One of Kareena Kapoor’s most loved performances in her career has been her role as the smart and hilarious Pia in Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots. Kareena played the role of a medical student in the film who falls in love with Aamir Khan’s Rancho. (Also Read: Kareena Kapoor revealed that she has no problem working with Ryan Gosling. here’s what she said,
Now, nearly 14 years after the film’s release, pictures of Kareena Kapoor’s look test for 3 Idiots have surfaced. Vidhu Vinod Chopra Films on Saturday released the pictures on its Instagram page and invited comments from fans. He wrote with the post, “Kareena Kapoor Khan’s look test for Piya in 3 idiots #behindthescenes #kareenakapoor #3idiots #looktest #vidhuvinodchopra #vvc.”
In the first picture, Kareena is seen in a green kurta with her hair tied in a ponytail. In the next picture, she is seen sporting a Maharashtrian look in a purple saree with some jewellery, a red blouse and thin glasses. In the third picture, Kareena is seen as a college student, wearing a pink top, a blue dupatta and a bag on her shoulders. The fourth look clearly didn’t make the cut as it featured Kareena wearing a pink and white kurti in a bob cut. Looks like the look for PK has been transferred to Anushka Sharma. Lastly, there is Kareena’s iconic look as Piya wearing an orange top wearing a red helmet.
Fans of the actor and the film went nostalgic after seeing the pictures. A fan wrote, “Thank you guys for sharing something unseen, Piya is always special.” “You saw 4 and 5 combined to make the look of Anushka’s character in PK,” said another. A fan wrote, “Helmet aur shaadi ka jora>>.
Piya was a medical student in the film and the youngest of three children of Boman Irani, Veeru Sahasrabuddhe, the dean of the engineering college. She falls in love with Aamir Khan’s rancho but he leaves her and his friends behind to fulfill a promise he made years ago. Nevertheless, his friends and Piya finally find him in Ladakh after years, leading to a happy ending.
Kareena will next be seen in The Crew, The Birmingham Murders and The Devotion of Suspect X. Her last film was also Laal Singh Chaddha with Aamir.