Chetan Bhagat, The Real Idiot !!

Dear Mr. Chetan Bhagat,

First of all I admit that I admire your writing. You are a talented, hugely popular writer and I have enjoyed reading your books especially ‘five point someone’ and ‘two states’(the other two looked average).

My sympathies to you for all the drama of the last week surrounding ‘3 Idiots’. Having said that I would like to say that the real idiot out of the controversy is none other than you ! Four years back when the 3 idiots team approached you, you were overwhelmed just by the fact that your book would be made into a movie by best of the lot featuring Shahrukh Khan(Eventually SRK opted out of the project and Amir got in). Then you didn’t care about the remuneration of selling the copy write of your book to Mr Vidhu Vinod Chopra(yet another Idiot). It was mere 11 lakh rupees. Now that when the movie is released and has created havoc at the box office, becoming the highest grosser ever earning 100s of crores, anyone in your place would have got a pinch of the proceedings. It must have pained you financially like hell.

But what made you an Idiot is your outcry in the media about you not getting credit bla bla bla. Come on. Grow up man. You don’t know whom are you taking on. These guys Chopra, Khan have been in the business over decades and they know the intricacies of the trade. Firstly, you being a noob(beginner) in the industry would not get any sympathy and secondly you need to get classes on how to handle the little success you got by writing. Being successful is easy but maintaining it is very very difficult especially if you are in the entertainment industry. You should control your inhibitions and act to be 100% politically correct even in your dreams if you wanna sustain your success. I wouldn’t mention any other name other than Mr SRK to be your mentor on how to handle success(not because I am his fan). Did you look at him how he behaved on the premier of 3 Idiots? He is supposed to be not in good terms with Mr. Chopra(remember Chopra-Farah Khan war because of which SRK opted out of 3 Idiots?) yet he hugged, kissed and wished Mr. Chopra. He also hugged his rival Amir Khan and wished him as if he is his closest buddy. That’s called being politically correct and no wonder why he is such a big super star in spite of his hits and flops. Good that you quickly apologized to Amir, fans etc else I was afraid you would have become one more Vivek oberoi.

It was a big lesson learnt for you. When you are at top, be extra careful before you utter a word in the press. Hope you wouldn’t do any such idiocracy in the future. Everything lies in your hands now, whether to become an other Shahrukh or an other Vivek. Good Luck. Happy new year !