A critics' reading. Firstpost compared PK to Rajkumar Hirani's earlier 3 Idiots: an awkward, different young man questioning an entrenched system, here religion rather than education.
Film· 2009· Comedy
थ्री ईडियट्स (3 Idiots)
by राजकुमार हिरानी Rajkumar Hirani
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3 Idiots is loosely adapted from Chetan Bhagat's novel about three friends struggling with the grade system at IIT Delhi; the film credits the book.