Revolution Twenty20 : Chetan Bhagat

Hello readers..

This is the first blog of sem 4. And in this blog I would like to talk about one of the influential writers of the contemporary time, Chetan Bhagat and his one famous novel " Revolution Twenty20". This is the task in the Google classroom by Prof. Dilip Barad. In that we have to ponder some answers for the question which is given.

Let's throw some light on the author and novel:-

Chetan Bhagat:-

Chetan Baghat, a rising star in the contemporary modern Indian literature, is a multi talented personality. He is a novelist, columnist, public speaker and a screenplay writer. His notable works include Five Point Someone, The 3 Mistakes of My Life and 2 States.Most of his literary works address the issues related to Indian youth and their aspirations which earned Baghat status of the youth icon. Heis an extremely readable and prolific writer in English today. A standout amongst the most noteworthy parts of his written work is that he delivers to the dilemma of contemporary youth in an exceptionally persuasive way, subsequently very highly and popular with his recognition among young people.

Revolution Twenty20:-

Revolution 2020 is a gripping and fast paced novel about love, corruption and ambition. The story delves into the underbelly of a small town, Varanasi, and explores the various hues in the characters of the protagonists in it. Bhagat unearths the darker side of the education system, and for that matter, love too.

In the small and historic town of Varanasi in India, two boys Raghav and Gopal fall in love with the same girl, Aarti. Both of them are intelligent, ambitious and are the best of friends, but destiny has something else in store for them. One of them wants to use his intelligence to make a lot of money and the other wants to create a revolution; but again, their plans are disrupted by their love.

Gopal hails from a poor family and fails to get an admission to the best engineering colleges in the country. Heartbroken, he moves to Kota for a year to prepare for the exams. Raghav comes from a well-to-do family and achieves a good rank in JEE. Delighted, he joins IIT-BHU, one of the premier institutes of India, and embarks on his ambition to become a journalist. Aarti hails from a powerful bureaucratic family, and her aim is to become an airhostess. Aarti falls in love with Raghav while Gopal is at Kota.

The story starts when Gopal rises as the director of a new engineering college opened in Varanasi, with the power of MLA Shukla, a corrupt politician. He uses the legally strangled land of his uncle to manipulate and build the college. Raghav, on the other hand, completes his engineering and joins the largest selling newspaper Dainik as an intern. He starts shedding light on all the wrongdoings of Shukla and exposes him in public.Things take a different turn when Aarti starts developing a soft corner for Gopal.Who will win her love towards the end?Will Raghav’s crusade against the corrupt system fail?Revolution 2020 is a gripping story of love, the corrupt educational system and clashing ambitions.Revolution 2020 got mixed reviews from critics and readers. The book turned out to be yet another bestseller from the Chetan Bhagat stable.

Now let's discuss the questions:-

1)If you were to adapt this novel for the screen, what sort of changes would you make in the story and characters to make it better than the novel?

 

If I adapt this novel for the screen I will make many changes.

First, if I take this triangle of Aarti, Gopal and Raghav then I will give a voice to all characters. Because in the novel we can see that the whole novel is from Gopal's perspective. I will try to make people think of the perspective of both other characters Raghav and Aarti. In the novel they both are 

And I will make Aarti's character stronger than the novel. And also focus on Raghav's character because he is totally busy bringing a change in the world through the revolution and that's why he was unaware of other things.

He trusted Aarti and Gopal who played a game behind him. So I will at least Raghav aware of Aarti and Gopal 's relationship. 

I will change the end of the novel also. In that Gopal realizes that Aarti will not stay happier with him so he leaves her and tries to go back to his corruption World. The thing to think about is that Gopal takes a decision to leave Aarti instead of their corruption World. So in my adaptation I apply that Gopal left both things Aarti and corruption World. And live his life peacefully.

And in that novel we feel like the story was about the love story more than corruption. So I will also throw some more light on the corruption World instead of a love story.

2) 'For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointing character.' Do you agree with this statement? If yes, what sort of characteristics would you 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 that Aarti is a sheer disappointing character. As a feminist reader we find Aarti's character is more confusing character than the other.

First,she was confused about her future and education. She wants to become an airhostess but she belongs to a rich family and political background so that's not happening. 

Second thing is that she was not sure about whom she wanted to live their life ahead Gopal ya Raghav. When Raghav passes the entrance exam for Kota she likes him and is attracted towards his educational qualifications. But when Gopal becomes rich she is ready to stay with him. 

 

I would like that If Chetan Bhagat makes this character stronger and loyal. And at least try to make this character stable. She had no further planning in her life and that's why she was a more confusing character in the novel.

3)'For a true revolutionist, the novel is terribly disappointing.' Do you agree? If yes, what sort of changes would you make in character or situation to make it a perfect revolutionary novel? If you disagree, what is in the novel that

you are satisfied with? 

Yes, I totally agree with that 'For a true revolutionist, the novel is terribly disappointing'. Because the novel's plot woven the concept of love rather than revolution.

I will make some changes like…

As we know that if good people try to change the society that they have to suffer from the bad times. Because bad people always try to damage them. So in the novel Raghav was a revolutionist. And he also suffered a lot because he tried to change society from their thinking. And he is unaware about the mind games of Aarti and Gopal. So I will try to have Raghav have a voice in the novel for himself. And make this character stronger. 

And I will try to change the end of the novel from some ideas of related corruption Worlds because that novel ends like a revolutionary ending rather than a lovely ending.

Thank you....