A still from 3 Idiotas

The big difference between the Mexican version of 3 Idiots, called 3 Idiotas, and the original directed by Raj Kumar Hirani, is that the characters drink much more, says its director Carlos Bolado. There is also no cricket, just soccer, so that his audience can relate to it. It's likely that his strategy has worked because as Bolado tells us over email, like Hirani's film, his movie is a hit, and the highest grossing film of 2017 till now. "For Mexican standards, anything more than three million spectators is a big deal," says the 53-year-old. The original established the 200 crore club as it became the first Indian movie to net that much.