Revolution Twenty20

Revolution Twenty20

Hello Friends!

                Today I'm going to write about the novel "Revolution Twenty20" by Chetan Bhagat. This is the thinking activity task given by our Professor Dr.  Dilip Barad sir. We have a paper on Contemporary English Literature. R2020 novel is the contemporary popular literature written by Chetan Bhagat.

About Chetan Bhagat.

        Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and columnist. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Bhagat graduated in mechanical engineering at IIT Delhi and completed a PGP at IIM Ahmedabad. Chetan Bhagat is the author of nine blockbuster books. These include seven novels

Five Point Someone (2004)

One Night @ the Call Center (2005)

The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008)

2 States (2009)

Revolution 2020 (2011)

Half Girlfriend (2014) 

One Indian Girl (2016) 

 - and two non-fiction titles

What Young India Wants (2012) 

Making India Awesome(2015). 

Also he write a book 400 Days is now available also and it was release at 17th September 2021. Chetan’s books adapted into successful Bollywood films and the others are in process of being adapted as well. 

About Revolution Twenty20

Revolution Twenty20: Love, Corruption, Ambition is a 2011 novel by Chetan Bhagat. Its story is concerned with a love triangle, corruption, and a journey of self-discovery. R2020 has addressed the issue of how private coaching institutions exploit aspiring engineering students and how parents put their lifetime earnings at stake for these classes so that their children can crack engineering exams and change the fortune of the family. While a handful accomplishes their dreams, others sink into disaster. The book is available as an Audiobook on Amazon.

Now Let's discuss the questions:

1) If you have to write a fan-fiction, how would you move ahead with the ending of this novel or what sort of change you would bring at the end of the novel?

- Yes, I would like to add some of the changes in the novel. First of all I want to keep changes in the characters and title of the novel. We can find in Aarti’s character that she is a very confusing person. We can’t get an idea of what she wants in her life. Because when Gopal has some issue related to money she goes towards Raghav and when Raghav loses his power and money then she goes with Gopal. We cannot get an idea about what Aarti wants. And also Gopal’s character we find that at the end of the novel he left Aarti only for his power and money. The title is also confusing because the title is something about ‘Revolution’ but we can’t find anything about Revolution. In this novel we read about love and the love triangle between Gopal, Raghav and Aarti. This theme is very highlighted rather than Revolution. The cover page we learn from the title that love is also highlighted then also we understand the idea about the theme love. 

2) If you were to adapt this novel for the screen, what sort of changes you would make in the story and characters to make it better than the novel? (For example, keep Five Point Someone and 3 Idiots in your mind)

- Yes, I would do some kind of changes in the novel. I would make changes in the story and characters to make it better than the novel. First I would like to change the characters of Aarti and Raghav because Chetan Bhagat only highlighted Gopal's character; he doesn't talk about Aarti and Raghav’s character. We know that Gopal, Aarti and Raghav are also the narrator of the novel.Chetan Bhagat only talks about Gopal’s point of view. But we can’t get an idea about what Aarti and Raghav talks about? Threw their perspective on what they feel and think that idea not given in this novel that I want to give my point of view in this. And also i want to add about revolution because the novel’s title represents revolution but Chetan Bhagat writes about the love theme rather than revolution.

3) 'For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointing character.' Do you agree with this statement? If yes, what sort of characteristics you would like to see in Aarti. If you disagree with this statement, why? What is it in Aarti that you are satisfied with this character?

- Yes, I agree with this statement, ‘For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointed character’ because in the novel we read that Aarti belongs to a rich and educationalist family and she also belongs political background but we can’t find any characteristics in Aarti like that.Even we can’t understand that what she wants. She has no ambition, vision and passion for her future and career. We notice that when Raghav has power and money that time she is attracted towards him and when Gopal becomes wealthy and has money that time she is ready to sleep with him.

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