Chetan Bhagat v/s 3 idiots team - my take

There are a lot of people wondering whose side they should be taking in the recent spat over the story credits of 3 idiots. Both Chetan and Raju Hirani have their versions of the story.

Raju says, he bought the rights so he can do anything with the story and Chetan says that since the original story is his, he (chetan) should have been given credits as one of the story writers at the beginning of the film.

Having read 5 point someone, I think that the basic plot is similar to the book...the ragging scene, the smoking / drinking on the terrace, the suicide attempt, falling in love with dean's daughter, the definition of machine, the question paper leak, the dean son's suicide and the change of events after he discovers it. These were all taken from the book. So Chetan’s demand is justified.

But Raju Hirani and Abhijat Joshi have taken these and packed them in such an entertaining movie that these seem just 20% of the movie. And I would safely say that the movie is much more entertaining this way. It would be very boring if it was completely based on the book.

All said and done, what I gather is that Chetan has finally got what he wanted. Thanks to the controversy, everyone now knows that HIS book inspired the movie. And thanks to the movie, more people will read the book and Chetan will make some more money as royalty from his publishers.

He didn’t get into IIM Ahemdabad for nothing.