To shoot in this college, the producers have sought special permission. The Film will be shot as a bi-lingual and will star Surya in the lead role. Ileana plays his love interest, while Sriram and Jeeva will play the other two Idiots. Veteran Tamil actor and yester year hero Satya Raj will play the role of Principal Veeru Sahasrabuddhi which was essayed by Boman Irani in the original.
This ‘3 idiots’ is a Telugu and Tamil remake movie, directed by Shankar and produced by Gemini Films Circuits. Harris Jeyraj is composing music and Abburi Ravi is penning the dialogues for Telugu version .