Revolution Twenty20

Revolution Twenty20

Hello to all readers, 

Today, in this blog I'm going to discuss this novel "Revolution Twenty20" by Chetan Bhagat. One of the influential writers and listed in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Chetan Baghat is a rising star in the contemporary modern Indian literature, he is a multi talented personality. 

His novel "Revolution Twenty20" is about ambition, corruption, friendship and unrequited love. 

 About the Book

In Revolution Twenty20, Chetan Bhagat explores the lives of three close friends from Varanasi, set against the backdrop of India's corrupt political system. Gopal and Raghav are the best of friends. Although they hail from completely different family backgrounds they share a common passion for success and realising their dreams in life. Gopal's family has been caught up in a never-ending property dispute and he aspires to come out of the mess and amass a lot of wealth, Raghav, on the other hand, desires to bring about a revolution in the system and do something significant for the society. Their lives take a surprising turn when both of them fall in love with their mutual friend, Aarti. Gopal gives in to the corrupt system but Raghav tries to set things right. This situation turns the friends against each other. Will Raghav be successful in bringing about a social change or will he succumb to his desires like Gopal? Who will Aarti choose to spend the rest of her life with? Revolution Twenty20 will make for a riveting read for all Chetan Bhagat fans. 

Now let's discuss some questions regarding the novel. 

1)If you were to adapt this novel for the screen, what sort of changes would you make in the story and characters to make it better than the novel?

If I adapt this novel for the screen I will change the narrative technique first. Because Chetan Bhagat uses this narrative technique in most of his novels, it is now familiar to people. So I'll try to use another technique, like I use a technique where Raghav, Aarti and Gopal all tell the story with their perspective. So we can get an idea about the thinking of these three major characters of the novel. 

Second, I'll change the end of the novel. I'll end with a positive change by Raghav. Raghav brought the Revolution and it impacted people. 

I'll make the theme of Revolution stronger than the theme of love. 

The character of Aarti is doubtable in the novel. So I'll make it stronger and more reliable. 

The most important change I'll make is the character of Gopal. Gopal understood his mistake, he also thought about Aarti and Raghav. But the corruption he did and got the position of director, he doesn't want to leave that place. So in the screening I would like to make him understand his mistake and leave that place of director and hire a more eligible person as director. 

2) 'For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointing character.' Do you agree with this statement? If yes, what sort of characteristics would you like to see in Aarti? If you disagree with this statement, why? What is it in Aarti that you are satisfied with this character?

Yes, I agree that Aarti is a sheer disappointing character. As a feminist reader we find Aarti's character is portrayed as weak in compare of other characters. She belongs to a rich family even though her parents and grandparents have political backgrounds and they are also educated. But Aarti has no attitude towards her life and future. 

She doesn't even know with whom she wants to live. When Raghav passes the entrance exam for Kota she likes him and is attracted towards his educational qualifications. But when Gopal becomes rich she is ready to stay with him. 

She hasn't any kind of hope in her life. We can see where she wanted to become an air hostess but then she started working in the Ramada Hotel. 

3)'For a true revolutionist, the novel is terribly disappointing.' Do you agree? If yes, what sort of changes would you make in character or situation to make it a perfect revolutionary novel? If you disagree, what is in the novel that you are satisfied with? 

Yes, I totally agree with that 'For a true revolutionist, the novel is terribly disappointing'. Because as we know the novel focuses on love rather than revolution. 

I would like to make these changes :-

Raghav's character represents revolution. He wanted to change society through revolution. But he faced a very bad time during this process, but in the end he didn't get a reward which had an impact on people. People don't follow him because they can easily give an excuse that, "you will also face problems and at the end you will get nothing like Raghav ! " So at the end I'll make justice for Raghav that he brought revolution in society. The system of corruption has changed and he becomes part of parliament. This can be an appropriate end according to my view. 

Thank you !