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Chetan Bhagat is one of the most acclaimed best-selling Indian authors in the present day. He is the author of two bestsellers: Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT and One Night @ the Call Center and the third one: The 3 Mistakes of My Life is about to hit the market soon.

Bhagat is born on April 22, 1974. He studied at The Army Public School, Delhi (1978- 1991) and graduated from IIT Delhi (1991-1995). He completed his post-graduate studies from IIM Ahmedabad (1995-1997). At IIM Ahmedabad, he received a medal for the 'best outgoing student award'. He has been working in Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, since 1999.
His first book, Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT (May 2004) is a novel about three boys who join IIT Delhi and try to cope with the notoriously heavy workload of the institute. This book has continued to stay on the India Today bestseller list ever since its publication (190 weeks in January 2008). It won him the Society Young Achiever's award in 2004 and the Publisher's Recognition award in 2005. Rajkumar Hirani in his new film is taking script of Five Point Someone with Amir Khan in the lead role.

Bhagat's second book, One Night @ the Call Center, was released in India in October 2005 and continues to be a bestseller as of January 2008. The book is about six people who work at a Call Center and one night which changes it all for them. The book will release in US/UK by Random House in May 2007. The book is being made into a big budget Bollywood film called “Hello” starring Salman Khan, Katrnia Kaif, Sharman Joshi, Gul Panag and others and Chetan himself is writing the script for the film.

Chetan's third book, The Three Mistakes of My Life, due to be released in May, is being published by Rupa & Co.

EMAIL THIS NEWS COMMENTS POSTED BY Honey Singh, Panipat on May 7, 2008, 9:15 pm
Bollocks, he is not that popular or celebrated at all, what are you smoking man?