Just finished reading this book today morning.
I enjoyed chetan's five point someone but his next two books were a let down. The latest novel '2 states' will pull him more fans for sure.
Though the book isnt as great as his debut novel,it is fun to read. If you are looking for a book with plots where you cant guess what's next , then ditch this. there are zero number of twists in the novel. just by looking at the front and back cover, you will be able to sum up the entire storyline.
SPOILERS(not much anyway) below till ******
the novel is a mix of kamal hassan starrer 'ek tuje kheliye' and surya starrer 'poovellam kettupaar'. The protagonist krish is the same guy from five point someone but just his name has been changed. only the author knows why he changed it. Krish hails from punjab, settled in delhi and the girl Ananya is from my state,Tamil nadu. They fall in love at IIM A. When they try to get their parents know each other during convocation, everything goes haywire.
The hero goes to chennai after getting posted there by citibank. he suffers the usual - auto drivers,uptight people, language,foreign mapillai competition,etc...he manages to make the girl's parents say yes for the marriage. now scene shifts to delhi. Ananya goes with krish to delhi to convince his mom. but thats not enough. the couple have to make their parents get along and so it goes .
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The story brings age old competition between north-indians and south-indians. tamilians are still reffered as 'madrasis' and are seen as uptight,quiet,Carnatic music lovers who love to obey rules. Punjabis are seen as noisy,big hearted,fun loving people who want lots of respect and gifts to be showered on the boy's side. I hate to say it, but a lot of things which the author puts it under 'south-indian' category should have been under 'brahmins' ,both good and the bad.No offense meant.
Finally i'd like to say , Don't get serious with the read. There are some places where the author will poke the habits of south-indians and punjabis but everything must be taken in lighter vein if you want to enjoy the book.
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just read this post. waited till i finish the book even though u said it had spoilers after ****. :P i duuno abt "ek tuje kheliye'" but it was like "poovellam kettupar"! the book was okay. like 'appadi podu', now ppl in india will know 'illa' and some tamil bad words! :D
ReplyDeletei very much liked the choice of words used by the auto driver to shout at krish da.sounded like honey in ears.
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