Like Salman Khan's movies off late, Chetan Bhagat's books follow a tried and tested template.
His persona and the hype around his books ensure that his works make money despite what discerning readers and many reviewers think of the books' literary merits. It is even more worrying, going by numerous Chetan Bhagat interviews and what not, that his books are apparently making "change happen in the country."Ĭhetan Bhagat is increasingly à la Salman Khan in the Indian book industry - like the Bollywood actor, the author believes that anything he dishes out, will sell. It is a tad depressing though, going purely by what's in Revolution 2020, that Chetan Bhagat is India's literary star. Chetan Bhagat's books sell and presumably, they have got people back to reading. For a Chetan Bhagat book, people will tell us, is not to be critiqued by literary standards. So, does this book measure up to that praise? That is a rhetorical question.
That is from the short (but extremely eulogistic) bio that appears as soon as you get past the cover of Chetan Bhagat's Revolution 2020 - Love. Immense excitement about the story and a wonderful team makes me feel they can do justice to Revolution 2020.Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009, to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. The Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots (2009), which was based on Bhagat’s debut novel Five Point Someone and also produced by UTV Motion Pictures, turned out to be the biggest grosser of all time in Indian cinema.Īpparently UTV is planning to rope in three Bollywood A-list actors for the lead characters of Gopal, Aarti and Raghav, but they’ve reserved comments on who they are in talks with.īhagat explains, “UTV finally managed to seduce me. The issues he deals with are those that today’s youth will instantly relate to,” adds Kapur. “He has crafted a dramatic plot with such sharply defined characters, that you constantly wonder how things will play out. Revolution 2020 narrates the story of three central characters - Gopal, Raghav and Aarti - whose destinies are intertwined. When he shared his latest book with us even before it was published, we read it cover to cover in a single sitting.” HT Image Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, says, “We have been in discussions with Chetan for a while to do something together. UTV Motion pictures has acquired the rights to author Chetan Bhagat’s latest bestseller, Revolution 2020.
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