Must read! Was Puneeth Rajkumar supposed to play Rancho in the 3 Idiots remake?

The film 3 Idiots, written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-written by Abhijat Joshi, was adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. It starred Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi in the titular roles, marking their reunion three years after the 2006 film Rang De Basanti.

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MUMBAI: The film 3 Idiots, written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-written by Abhijat Joshi, was adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. It starred Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi in the titular roles, marking their reunion three years after the 2006 film Rang De Basanti. Narrated through parallel dramas, the story followed the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and was a satire about the social pressures under an Indian education system

Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar wanted to remake Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s blockbuster 3 Idiots.

For the unversed, Rajkumar passed away on the 29th of October 2021 after he complained of uneasiness and suffered a massive heart attack.

Well, during the time when Rajkumar Hirani’s blockbuster movie 3 Idiots was released on the big screens, it went on the become one of the highest-grossing movies in the Hindi film industry. It was rumoured that the movie will have its remake in Kannada as well. It was announced that superstar Puneeth Rajkumar was quite keen in playing the role of Rancho in the Kannada version of the movie.

While this was an amazing rumour for fans, nothing came out of it, as we all saw the untimely passing of Puneeth Rajkumar. Back when the announcement was made, it was a huge shock to fans as they would be seeing Puneeth in a new character. The actor was said to recreate his own version of Rancho in the movie which was going to be produced by KRG Studios and was noted to have a unique cast lined up for the remake.

Puneeth Rajkumar's posthumous film James will soon hit the theatres. Ahead of its release, the makers hosted a grand pre-release event in Bengaluru on Sunday (March 13), and it indeed turned many teary-eyed. The special event was attended by the cast and crew of the upcoming film and Puneeth's family members including his wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, and brothers Shiva Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar.

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