Though Chowdhary agrees that his movie is inspired by 3 Idiots, he says that they didn’t speak to Aamir Khan or Raj Kumar Hirani about their movie. “The 4th Idiot is a new tale, with a new twist, new characters and a new storyline. The only similarity is that we have made use of Omi Vaidya’s accent and the way he speaks in 3 Idiots. Apart from that, nothing is common,” he says.
3 Idiots’ Chatur, OmiVaidya, has done the voiceover for Pappu. “Though The 4th Idiot is aneducational movie, we wanted to keep it light and humorous, as it is for kids,and who better than Omi to be the protagonist?” asks Chowdhary. Omi Vaidyahas also sung a song in the film.
The producers are hosting the worldpremiere of the film at the World Unity Convention Centre, Lucknow. “Notmany know that the world’s largest school is in Lucknow, the CityMontessori School. That’s the reason I wanted to host the world premierethere, so that the maximum number of students watch this movie,” explainsChowdhary.
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