Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in '3 Idiots'

Rajkumar Hirani , director of Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai brings the pair of Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor together.

Shooting of Vinod Chopra Films next mega venture 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor got underway on Mumbai.

The first scene filmed featured Madhavan in a jetliner.

Rajkumar Hirani says, "We are literally off to a flying start. It was amazing to shoot inside a real aircraft."

The current filming stint will be followed by a 20-day schedule in Ladakh which will include lead pair Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Additional schedules are planned in Delhi and Bangalore with the target date for completion being December.

The film is a family entertainer, which is loosely based on Chetan Bhagat's famous novel "Five Point Someone" about three IIT students and the problems they face while studying in the institute.

The film is being produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra , written by Hirani and Abhijeet Joshi. The lyrics are by Swanand Kirkire and music has been composed by Shantanu Moitra.