Chetan Bhagat is the author of six bestselling novels-Five Point Someone (2004). One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011) and Half Girlfriend (2014)-which have sold over ten million copies and have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide.

In 2008, The New York Times called him 'the biggest-selling author in India's history', a position he has maintained until date. Almost all his books have been adapted into hit Bollywood films. He is also a Filmfare-award-winning screenplay writer.

TIME magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the 100 most creative people in business globally. His columns in The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar are amongst the most widely read in the country. He is also one of the country's leading motivational speakers and has hosted several TV shows. Despite all the above, he is only human and can be totally stupid sometimes.