Chetan Bhagat’s Half Girlfriend - an analysis in the aspect of Indian Movies

Abstract

The paper Chetan Bhagat’s Half Girlfriend - an analysis in the aspect of Indian Movies
tries to project that the novel is almost a film. It is trying to throw light on how the cinematic
techniques have been used in the novel. It justifies that the novel has adhered too much of a
Bollywood or Kollywood movie. It has many predictable scenes and unwanted twists. The
story doesn’t agree with real-life things. Moreover, it has all the usual scenes of a bollywood
or kollywood movie which we witness now. The paper projects that Chetan Bhagat
somewhat never allows the audience to mingle with the story. Whenever there is a twist in
the story, the readers take it very usual as they are used to such kind of scenes from the
regional movies. They even rightly guess the twist and find the next scene well in advance. It
is not good for a good novel. The cinematic techniques have become very popular in novels
considering how comfortable readers are with the types of quick cuts and multiple story lines
that can be found on TV and in movies. However, it is not possible for a novel to be too
cinematic.