Comments on: Chetan Bhagat vs 3 Idiots – Truth or Publicity Stunt?

By: Roopak kumar panda

Roopak kumar panda — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:26:21 +0000

I think both d parties got carried away or sumthin.Chetan is a fab writer,i just luv all his books esp fps.But Rajkumar hirani n co r also gud,d movie is good(“all is well” concept,every1s performance,d music are awesome).Though a lot of filmipanti in it,which i hate abt d movie.And wat Raju hirani had been sayin dat d movie is only 2-5 % of d book is rubbish(actually its 60-70). I wanna kick him 4 dis.Finally i wud say fps is lot better dan 3 idiots(wat i feel personally,very strongly though)…I feel bad 4 chetan for d filmmakers didnt him an openin credit…Moreover chetan was talkin abt all dis very politely,while Raju n VCC wer being very rude(i hate dem 4 dis)….Chetan ur d best…

By: Chetan

Chetan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:08:35 +0000

PJ,

Do you think I would just post this without reading the book? I read the book and have watched the movie. Rajkumar Hirani has posted all the signature proofs of the agreements and the credit was given as per the agreement, in the rolling credits of the movie. So there’s no point..

By: PJ

PJ — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:58:59 +0000

I just have one thing to say about this issue. It was very immature for both parties to come out like the way they did. It is very unprofessional on the concept. First of all we all agree that the book and the movie was great. When I read the book, I enjoyed it a lot but when I watched the movie I enjoyed it more and that was not because of the book. It was credit to whole team of 3 idiots and that’s a credit you cannot take way. I want to ask Chetan Bhagat are you sure that who wrote these many best sellers year after year, that you came to public because you felt hurt. Seriously, You are a very emotional man and please try to get some sensibility in your head. Vidhu and Raju should learn acccept to let go, Dude your movie is a fucking mega blockbuster. Give some credit to everybody. I know you did what you were suppose to do but just feel little generous, so this cry baby can show his face to his mother. Please get over it and do a great party all together.
I want to personally say something to person who wrote the main article, man you should not say or comment on something until you are sure of it. Because I am very aware that you have not read the book yet. And Chetan Bhagat did got his credit according to the contract.

By: Rajkumar Hirani Clears Chetan Bhagat Issue with Proofs | Corporate Talk

Rajkumar Hirani Clears Chetan Bhagat Issue with Proofs | Corporate Talk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:29:03 +0000

[...] And the video clearly shows that Chetan in an interview is accepting that the story was narrated to him and the movie is not a xerox copy of the book. Rajkumar Hirani didn’t mention it but anyone like him can feel its just a publicity stunt. [...]

By: Kiren

Kiren — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:15:01 +0000

Bhagat likes publicity we all know that, he prolly did not read the Contract before he signed it, but that’s another thing.

Let me ask a simple question out of 500 regular movie goers if you ask them if the movie was based on a book and who wrote it, do you think they would have been able to answer if the controversy hadn’t happened?

I think this is the way that Bhagat wants to let india know that 3 idiots was based on a book he wrote. And a quick fact

40% of regular indian Tweeters had no clue who the hell Bhagat was till his Twitter trend appeared.
I guess he knew if you look closely his follower count grew a bit after the whole blocks thing…
THis is jsut another PR stunt

P.S
I dint use the words Chetan any where cuz the author of this blog happens to have the same name. Let there be no Confusion. XD
Cheers
Happy new year

P.S

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My Chetan Bhagat vs 3 Idiots Story on Mumbai Mirror | Corporate Talk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:01:22 +0000

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By: Kabir

Kabir — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:50:55 +0000

Chetan should get his due, Bollywood has known to cheat their writers. If this is his plight imagine about others.

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:23:54 +0000

http://bit.ly/5zO1Ps
from the horse’s mouth, so to speak!

By: Gox

Gox — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:14:00 +0000

Read the agreement carefully and you will know that chethan was promised a mention in the rolling credit and that is what was done. He signed the agreement. So what is this hue and cry for? And please google for his past interviews about 3 idiots and you will know the truth. Try to watch the interview he did with http://www.bollywoodhungama.com ……No ambiguity there ….

By: Saurangshu

Saurangshu — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:34:27 +0000

For me its just fun to see both of the parties fighting like this… If Chetan is really so very pissed and it been 2 years since he is fighting it out n stuff, y was he so excited about the premier of the Movie??? why didn’t he mentioned/tweeted about his disappointment then.. he saw it then n there only rite… Why wait for the film to become such a big hit and then bring this up.. he tweet about lot of thing he could have just expressed his disappointment then…..

but again.. if VCC thinks the film is a original masterpiece.. then why did they invited Chetan for the premier.. what was his role in the film.. I still remember even when the cast was not finalized for the film it was published as a film based on Chetan’s FPS then why so much fuss..

I guess both party wants credit for the success and all its doing is that helping both to get more publicity… may be coz of this some people who have watched the film will end up reading Chetan’s book and those who have already read it will re-read it..just to confirm how different or who similar are both… helping both the film and the book…

For me Both are good. the book in itself is a good read and the film a must watch… i would give credit to Joshi and Raju for the script… and Chetan for the original plot… Peace PLz…