Chetan Bhagat

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Does Chetan Bhagat smoke: No.Chetan Bhagat began his career as an Investment Banker in a company named Goldman Sachs. Grabbing the job wasnt an easy task for him as he had to give as many as 27 interviews as part of the selection process. He worked for almost a decade in the companys Hong Kong office.While in Hong Kong, Bhagat felt that there was something missing in his life, and thus in order to fill this void, Bhagat started laying more focus on his hobby- writing.Every work of Chetan Bhagat has been a bestseller. Moreover, almost all of his books have been adopted into commercial Bollywood films. While Hello and 3 Idiots were based on One Night At The Call Centre and Five Point Someone respectively, Kai Po Che! and 2 States were inspired from The Three Mistakes of My Life and2 States (novel) respectively.He considers his book, 2 States, as a partial autobiography. In an interview, he revealed that the love story showcased in the book has been inspired by his real life as Bhagat is a Punjabi and his wife, Anusha, is from the southern part of the country, who fell in love with him during their IIM days.In 2008, The New York Times, a leading American daily, cited Bhagat as the biggest-selling English-language novelist in Indias history. Additionally, Bhagat was among Time magazines Worlds 100 Most Influential People in 2010.Also a prolific columnist, he has written numerous columns for English newspapers like The Times of India and Hindustan Times.He was one of the screenwriters of Salman Khan starrer Kick (2014).