Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots is the last film played at Japan theatre

Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots became the last movie that a Japanese theatre screened as its final show before it shut down.

Mumbai: A cinema theatre in the Japanese city of Osaka shut down and the film screened in its final show happens to be Aamir Khan's 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots.

As the projector rolled one final time, the Rajkumar Hirani directorial was lapped up by a housefull audience, too.

The theatre organisers tweeted on February 29: "The last show of Fuse Line Cinemas, 15:30 times today. It will be fine. 131 guests! It is housefull! Thank you!"

The 2009 release had hit the screens of Japan in 2013. 3 Idiots, which also stars Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan and Omi Vaidya, was released overseas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and China, too.

The comedy-drama, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone, went on to break several records upon release. Revolving around the friendship of three students in an Indian engineering college, the film highlighted the pressures of the Indian education system on students.

According to news reports, the film has grossed over Rs 395 crore in the global box-office.

In other news, Aamir Khan will next be seen in the Hindi remake of the Hollywood hit Forrest Gump. In the movie, Kareena Kapoor Khan will be seen opposite Mr. Perfectionist.

With inputs from IANS.