Aamir Khan | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Actress | Kareena Kapoor | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
| Filmfare Awards | 2010 | Best Playback Singer – Female | Shreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi" | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Film Album | Shantanu Moitra | Won | |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | 2010 | Most Popular Song | "All Izz Well' | Won | |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Lyricist | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Won | |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Male Playback Singer | Shaan, Shantanu Moitra for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Won | |
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Engineer | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Anup Dev | Won | |
| Ghanta Awards | 2011 | Worst Song | "All Izz Well" | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Editing | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Actress | Kareena Kapoor | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Sharman Joshi | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | R. Madhavan | Nominated | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Boman Irani | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Male Debut | Omi Vaidya | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Omi Vaidya | Nominated | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Lyricist | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Male Playback Singer | Shaan for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Male Playback Singer | Sonu Nigam for "All Izz Well" | Nominated | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Background Score | Sanjay Wanderkar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Story | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Sound Recording | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihal Ranjan Samel | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Sound Re-Recording | Anup Dev | Won | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Actor | Aamir Khan | Nominated | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Music Director | Shantanu Moitra | Nominated | |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Female Playback Singer | Shreya Ghoshal for "Zoobi Doobi" | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Prize | 2014 | Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film | 3 Idiots | Nominated | |
| National Film Awards | 2010 | Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| National Film Awards | 2010 | Best Lyrics | Swanand Kirkire for "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" | Won | |
| National Film Awards | 2010 | Best Audiography | Anup Dev | Won | |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | 2011 | Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |
| Stardust Awards | 2010 | Film of the Year – Drama | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Won | |
| Stardust Awards | 2010 | Star of the Year – Female | Kareena Kapoor (also for Kurbaan) | Won | |
| Videoyasan Awards | 2014 | Grand Prize | 3 Idiots | Won | |