Recently, I was watching 3 Idiots AGAIN and my Mom told me Why don't you do a Ph.D. on the movie? You have seen that same movie like hundred times already. Well, I took that as a compliment and started my research on it. Unfortunately, as no University gives a degree of that sort, my research came to an end but what I found was groundbreaking. 3 idiots was the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of its time with a lifetime gross of Rs.459.96 crores. The secret behind its huge success is its popularity not only in India but also in other Asian countries like China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong as well. In China, it has become so popular that it has given the status of a CULT movie. In South Korea, it has remained number one at the Box Office for five weeks. It was the first Bollywood movie to be aired in Hong Kong, even then it was the 14th highest-grossing film of 2011 at Hong Kong Box office. So what actually makes 3 Idiots so popular among the masses? What is so speci...