Farhan Qureshi

Farhan Qureshi
General Information
Devanagari	Farhan Qureshi
Gender	Male
Background Information
Affiliation	Imperial College of Engineering (formerly)
Occupation	Student (1999) Photographer
Family	Mr. Qureshi (father) Mrs. Qureshi (mother)
Friends	Rancho Raju Pia
Enemies	Chatur
Other Information
Status	Alive
Goal	Become a photographer (succeeded)
Likes	Photography
Actor Information
Portrayed By	R. Madhavan

Farhan Qureshi is an alumnus at the Imperial College of Engineering in Delhi. He is one of the main characters in 3 Idiots. He is a

Beginning

The movie started with Farhan in a plane scene, from Delhi going to an unknown place for work.

Farhan after college on wheelchair in airport

Suddenly a naughty, show off guy Chatur Ramalingam who thinks he's successful, phone called him in the middle of the flight offering him to go up to the campus at 8am to meet his best friend Ranchoddas Chanchad. His plan was to fake a heart attack, and jump out of the wheelchair and run away pretending he was OK. So he asked for a taxi that belongs to a mysterious man named Joginder Dhillon. Then he tells the driver to stop at Vassant Vihar to pick up one of his other friends Raju Rastogi . As he was so excited to meet Rancho, he woke up put his clothes on leaving his pants behind. When Chatur finally said he went to Shimla Farhan sat in the car starting to think about memories. He also remembered the director saying that life is a race.

College Memories

He was born in 1978, 5:30pm. Suddenly when his parents saw him, they said that "My son will be a engineer." Their parents had thought, if we get a daughter, she'll be a doctor and if we get a son, he'll be an engineer. Though he had a passion for wildlife photography , he pursued engineering to appease his dad. The college maid Man Mohan , who's was always called Millimeter came to Farhan and asked him for his room number which was 12". Read about Man Mohan for more information. He met Raju Rastogi in his room. As Millimeter was telling jokes about Raju while he was praying to god, he sent him out to have some alone time with Farhan. Millimeter told him to wear their best underwear tonight which made him very confused. Suddenly a gang of people showing their underwears and their butts came into the room because there was a crazy bully who had said I will piss on you if you dont show your underwear. When the people showed their butts, Farhan also showed. When everyone was having fun and Chatur Ramalingam with his underwear was acting like James Bond in spiderman, Rancho was suddenly found walking meeting everyone. The bully forced Rancho to show his underwear so Chatur stopped what he was doing and in english he told Rancho to show his pants. Ranchoddas Chanchad knew an action to protect himself that is to Pull Out Dick. Farhan was bit confused what he was saying. 

Later he realised in the machine class that Rancho thought he was smarter than the textbook so he gave his own simple language answer of a machine definition until sent out of class. Later Rancho suggested the you should be what you're good at, later Farhan agreed. Rancho thought that he was good at engineering so he should stick it in.

Discussion with Dad about not being an engineer

He decided to not go for his job interview and tell dad that he doesn't want to be an engineer because Rancho suggested. His dad thought he was playing with his mind and dad thought he was a hero of a engineering scene. Later he decided to stop discussing this so Farhan wouldnt copy Raju with suicide. He pursued his career of being a wildlife photographer, which was first shown in the beginning with his photography of animals scene.

Post-Discussion

After Farhan spent ages negotiating with his dad, his dad agreed for Farhan to be a wildlife photographer. Farhan had then pursued his love for photography after listening to Rancho's advice. Then Virus was fed up with Rancho's influence with Farhan and Raju so he decided to deliberately modify the final exam papers so no one could graduate. Pia, in a drunken stupor, had given Rancho the duplicate key to Virus' office so that Rancho could steal the exam paper. There trying to steal the exam paper, Rancho and his gang were caught by Virus only leading to Rancho's rustication. Since Rancho used his engineering skills to help deliver Mona (Pia's sister and Virus' daughter) baby during a power cut due to a heavy storm, Rancho was considered the most extraordinary student, by Virus and then was considered student of the year.

Ending

When Farhan found Rancho in Ladakh, He and Raju kicked him for fun, also angry for leaving them.                    

Quotes

Farhan Qureshi: [after finding out Rancho topped their exam] That day we learned, when your friend flunks, you feel bad, when he tops, you feel worse. 

Farhan Qureshi: Today my respect for that idiot shot up. Most of us went to college just for a degree. No degree meant no plum job, no pretty wife, no credit card, no social status. But none of this mattered to him, he was in college for the joy of learning, he never cared if he was first or last. 

Pia V. Sahastrabudhhe: [Now that everyone knows, Rancho's real surname is not Chhanchhad] Thank God, after marriage my name wont be Pia Chhanchhad!  Raju Rastogi: So what is your actual name?  Rancho: Phunsukh Wangdu.  Farhan Qureshi: What?  Pia V. Sahastrabudhhe: [Thinking of her future name] Pia Wangdu?  Rancho: [to Raju & Farhan] Phunsukh Wangdu.  Farhan Qureshi: Phunsukh Wangdu? Silencer's Phunsukh Wangdu?  Pia V. Sahastrabudhhe: I don't want to be named Pia Wangdu!  Rancho: [to Raju & Farhan] Yes, kill me.  Pia V. Sahastrabudhhe: Can I keep my name after marriage? 

Farhan Qureshi: Rancho was right when he said "Pursue excellence, and success will follow, pants down!" 

Farhan Qureshi: I've always been a law abiding citizen. But in the last 24 hours, I grounded an airplane, nearly flushed someone's remains down the toilet, and helped Pia escape her wedding. All for Rancho. He would've done the same for any of us, too, like stealing a copy of the final exam that was designed for Raju's failure.