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

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