So guys the trend continues, another Aamir Khan and a controversy creeping up with it. Well all of you by now, must be aware of this controversy. The writer, Chetan Bhagat is furious over the makers of 3 Idiots for not giving him the credit for the story.

Now first of all, I want to say that Chetan Bhagat has targeted the makers of 3 Idiots specifically Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Rajkumar Hirani, so why Aamir Khan is fronting himself on this. Now here are some of the things which I thought are similar between 3 Idiots and the novel ‘Five Point Someone’ :-

• Meeting place of Ryan, Hari and Alok is the tallest building on the campus tank in the movie.
• Definition of "Machine".
• Alok(Raju)  from lower class family w/ dowry problem for sister.
• Alok’s (Raju) mom complaining, Alok leaves dish fuming and Hari finding Matar-Paneer more interesting is from book word to word.
• Ryan (Rancho’s) of fun-loving nature.
• Hari (Farhan)  being the narrator of the story.
• Alok moving with Venkat(Chatur.
• Ryan saving Alok’s father.
• Trip to Neha’s (Pia) house
      a. Hari taking out air from tyres.
      b. Confessing love to Neha.
• Hari, Ryan and Alok travelling on scooter.
• College being of Engineering discipline and based in Delhi.
• Stealing paper from Cherian’s(Shastrabudhu what ever the name was, ) office, and getting caught.
• Alok attempting suicide after that.
• Ryan was interested in machines(and so is Rancho in the movie).
• Neha’s brother committing a suicide by the railway tracks.
• Cherian hates Ryan,Alok & Hari.(and so does Shastrabudhi in the movie)
• The dialogue TERA HONE WALA DAMAAD.
• Alok’s mother hasn’t bought a new saree in the past 5 years.

Chetan Bhagat has clarified his stand on this issue on his blog :

http://www.chetanbhagat.com/blog/general/a-book-a-film-and-the-truth

But if he is not doing it for publicity then why is he not going to the court and instead giving interviews, participating in those talk shows. This is crap, man !!, Chetan only knows what actually will he do. Please comment if you disagree.

He says that he has been played with, so were you boozed from the last 2 years and gave nice comments about Hirani.

This was what he said two years back:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani should be ashamed of themselves because if they have adapted novel, they should give appropriate credit to it. Whatever the truth may be, I believe this controversy will die in few days and both Chetan Bhagat and 3 Idiots are currently enjoying the huge publicity generated from it. 

Also about 3 Idiots,produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, ‘3 Idiots’ has created a box-office history by collecting Rs 175 crore just days after its release on the Christmas day, making it one of the biggest opening for a Hindi film this decade.