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49-514: Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist , screenwriter and YouTuber . He was listed in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Bhagat has produced many novels, with several of these works turned into movies, such as One Night @ the Call Center and Half Girlfriend . Chetan grew up in a traditional Punjabi Hindu family. His father served as

98-751: A lieutenant colonel in the Indian Army , and his mother worked as a scientist in Indian Agricultural Research Institute , New Delhi . He attended the Army Public School , Dhaula Kuan , where he developed a passion for writing while authoring jokes for the school magazine. Bhagat graduated with a B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1995. Bhagat would then attend

147-425: A podcast show Deep talk with Chetan Bhagat where he invites accomplished guests for a conversation about how they made it big in life. Five of Bhagat's novels have been adapted into films: Bhagat married Anusha Suryanarayan in 1998. He met her during their college days at IIM . One of his novels, " 2 States " was inspired by his real-life love story. They have twin sons named Shyam Bhagat and Ishaan Bhagat. In

196-522: A "fantastic" response in circuits like Mumbai, Mysore , Delhi- UP , CP Berar , CI , Nizam and Rajasthan . The film was declared a "Super Hit" by Box Office India in light of its first two days' performance. With a very good run in multiplexes and single screens alike, it managed a three-day nett of ₹ 280 million (US$ 3.4 million). 2 States had a final domestic net of ₹ 811 million (US$ 9.7 million). According to Box Office India , 2 States grossed US$ 5.85 million internationally, and

245-466: A Hollywood gossip columnist in 1957, duplicating her print tactics on television by the mid-1960s. One of the more famous syndicated columnists of the 1920s and 1930s, O. O. McIntyre , declined offers to do a radio series because he felt it would interfere and diminish the quality of writing in his column, "New York Day by Day". Franklin Pierce Adams and O. O. McIntyre both collected their columns into

294-401: A Punjabi girl. There is still friction between Krish and Vikram, and much to his dysfunctional family ‘s chagrin, Krish shifts his job to Chennai to stay in touch with Ananya. During this time, Krish tries hard to win over Ananya's family. Initially, her family disapproves of him, but gradually, he builds a rapport with the family. He tutors her younger brother Manjunath "Manju" Swaminathan for

343-485: A better balance would have helped the post-interval portion which seems heavy. Hindustan Times ' Anupama Chopra gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, and said, "In 2 States , the story is the weakest link. The film is bolstered by talented actors, gorgeous songs by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, nice styling, sumptuous production design, and a few sparkling moments. But in the second half, 2 States falls apart. At almost two-and-a-half hours, it's also stretched so thin that by

392-495: A call from Ananya, who reveals Vikram had secretly come down to Chennai to speak to her parents, apologizing for Kavita's shallow behavior in an effort to change their decision. The two families finally come together to get the couple married in Chennai. At first, Vikram declines to attend the wedding to prevent any further embarrassment, but at the last minute, he flies down to Chennai and apologizes to Kavita for his abusive behavior over

441-719: A collection of all three in 3 Smiths in the Wind (1946). When Smith's column, The Totem Pole , was syndicated by United Features, he told Time : Just between you and me, it's tough. A typewriter can be a pretty formidable contraption when you sit down in front of it and say: "All right, now I'm going to be funny." The writing of French humor columnist Alain Rémond has been collected in books. The Miami Herald promoted humor columnist Dave Barry with this description: "Dave Barry has been at The Miami Herald since 1983. A Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, he writes about issues ranging from

490-545: A column can prove so popular it becomes the basis for an expansion into an entire magazine. For instance, when Cyrus Curtis founded the Tribune and Farmer in 1879, it was a four-page weekly with an annual subscription rate of 50 cents. He introduced a women's column by his wife, Louise Knapp Curtis, and it proved so popular that in 1883 he started publishing it as a separate monthly supplement, Ladies Journal and Practical Housekeeper , edited by Louise Curtis. With 25,000 subscribers by

539-591: A columnist for the Daily Mail on being forced out of office. Carl Rowan was a famous black columnist who wrote for The Mineapollis Tribune. His articles about racism and international affairs made him famous across the USA. In 1961, he was asked by the president John F. Kennedy to join his administration. He then became a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs. That was all made possible due to his interview with Mr. Kennedy that happened year before. In pop culture

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588-431: A critical and commercial success. It is Kapoor's biggest commercial success to date. At the 60th Filmfare Awards , 2 States received 8 nominations, including Best Film , Best Director (Varman), Best Supporting Actor (Roy) and Best Supporting Actress (Singh), and won 2 awards – Best Music Director (Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy) and Best Debut Director (Varman). Co-cinematography by Narendra Kumar Singh. Krish Malhotra,

637-459: A dispute over an excessive dowry . Krish reveals to Ananya that his bitterness towards Vikram was mainly because of his angry outbursts, which escalated one day when he hit him after he hit Kavita in an altercation, causing a strain on their relationship. Krish and Ananya decide to take a vacation in Mumbai with their families before the wedding, hoping they will get to know each other better. However,

686-570: A fresh engineer from IIT Delhi pursuing his MBA at IIM Ahmedabad , comes from an affluent Punjabi Hindu family based in New Delhi . His mother, Kavita, is in a troubled relationship with his alcoholic father, Vikram Malhotra, with whom he has strained relations. He is immediately smitten when he meets Ananya Swaminathan, a fellow student from a conservative Tamil Brahmin family in Chennai . When she tells him she wants to study with him, he agrees, and

735-525: A series of books, as did other columnists. McIntyre's book, The Big Town: New York Day by Day (1935) was a bestseller. Adams' The Melancholy Lute (1936) is a collection of selections from three decades of his columns. H. Allen Smith 's first humor book, Low Man on a Totem Pole (1941), and his two following books, were so popular during World War II that they kept Smith on the New York Herald Tribune' s Best Seller List for 100 weeks and prompted

784-400: A tight clinch". Shubra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, and said, " 2 States ... sets out to be a solid, emotionally satisfying rom-com, and goes well for a bit but then turns into a too-stretched-out 'jhagda' between the two sets of North-South parents. The smooth, engaging first half descends, post-interval, into mopey melodrama, and I got impatient waiting for

833-543: A young engineer falling in love with a South Indian girl and the tribulations of this relationship. The book was adapted into a successful movie of the same name starring Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt . Bhagat's later novels Revolution 2020 , Half Girlfriend and One Indian Girl also gained commercial success. Bhagat's is still active as an author, producing The Girl in Room 105 in 2018, One Arranged Murder in 2020, and his latest novel 400 days , in 2021. Bhagat

882-479: Is new", Hallam Walker Davis wrote in a book, The Column , which was published in 1926. "It has had the advantage of high-powered promotion. It is still riding on the crest of the first big wave its own splash sent out." But Mr. Davis did think that in a decade or two the newspapers might be promoting their columns along with their comic strips. The World had started the ball rolling with billboard advertising of Heywood Broun 's "It Seems to Me". The McNaught Syndicate

931-412: Is occasionally funny and sweet in parts all right, but the family drama at the film's core has a severely stultified feel. The trouble is that the impending wedding remains impending far too long to sustain interest... it sets out to be a slice-of-life drama about a real couple grappling with the politics of inter-community marriage, but it fails to generate enough energy and warmth to draw the audience into

980-557: Is selected for Sunsilk . The couple attempts to introduce their parents to each other during their convocation ceremony, but to their dismay, a loud Kavita does not get along with Ananya's reserved Tamil parents, Radha and Shiv. As Ananya joins her marketing job in Chennai, Krish returns to Delhi with the choice of his workplace in his hands. Kavita urges him to stay in Delhi and criticizes his relationship with Ananya, citing cultural differences and telling him to get into an arranged marriage with

1029-724: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and the IIFA Award for Best Music Director for the film's soundtrack. The songs "Offo", "Mast Magan", "Iski Uski", "Locha E Ulfat", and "Chandaniya" were declared chartbusters. 2 States 's teaser trailer was released along with Hasee Toh Phasee , which released on 7 February 2014. According to Box Office India , 2 States had "excellent" first day figures of ₹ 120 million (US$ 1.4 million). The collections for second day were around ₹ 118 million (US$ 1.4 million) taking its two-day total to ₹ 238 million (US$ 2.9 million), receiving

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1078-603: The IIT entrance exam, gets Radha an opportunity to sing for an event at his workplace, and helps Shiv create his first PowerPoint presentation. Before departing for New Delhi, Krish confesses his intentions to marry Ananya to her family, which everyone finally accepts. Krish and Ananya then travel to Delhi to win over his family. Similarly, Kavita and her family are initially hostile towards Ananya but come to like her after she publicly saves Krish's cousin Minty's wedding from being canceled due to

1127-583: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), graduating in 1997 with a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing. In June 2018, IIMA awarded him the "Young Alumni Achiever's Awards 2018" in the Art & Entertainment category. After graduating in 1997, Bhagat was placed through his campus at Peregrine Investments Holdings in Canada . However, he lost this job within six months when

1176-453: The same name with the story rewritten by Varman and Bhagat, the film stars Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt with Amrita Singh , Ronit Roy , Revathi and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam in supporting roles. Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures , 2 States opened in global cinemas on 18 April 2014. Praised for its music, cast performances, story and direction, the film earned ₹ 175 crore (US$ 21 million) in worldwide markets, thus emerging as

1225-454: The 1930s and 1940s, such as Franklin Pierce Adams (also known as FPA), Nick Kenny , John Crosby , Jimmie Fidler , Louella Parsons , Drew Pearson , Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell , achieved a celebrity status and used their syndicated columns as a springboard to move into radio and television. In some cases, such as Winchell and Parsons, their radio programs were quite similar in format to their newspaper columns. Rona Barrett began as

1274-579: The Call Center . In March 2008, Bhagat moved back to India with his wife and three-year-old twin sons. He joined as a director in Deutsche Bank 's distressed-assets team in Kodak House, Mumbai. The same year his third novel, The 3 Mistakes of My Life , was published and sold seven lakh (700,000) copies in three months. In 2009, Bhagat quit his banking career to become a full time author. Bhagat started writing his first novel Five Point Someone when he

1323-433: The book before it, is light-hearted. Chetan's funny one-liners and life-view are studiously borrowed by the director for his screen outing. And though there is a sense of deja-vu, for those who have read the book, the movie still manages to charm and surprise." Paloma Sharma of Rediff.com gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and opined, "There's nothing that should keep you from watching 2 States ". Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave

1372-554: The company closed its operations in 1998. His next job was at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker in their Hong Kong office. While working in this position, Bhagat was also focused on creating his first novel, Five Point Someone . Eventually, the publishing company, Rupa Publications , accepted his manuscript and offered to publish his work. By 2006, he was vice-president of Strategic Investment Group, Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. In 2005, He would publish his second novel, One Night @

1421-583: The end of its first year, it was such a success that Curtis sold Tribune and Farmer to put his energy into the new publication, which became the Ladies' Home Journal . There is sometimes crossover between being a politician and a columnist. For example, Boris Johnson had a column in the Daily Telegraph , was elected a member of the UK Parliament , became Mayor of London then UK Prime Minister , then became

1470-399: The film 3 out of 5 stars, and wrote, " 2 States is barely unwatchable but misses the magic of Chetan Bhagat's novel. As a stand-alone, it is endearingly done with Alia and Arjun's scorching chemistry coming off as adorable. The Bhagat fan in me is disappointed, but the cinemagoer isn't." DNA posted, the first half of the film is light and breezy and the second dramatic and emotional, perhaps

1519-409: The film 4 out of 5 stars, and published, " 2 States can be a good mirror for parents to understand their children. So take along your parents and enjoy the film." Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote, "What makes 2 States work is the simple narrative told humorously. Adapted as it is, from one of author Chetan Bhagat's best-selling works, the film, just like

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1568-586: The film was to be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj . The role of Krish Malhotra was also offered to Imran Khan , who instead chose to work on Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013). Finally, Arjun Kapoor was cast as the lead. The female lead was then offered to Anushka Sharma , who rejected it as she didn't find the role interesting enough, and later Alia Bhatt signed on. Amrita Singh and Ronit Roy were cast as Arjun Kapoor's parents, and Revathi and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam were cast as Alia Bhatt's parents. Principal photography commenced on 29 January 2013 with

1617-462: The international economy to exploding toilets." Barry has collected his columns into a series of successful books. He stopped writing his nationally syndicated weekly column in 2005, and the Miami Herald now offers on its website a lengthy selection of past columns by Barry. In 1950, Editor & Publisher looked back at the newspaper columnists of the 1920s: "Feature service of various sorts

1666-466: The lyrics for the songs were penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya . The first song, Offo , sung by Aditi Singh Sharma and Amitabh Bhattacharya , was released on 7 March 2014. The second song, Locha-E-Ulfat , sung by Benny Dayal , was released on 13 March 2014. The soundtrack of the film was released on 16 March 2014. The medley song "Isaiyin Alai" at the concert was sung by Mahalaxmi Iyer . Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy won

1715-759: The profession of 'columnist' has been seen as glamorous, and is often used as the career of choice for fictional characters such as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City , Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls , Andie Anderson in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and dozens of others. National day of Columnists is on April 18. 2 States (2014 film) 2 States is a 2014 Indian Hindi -language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala . Based on Chetan Bhagat 's 2009 novel of

1764-531: The shooting of a song. Parts of the film were shot at Chennai , Delhi, IIM-A and Gol Limda Bhajiya House near Astodia Darwaza, Ahmedabad Railway Station to Police commissioner office in Ahmedabad in August 2013. Alia sported an Indian Fusion look in the film and her costumes were designed by Manish Malhotra . Speaking about her character, Alia said that she is a City Girl who speaks Tamil only with her parents. It

1813-444: The time Krish and Ananya walk into the sunset, you are long past caring". Concerning Kapoor and Bhatt, she said, "Arjun, departing from his earlier violent roles, makes a nicely goofy and later subdued lover boy, but it's Alia who lights up the screen." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote, " 2 States is a cross-culture love story that strives to be sweet, funny and emotionally wrenching all at once. It

1862-495: The trip does not go as planned due to Kavita's continuous remarks about their cultural differences. Furthermore, Ananya and her parents overhear Krish falsely assuring his mother she can treat Ananya however she wants after marriage. Having had enough of the insults, Ananya breaks up with Krish, and they go their separate ways. Krish becomes depressed and starts writing about his story with Ananya. He also visits her in Chennai, where she tells him to stop all communication. Later, he gets

1911-523: The two gradually become friends. After a minor pause in meeting her, Krish eventually confesses his feelings for her one night, and the two share a kiss. They begin dating and live together for the next few months on campus. Krish confides in Ananya that his real passion is writing, which he wants to pursue as a career. As the two attend their interviews on campus drives, Krish proposes to Ananya, and she gladly accepts. Krish gets selected for Yes Bank , while Ananya

1960-573: The wake of the MeToo movement in India , an anonymous woman accused Bhagat of inappropriate behavior, by sharing the WhatsApp chat they had and alleging that he persistently pursued her despite her clear disinterest and his status as a married man. Bhagat later issued an apology through his Facebook account acknowledging his transgression towards the victim and also his wife. Columnist Newspaper columnists of

2009-470: The years. After getting married, Ananya gives birth to twin boys. Krish resigns from his job at the bank and publishes his book, 2 States , based on his and Ananya's lives. The first choice for the lead pair in the film had been Saif Ali Khan and Priyanka Chopra and the film was to be directed by Siddharth Anand. Later, it was announced that Shah Rukh Khan and Asin Thottumkal would play lead roles and

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2058-614: Was a celebrity judge along with Marzi Pestonji and Preity Zinta on the dance reality show named " Nach Baliye " season 7 that aired on the Indian television channel Star Plus . Bhagat was also seen in Netflix 's series Decoupled , which stars R. Madhavan in the lead role. In the show, Madhavan plays the second bestselling author in India, while Bhagat plays himself as India's bestselling author and Madhavan's rival. For Kai Po Che (2013) based on his novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life , Bhagat

2107-456: Was adapted by film director Rajkumar Hirani into a film named 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan , R. Madhavan , Sharman Joshi , and Kareena Kapoor . After the success of his first novel, he started working on his second book One Night @ the Call Center which was published in 2005. The novel was also a success. In the first three days of its release, almost 50,000 copies were sold. It became India's fastest-selling book of its time. The book

2156-443: Was also adapted into a movie named Hello , with Bhagat and Atul Agnihotri as writers. Bhagat would start his full time career as a novelist with his third novel, The 3 Mistakes of My Life , published in 2008. This novel would see wide success, with the film Kai Po Che being based on its story. Bhagat's fourth novel 2 States was published in 2009 and drew inspiration from his marriage and wife. The novel revolves around

2205-401: Was given a U/A certificate by the censor board The song "Offo" was choreographed and conceptualized by Remo D'Souza as a celebration of several Indian festivals in a time lapse of almost one year. It was shot over four days at IIM Ahmedabad campus and Filmistan Studio in Mumbai . The film score was composed by Tubby-Parik while the songs were composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , while

2254-460: Was one of the four screenplay writers. The film was a commercial success and Bhagat, along with Pubali Chaudri, Supratik Sen and Abhishek Kapoor , won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Kai Po Che! at the 68th Filmfare Awards . Shushant Singh Rajput was also a part of the movie Bhagat is also a YouTuber . His YouTube channel provides motivational tips to young Indians. He launched

2303-718: Was sitting pretty with O. O. McIntyre, Will Rogers and Irvin S. Cobb on its list. The New York Herald Tribune offered Don Marquis and Franklin P. Adams rhymed satirically in "The Conning Tower" for the New York World Syndicate. "A Line o' Type or Two", Bert Leston Taylor's verse column in the Chicago Tribune , was now being done by Richard Henry Little. Other offerings: humorous sketches by Damon Runyon ; O. Henry stories; editorials by Arthur Brisbane ; Ring Lardner letter; "Rippling Rhymes", by Walt Mason ; literary articles by H. L. Mencken . In certain instances,

2352-539: Was the second highest overseas grosser of 2014 in Bollywood after Jai Ho at that point. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the film 4.5 out of 5 stars, and noted, "On the whole, 2 States is one of the finest movies to come out of the Hindi film industry of late. This is one of those rare Hindi movies that commands a repeat viewing. Strongly recommended!" Critic Saurabh Dwivedi, writing for India Today , gave

2401-441: Was working at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong in the early 2000s. In an interview, he said he wrote about 15 drafts of the novel and also sent the final manuscripts to several publishers. The manuscript was finally accepted by the publishing house Rupa Publications in Delhi and was published in 2004. The novel narrates the story of three IIT students who consider themselves to be below-average students among other students there. The story

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