REVOLUTION 2020
- CHETAN BHAGAT
Chetan Bhagat the most famous Indian author
also a novelist,columnist,script writer and motivational speaker. Chetan
published his first novel “Five Point Someone” in 2004 and this novel took him
to the peaks of fame and popularity. Chetan contribution to the field of
entertainment is noticeable.He never confined his literary talents to just
writing novels.He won the Society Young Achiever’s Award in 2000 and the
Publishers Recognition Award in 2005.
The novel “Revolution 2020” portrays the life of
three childhood friends Gopal, Aarti and Raghav and all the difficulties that
they had been gone through.The plot set against the backdrop of small town
called Varanasi. Gopal the protagonist of the novel is very much ambitious about
earning money although he is from a poor family.He wants to become rich but he
struggles a lot to earn money. Gopal falls in love with Aarti. Gopal is so very
poor in studies and can’t able to clear his degree and thus he has been forced
to leave Varanasi have to go for the Kota to another city.Meanwhile Aarti falls
in love with Raghav. This made Gopal to feel jealous towards Raghav and he also
wants to show Aarti that he is better than Raghav.Gopal somehow wants to earn
money and so he planned to build a new Engineering college in Varanasi called
“Gangatech college” with the help of the MLA Shukla. On the other hand Raghav
completed his engineering and joins the largest selling newspaper “Dainik” as
an Intern. Raghav starts to bringout the wrongdoings of MLA Shukla and exposes
him in public.And suddenly things had taken a different turn when Aarti starts
to develop a soft corner for Gopal. The theme of love and friendship is
noticeable.At last Gopal sacrifices his love and Aarti happens to marry Raghav.
Revolution 2020 is the fifth novel of Chetan
deals with the themes of LOVE,AMBITION,CORRUPTION. Chetan has been invited to
Gangatech College in order to deliver a speech.There he happens to meet
Gopal. Gopal invited Chetan for a drink. Gopal has been admitted to hospital
because of the overdose of alcohol and this is where Gopal shares his own past
unhappy lifestory with Chetan and that the real lifestory of Gopal had been
published as a book called Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat.
It’s a good novel which deals with the
educational system.The novel deals with varieties of themes like
politics,ambition,friendship,love,family,corruption etc.I enjoyed reading this
novel it is quiet interesting and also arouses the curiosity of the readers.I
liked this novel.
- Helen
