Aamir Khan has confirmed that director Rajkumar Hirani is working on the 3 Idiots sequel script, and that he expects to hear the final version in the coming weeks. The actor shared the update at the Singapore International Film Festival, where he received the Screen Icon Award on 22 October. Before speaking about the project, he checked with Hirani about how much he could reveal.
“Well, I am not allowed to say a lot. I think I can say this much, that yes, Raju is working on the script. In fact, hopefully once I am back in the next couple of weeks, he is going to narrate the final version to me. So, fingers crossed,” Aamir said, as quoted by Variety. The 3 Idiots sequel update is the clearest public statement yet that the long-discussed follow-up is moving forward at the writing stage.
The original 3 Idiots, released in 2009, was directed by Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It starred Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi as three engineering students, alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan and Boman Irani. The film became one of the most successful Hindi films of its time, and its critique of rote learning, parental pressure and the race for conventional success still comes up in discussions of the film today.
3 Idiots sequel script follows an April discussion
The sequel was first discussed in April this year, when Aamir said he had heard the story and found it wonderful. In an interview with Amar Ujala, he said, “Raju is working on 3 Idiots 2 right now. I have heard the story, and it is wonderful.” He added that the screenplay still needed work, but that he had confidence in its central idea.
He described the story as unusual, with the same humour as the first film, and said it follows the characters ten years later. That detail matters because it places the sequel after the events of the original, when Rancho, Farhan and Raju have moved into adult working lives. The 3 Idiots sequel script therefore has to balance nostalgia for the original with a story that stands on its own.
No shooting schedule or release date has been announced. Aamir’s comments indicate that the 3 Idiots sequel is still being developed, and that the narration of the final version will be the next step before any production decision. Until that narration takes place, casting for the 3 Idiots sequel beyond the core trio and any start date remain unconfirmed.
Singapore conversation ranged beyond the 3 Idiots sequel
The Singapore session covered more than the 3 Idiots sequel. Aamir spoke about the weakest moments of his career, recalling the period after his debut as a leading man in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988. After that film became a hit, he signed nine films within six months, reasoning that if established stars could juggle dozens of projects, he could handle ten.
Once shooting began, he realised his mistake. He told the audience that he would come home and weep to his then-wife Reena as the films flopped one after another, and he was branded a one-film wonder. “At that time, mentally and emotionally, I felt like I was in quicksand. I was sinking slowly, and the more I struggled to get out, the deeper I was going,” he said, as quoted by Variety.
He also spoke about losing family time to three decades of nonstop work. “I am so glad that this thought occurred to me when I was 56 and not when I was 86, when it would be really too late to do anything about it,” he said. Accepting the Screen Icon Award, he thanked the festival and said having Hong Kong director Peter Chan present it made the moment special.
What the 3 Idiots sequel update leaves open
Several questions remain. The makers have not said whether R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi will return, whether Kareena Kapoor Khan will be part of the story, or how the film will handle the passage of time since 2009. Aamir also did not disclose plot details, and he cautioned that there was still more to be worked out even after the final narration.
Separate reports have claimed that the script is finalised and that shooting could begin in the second half of 2026, but Aamir’s own account places the project at the narration stage, with the final version still to be heard. Readers should therefore treat the Singapore update as the most recent confirmed position: the script is being written, the narration is expected in weeks, and production details have not been announced.
For fans of 3 Idiots, though, the headline from the trip is simple: Hirani is working on the script, and the 3 Idiots sequel moved a step closer in Singapore.