Chetan Bhagat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chetan Bhagat
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Apr 22, 1974(1974-04-22)
Age	50
Birthplace	New Delhi
Country	India
Birth City	Delhi
Horoscope	Aries

Chetan Bhagat Biography

Chetan Bhagat is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on April 22, 1974 in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Bestseller Indian writer known for his works such as five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, and What Young India Wants. Many of his writings include 2 States: The Story of My Marriage and The 3 Mistakes of My Life were adapted into films.

His book, 3 Idiots, was made into a movie starring His work, 3 Idiots, was adapted into a film starring Aamir Khan..

Bhagat received a BTech degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1995. He stayed in IIT Delhi’s Kumaon Hostel in Room No NB 24, which is now considered lucky by hostellers as it is believed that two other published authors, besides Bhagat had stayed in the same room. He was also the editor of the hostel magazine at IIT Delhi.

After becoming an MBA graduate from IIMA in 1997, Bhagat got his first job through campus placements with Peregrine Investments Holdings in Hong Kong. Peregrine was the largest investment bank in Asia outside of Japan at the time. However, Bhagat lost this job within six months as the company closed its operations in 1998. His next banking job was as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs at their Hong Kong office. Despite being unhappy with his boss at the bank, he stayed on with the job as no other jobs were available. Bhagat kept this boss in his mind when he characterised the villain in his second novel One Night @ the Call Center. Bhagat spent most of his time in Goldman Sachs office in writing, completing and revising drafts of his first novel Five Point Someone. He worked on 15 drafts of the manuscript of his novel to fine-tune it to his satisfaction level. While working in the bank, he kept contacting publishers, who kept rejecting his manuscript. It took him two years to finally find a publisher willing to publish his book. Rupa & Co, a publishing firm based in Old Daryaganj area of Delhi accepted his manuscript and then promptly asked him to re-work it. After the required changes were made, the novel Five Point Someone was finally published in 2004, when it was declared to be a bestseller.

The place he was raised was New Delhi, India. He was married Anusha Bhagat on the 28th of October, 1998. they have two kids named Ishaan as well as Shyam.

Chetan Bhagat Net Worth

Chetan Bhagat is one of the richest Novelist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chetan Bhagat 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student of the field of Mechanical Engineering in The Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. Then, he became an editorialist of The Times of India.

He was named in Time Magazine’s list as one for the top 100 most influential people.

Chetan Prakash Bhagat (born April 22, 1974) is a well known Indian author, columnist, Bollywood screenwriter, social media influencer and motivational speaker. He was included in Time magazine’s list of World’s 100 Most Influential People in 2010.

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Who is Chetan Bhagat Dating?

According to our records, Chetan Bhagat married to Anusha Bhagat. As of December 1, 2023, Chetan Bhagat’s is not dating anyone.

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Bhagat continued to work as an investment banker in 2008 in Deutsche Bank, Mumbai putting in 12 hours in the office from 8 am to 8 pm. His day job would keep him busy analysing the financial reports of loss-making companies and bad loan portfolios of other banks that Deutsche Bank may eventually acquire. He kept a low profile in the bank despite having three bestsellers to his credit. Neither the head of corporate communications in the bank, nor the HR head were aware that Bhagat worked with them in their Mumbai office.

Facts & Trivia

Chetan Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Chetan Bhagat celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.

In April 2017, a controversy erupted over a decision of Delhi University to include Bhagat’s novel ‘Five Point Someone’ as part of the English Literature syllabus from the academic session that would start in July 2017. But after a lot of heated debate on this issue, the Delhi University decided in September 2017 to put on hold the recommendations of its English Department to include Bhagat’s novel in their course and set up a review committee. Five of Chetan Bhagat’s novels have been adapted into Bollywood films like ‘Hello’ in 2008 (One Night @ the Call Center); ‘3 Idiots’ in 2009 (Five Point Someone); ‘Kai Po Che’ in 2013 (The 3 Mistakes of My Life); ‘2 States’ in 2014 (2 States); and ‘Half Girlfriend’ in 2017 (Half Girlfriend). Bhagat has also done scriptwriting for Bollywood films like ‘Kai Po Che’ (2013) (based on his novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life); ‘Kick’ (2014) and ‘Half Girlfriend’ (2017) (based on his novel of the same name). Bhagat won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for ‘Kai Po Che!’ at the 59th Filmfare Awards in January 2014.

Is 2 States Chetan Bhagat's real story?

Said to be inspired by the real-life story of the north Indian author and his wife who is from Tamil Nadu , the book found a connect with youth and elders alike.

Is Chetan Bhagat rich?

Chetan Bhagat net worth: Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, and speaker who has a net worth of $50 million. He is the author of bestselling novels like Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, 2 States, Revolution 2020, and What Young India Wants.

Did Chetan Bhagat wrote 3 Idiots?

3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-written by Abhijat Joshi, with producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra acting as a screenplay associate. Adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone , the film stars Aamir Khan, R.

How much did Chetan Bhagat earn?

Chetan Bhagat earns an estimated salary of Rs 18 Crore Per Year.

Is Half girlfriend a real story?

The author said there was some “misunderstanding” as his book is a work of fiction and is confident that the matter will be sorted out.