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Chetan Bhagat Birthday: Five Time Bollywood Looked Towards His Novels For Inspiration

ENTERTAINMENT Team Latestly|

Chetan Bhagat is a popular indian author, columnist and an influencer. Having studied in both IIT and IIM, Chetan Bhagat left a cushy job in the international investment banking sector to seek a career in writing, with some great results. His first book, Five Point Someone, was a huge bestseller, a tag that can be associated with all his books. His light-hearted treatment of subjects a common man could relate is an ingredient responsible for his success as a writer. It is the popularity of his books that have encouraged publishers to try out more young writers in the market.Bhagat has written eight novels till now with the last one, The Girl in Room 105, coming out in 2018. He had also written three non-fiction books - What Young India Wants, Making India Awesome, and India Positive.