Chetan Bhagat

About Chetan Bhagat

Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, and What Young India Wants are among the best-selling Indian novels. Many of his novels have been made into films, including 2 States: The Story of My Marriage and The 3 Mistakes of My Life.

Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and columnist. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Bhagat graduated in mechanical engineering at IIT Delhi and completed a master's of business administration degree at IIM Ahmedabad. He started his career as an investment banker but left it after a few years to pursue writing. He has written nine novels and three non-fiction books. His first novel, Five Point Someone, was published in 2004. His novels have been listed as bestsellers. Five of Chetan Bhagat's novels have been adapted into Bollywood films like Hello in 2008, 3 Idiots in 2009, Kai Po Che! in 2013; 2 States in 2014 and Half Girlfriend in 2017. Bhagat has also written the scripts for Bollywood films like Kick in 2014 and adapted his stories for the movies Kai Po Che! and Half Girlfriend. Bhagat won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Kai Po Che! at the 59th Filmfare Awards in 2014. He is also often found in controversies at twitter.

Genre	romance, realistic fiction, non-fiction
Education	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (B.Tech), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (M.B.A)
Born	Chetan Prakash Bhagat, April 22, 1974, Delhi, India
Language	English, Hindi
Notable works	Five Point Someone, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Half Girlfriend
Period	2004-present

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Trivia

He was included on Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People.

Chetan Bhagat before fame

He received his education at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to work as a columnist for The Times of India.

Achievement of Chetan Bhagat

On Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People, he was listed.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$50 Million

Chetan Bhagat family life

He was born in the Indian city of New Delhi. In 1998, he married Anusha Bhagat, with whom he has two children, Ishaan and Shyam.

Associations of Chetan Bhagat

3 Idiots, one of his works, was made into a film starring Aamir Khan.

Chetan Bhagat Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	64 kg
Height	168 cm
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Salt & Pepper