Recently Ali Fazal opened up on playing guitar in 3 Idiots. He shared that some fun anecdotes from the shoot days of the movie and how how his musician friends had abused him after playing guitar in a scene. In the movie, Ali portrayed the character of Joy Lobo, an engineering student, alongside lead actors Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, and R Madhavan.

Ali Fazal opens up on playing guitar in 3 idiots

Bollywood actor Ali Fazal has shared that he didn’t know how to play the guitar when he was cast in Rajkumar Hirani’s blockbuster film 3 Idiots.  Ali mentioned that he mastered all the chords of the song “Give Me Some Sunshine” song before the shoot, but director Rajkumar Hirani instructed him not to glance at the guitar while playing, presenting a challenging situation. Ali also reminisced about the guidance provided by Aamir Khan.

Ali mentioned that Rajkumar Hirani watched his play at Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre and subsequently contacted him for the film. He mentioned that he wasn’t aware who all actors were involved in the project. He added, “I just remember getting a call. I remember going in for the audition wearing this one t-shirt, which I probably used to wear like 4 days a week and getting cast and being told, ‘Woh, tum shirt wahi le aana beta, hume wohi shirt chaiye. (We want the same shirt in which you auditioned)’.”

Ali mentioned that he began learning the guitar, mastering every chord. However, his musician friends teased him afterward because, on the set, he played it flawlessly. He said, “I started learning guitar. I learned each and every chord, and then all my musician friends abused me for years after that because on set I was playing it beautifully. It’s perfect like ‘Give me some sunshine.’ But, suddenly Raju sir comes in and he says ‘Don’t look at the guitar.’ Then Aamir Khan comes and says ‘play common chords.’”

Ali Fazal recalls playing Rubik’s cube with Aamir Khan during 3 Idiots

Ali Fazal recalled that Aamir Khan was highly interested in solving the Rubik’s Cube. Speaking about the same, he said, “Ek aadmi tha sirf unka Rubik’s cube le khada hua tha (One person was just standing there with his Rubik’s Cube).” He further recalled, “I’m thinking I will time him and I’ll match it or something,” and mentioned that while it took him 2 minutes and 40 seconds to complete the puzzle, Aamir, on the other hand, solved it in a remarkable 55 seconds. He added, “He’s good, he’s very smart.”