Sunday, June 8, 2008

Chetan Bhaghat

I recently read 'Three mistakes of my life' d third novel of dis IIT IIM best seller.I have read previous two also.The best part of his novels is you can not differentiate whn reality ends n fatasy strts,other than dey being written in our lang n big words-no strain to eyes like in my classic literature.Me living in dream world like fantasies like HP.I til date have not decided i like his novels or its fun to read n wait for his work.They r supposed to b self improving books but i personally never learnt much frm them.I learnt more abt frndshp n loyalty even lov frm HP.
The first one '5 point someone',my bro is actually a 5 pointer,just cleared his bachaleors degree frm IIT delhi.But he feels d book is away frm reality.Khair he has no regrets n declares very happily.Life is strange even all can b true or none he is d best seller,now toh even a movie is being made on it.
The second one 'One night at call center'.I feel other two were bttr than dis one.Call frm god n girl vanishes all so mystry na.So diff frm his work(wat i have come across).I guess youth today believes in god n al but al dis is too fake.
The third one,has so many real life things-d earthquake cricket match d riots.In mid of real events may be that character really exists but al wid one person den dat one contacting him is just so much of coincidence.
But u never know when its reality n when just a fantasy.....
I want to read another IITian author Tushar Raheja-'Anything for u ma'ma' but I have tough time fnding.My friend liked it but my bro has his opinion.These ppl write books to share their experience(i think) n i read them for fun n definitely wil learn any n evrything i can grab from them that is if i can.No offense to our best sellers.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

FPS ws Chetan's Magnum opus..

undoubtedly it had all the elems reqd. for a good novel
. Kewl nd novel storyline
. Enthrallin narration
. Great charadterizn.
. Nice dark tone
. 'highly realistic' fiction
. Had a 'self improvment' intent (As u mentioned)


Then came 1N@CC,

I (probrb all) Bought it 'cos of FPS-effect nd had tremendous expectations

It ws way below exps...

. frail charactrzn.
. not enuf sarcas-humor(unlike FPS)
But still itws palatable...


Finally came '3 mistakes..'

I again bought it only owin to brand-Chetan

1st recn ftr readin : " WTF "

shit man u call dat a novel..
Its a bollywood movie script damn it!
book has been shaped solely to be adapted later as a movie..

. plain nd confused tone
. stupid storyline nd charactrzn.
. nothing even to learn
ITS A COMPLETE WASTAGE OF 5 hrs.

Only thing I liked is the 'pro-chronocity'(the strict timeline followed) which gave a lil realistic touch.

Neo said...

hi!!!
u can find tushar raheja's book in suresh stores sector 10....
its a nice book but he tends to get away from the story many a times...
lots of twists though....