Years later, at a film school, a professor asks her class, “What is the most unusual successful dubbing of all time?” A student raises a hand. “ Nanban into Hindi,” she says. “Because it wasn’t trying to replace 3 Idiots . It was trying to be a new friend.”

The professor nods. And in the back of the class, a boy quietly writes on his notebook: “Sab Theek Hai.”

A college student in Lucknow, named Rohan, stumbled upon it while channel-surfing. He knew every line of 3 Idiots by heart. He expected to scoff. Instead, he found himself glued.