Ek Duuje Ke Liye was made many years ago. "When I wrote the book, people asked me why I was writing it. His own family - his father was in the army - had the same issue with Anusha.īut many young people in India have been finding spouses from different parts of the country. "I had an MBA, I was an investment banker. "I had all the credentials for an arranged marriage," Bhagat says. Like in his book, when they decided to get married, both families raised issues, the main one being that they were from different parts of India.īhagat is a Punjabi and Anusha is a Tamilian. When north meets south: Share your '2 States' love storyīhagat and his wife Anusha, a banker, met when they were students at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. I do that by writing columns about current affairs."Īlso See: 2 States: Together we make a wonderful combination And then I talk to them about what needs to change in the country. "The reason I do what I do is first to get people's attention by entertaining them, whether it is in the form of a book or a film. "Bollywood has a massive reach," he says, when I ask why it is important for his books to be made into films. And he truly believes in his mission of reaching out to as many more people as he can. His narrative style is not impressive, but he has a massive following. There is nothing magical about his writings.
That was the first thing that struck me as I sat down to interview him in New York City's Pierre Hotel.īhagat was in New York to promote the new Bollywood film 2 States, based on his semi-autobiographical novel also called 2 States: The Story of My Marriage.īhagat writes on topical issues. Hema Malini and Dharmendra got married and there is a dialogue in the film also.'Ĭhetan Bhagat tells 's Aseem Chhabra about the real reasons behind 2 States.įor all the controversies he generates in his columns, from his random statements on Twitter (sometimes quite politically incorrect) and the fact that a large section of India's educated, liberal, intelligentsia do no care much for his writings, Chetan Bhagat is actually quite a likable guy. Will they make it?įrom the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern india.'When I wrote 2 States, people asked me why I was writing it. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. In India, there are a few more steps: Boy loves Girl. Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl.
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