Happy New Year!
How are you? Hope all is well!
On the occasion of 3 Idiots becoming the biggest hit this year, I would like to take some time out to congratulate you for your contribution to this blockbuster. So here goes...
Congratulations.
Uh, thats it... I'm done. Oh, wait, were your expecting more? Ok, here we go again...
Hey, congrats dude... We knew you could do it!!!!
Still not satisfied??? Are you serious Chetanooo??? After all, you weren't IN the movie yaar!
And honestly, I don't think you should want more... You got your money and I'm sure lot of people will now go out there and buy your book also. It might be an okay attempt at writing and slightly overhyped just because you are an Indian author in India (and there aren't too many who have shot to fame like you for no apparent reason), but now people will go and buy it and read it, just to figure out HOW similar the movie is after all! Yes, most people are that stupid!
I for one realized immediately what you were trying to do, and all I can say is shame on you Chetanoo! Sour grapes??? Et tu, Brutus??? Just because you got paid a 6 figure amount (post TDS deduction) and the movie is going to make an astronomical amount of money, now you are feeling jealous Chetanoo???
You must admit that if the movie had been copied page by page from the book ,it would not have been that great. You and I have both read the book, and we both know that there is no Rancho in it who likes to give lectures on how to lecture and bathes in the garden because he is secretly Chotu, the Maali's son... or Funsuk Wangdu who teaches his students how to give electric shocks to people who try to pee in public places... or Chatur Ramalingam whose balatkaar speech will be on You Tube for centuries to come... Or chashmish Kareena in a wet sari asking Aamir why Gujju food has such dangerous names (hilarioussss)... Or the slightly ridiculous Mona Singh delivering a baby on a ping pong table... And that 'Aaall is Well' they keep doing is not there also na in your book... Don't lie haan now! And all these things are making the movie a blockbuster... Not the fact that these are engineering students. That is just a starting point.
Actually I am getting a little upset now Chetanoo. You wrote an average book, got more praise than you deserved, got all these movie contracts, met superstars who you could have taken some dressing tips from and even non-readers know your name now. Then why try to be an idiot? Were you a lonely child that no one played with? Or are you trying to be like Chatur from the movie and just jump onto the bandwagon when the going is good??? Why take Raj Kumar Hirani's credit away from him? He is a nice Sindhi man who has made happy movies, and this time, even though the dominating Aamir's handiwork is obvious in some scenes, he has still managed to give us something far more endearing and valuable than anything else that we have seen this year.
Truth be told, your book was funny and good, but not great. The movie is great, though not awesome as some people are saying (because some pre-meditated and cued Aamir has gotten mixed into natural and effortless Hirani). But you must understand that a great movie in India will do exponentially more business that a good book. That is obvious. You want more? Become a director I say! Actorrr, I don't think your kurtas and chubby cheeks will work in today's packaging obsessed movie business... So avoid.
Tell me something Chetanoo... Do you need a hug? Or mummy to tell you that you are the best? Or did someone put you upto this? These Bollywood types are trying to discredit each other all the time. Don't get caught in their trap.
So my advice to you Chetanoo... Don't be stupid and try to become an idiot. You represent the 5 Point Someone. Remember? The book you wrote? Want to tell the easily convinced media desperately in need of a story about your book, instead of telling them about the movie that was copied from your book that you didn't get enough importance for? Maybe someone in the media will give you a hug... They can do anything nowadays... Just don't be an idiot and tell them to shut up. They don't like it.
Best regards,
Me.
