Chetan Bhagat Receives the Indian of the Year Award in the Entertainment Category from IBN

Chetan Bhagat who is known for authoring novels that go on to becoming bestsellers, has received the award for the Indian of the Year in the Entertainment Catefory from IBN. The author who is an IIT-IIM pass out has been the source of entertainment in the past by providing material to base kick-ass movie scripts on. 

Be it 2 states or 3 idiots (a re-make of the five point someone), the movies based on Chetan Bhagat's scripts have been block blusters! Even though there have been controversies around his work, for eg. the one with people debating whether his script has been the basis of the 3 Idiots film, the fact that Chetan Bhagat has made the headlines for his work can not be refuted. 

Chetan Bhagat wins the Indian of Year 2014 in entertainment section https://t.co/yA4zDDHJv8

— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) March 17, 2015

Bhagat recently wrote a novel called the half girlfriend.The buzz on the internet was that, the novel would be the basis for another Bollywood movie. While nothing official has been confirmed, what we know for sure is that half girlfriend will turn out to be as (if not more) entertaining than 2 States! 

In the ceremony that was held for this award, Bhagat was against big Bollywood celebs such as Aamir Khan and Kangana Ranaut. The author cum script writer who has delivered 6 best-sellers and has also featured under the Time's list of most influential people won. Here's a snippet from the award ceremony! 

#IOTY author, script writer Chetan Bhagat wins the Indian of the year for Entertainment. Congratulations! https://t.co/A78KoxmZGE

— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) March 17, 2015

Chetan Bhagat who had also provided the script for Salman Khan's Kick, was humbled to recieve this award. The man who has been the reason for many crore club Bollywood movies, had this to say: 

Humbled and would like to thank @ibnlive and all my readers for the Indian of the Year Award in entertainment. Still can't get over it.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) March 17, 2015

Chetan Bhagat's close friends congratulated him on his achievement. The New York Times mentioned Bhagat to be the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history! Bhagat has been nothing short of revolutionary in bringing about a change in the literary scene of the society! 

With Bhagat being the big thing in Bollywood now, brace yourselves to a lot more of these crore club entertainers! We can't wait to get a confirmation on which Bollywood actor and actress will be cast as the main leads for the movie based on the half girlfriend! Congratulations Chetan Bhagat, you inspire a million others to chase their dreams! 

@chetan_bhagat Wooohhooo!! congrraatttsss chetan!!!!!

— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) March 18, 2015

@chetan_bhagat @ibnlive congrats chetan :-)

— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) March 17, 2015