Revolution Twenty20

 

Hello!

I am Nidhi Jethava and I am a student at MK Bhavnagar University, department of English. In our syllabus, we have a paper on contemporary English literature and we have a paper on ‘Revolution Twenty20’ by Chetan Bhagat in the context of popular literature. 

Here I am putting sir's blog link:

https://blog.dilipbarad.com/2021/12/revolution2020.html

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat, IITian and IIMian. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010.

About ‘Revolution Twnety20’

Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition is a 2011 novel by Chetan Bhagat. Its story is concerned with a love triangle, corruption, and a journey of self-discovery. R2020 has addressed the issue of how private coaching institutions exploit aspiring engineering students and how parents put their lifetime earnings at stake for these classes so that their children can crack engineering exams and change the fortune of the family. While a handful accomplishes their dreams, others sink into disaster. The book is available as an Audiobook on Amazon.

The author stated that the novel is based on the "rampant corruption" apparent in the Indian educational system, with the choice of Varanasi as a setting emerging through "a special connection to the city" following his visit. He further said "it is one of our oldest cities, and people there now have modern aspirations. I thought the contrast would be interesting. The city also has a lot of character."

Questions to ponder:-

1)If you were to adapt this novel for the screen, what sort of changes you would make in the story and characters to make it better than the novel?

Answer:- 

If I was adapted ‘Revolution 2020’ for the screen, I would like do some changes in both story and Character. As per the title, I would like to do more focus on the theme of revolution rather than love.

There in the movie, Raghav’s character would be more strong than Gopal’s character.

And specifically beginning of the movie, my story will start with the introduction of the author and Raghav as CM. The author would meet Raghav for ‘Revolution in Varanasi’. 

Aarti’s character might be more strong and static. In the novel, Aarti’s character from the feminine point of view is very weak but in the movie, she might be strong and passionate for career and politics. 

The end would be totally different, Raghav will be the CM and he will bring ‘Revolution’ in India especially in Varanasi.

2) 'For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointing character.' Do you agree with this statement? If yes, what sort of characteristics you would like to see in Aarti. If you disagree with this statement, why? What is it in Aarti that you are satisfied with this character?

Answer:- 

Yes, I agree with this statement, 'For a feminist reader, Aarti is a sheer disappointing character.' Aarti belongs to a family which has an educationalist and political background but while reading we can not find any characteristic like that. Aarti is very weak from the perspective of feminism. She has no ambition, vision, or passion for her career. 

As a reader, I would like to see some of the specific characteristics in Aarti

Like, her family background is educationalist and politics so that thing might be in her like she has some dream some passion for her career as well as politics. 

Another thing is that she is not strong from her own mind like she was attracted toward Raghav when he has power and wealth and he got a high Rank in exams but when Gopla become wealthy she was ready to sleep with him.  In the novel, Aarti is considered as a winning reward which Gopal and Raghav want to achieve, in this sense somewhere her character is sheer. 

3)'For a true revolutionist, the novel is terribly disappointing.' Do you agree? If yes, what sort of changes would you make in character or situation to make it a perfect revolutionary novel? If you disagree, what is in the novel that you are satisfied with?

Answer:-

Yes, I agree that for a true revolutionist this novel is terribly disappointing because the title and the concept of the story are totally different. The novel mostly focuses on a love story. 

Changes:

The first change I would like to do in the story is that it was more focusing on revolution rather than love. The plot might be changed and the story was told by Raghav as a revolutionist. He would be CM and change the phenomenon of the scenario. 

The end of the novel is very terrible because it was marriage and Raghav and Aarti got married there is no such revolution anywhere, so the end would be different like the story runs with Raghav’s revolutionary attitude. After Mary Aarti Raghav would join politics and stay there and work with the political ideas and bring revolution in India. Not everywhere but at possible places for example Ganga Action Plan, Raghav would be the raising star in new India.