Author Chetan Bhagat’s next book is a love story of a rural boy and an urban girl. The novel will hit the stands in October.
“My next novel is an out-and-out love story. It’s about a rural boy and an urban girl. It’s the first time I am trying to explore a semi-rural setting in India. It is quite a challenge to write a novel in English about a rural boy,” Bhagat, who has set all his novels in educational institutes and cities, said.
He has published five novels so far and most of his bestsellers have been adapted into movies such as 3 Idiots (Five Point Someone), Kai Po Che! (The 3 Mistakes of My Life) and 2 States (2 States: The Story of My Marriage).
Except for Hello, an adaptation of One Night @ the Call Centre, all his novel adaptations were box office hits. Now, filmmakers are eyeing his new novel, Revolution 2020, but the author says he has set some rules for the adaptation of his books.
He said: “I have become very particular about the film adaptation after the success of 2 States, 3 Idiots and Kai Po Che!. Until I get the right team, I won’t mind delaying the film or if the film doesn’t get made, it’s okay,” he said.
New rules
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Bhagat, who has written the screenplay for Salman Khan’s forthcoming action film Kick, will think about the adaptation of Revolution 2020 after October.
“It has to be a good team for Revolution 2020. I will take some time until Kick releases and my new book gets launched in October. So, maybe after that, we will put things in place for Revolution 2020. I believe it will be another blockbuster,” the 40-year-old added.
