The case of 3 Idiots, 2 writers and 1 bad contract

Firstly its been quite sometime since I last blogged. Been real busy with lot of things happening but my heart was always thinking of blogging. Shall try and be more regular from now on.

Back to the current topic: We have all seen the mudslinging happening over the last couple of days over the story of 3 idiots between 3 idiots (Aamir, Raju, Vidhu) and Chetan Bhagat.

Facts

1. The 3 idiots bought the book from Bhagat and promised him "rolling credits" in the contract on which they signed over two years back

2. Producer paid Bhagat a lump sum amount before the movie released

3. Bhagat gets in a few more best-sellers in between

4. "Hello" based on Bhagat's "One Night at a Call centre" sinks at the box office without a trace

5. "Chetan Blocks" on twitter fiasco dents Chetan's credibility as a responsible celebrity.

6. "3 Idiots" is a box-office blockbuster breaking all records

Killer Fact

1. Movie is about 40% of the book and not 2-5% as claimed by Raju Hirani but going by his original "Munnabhai M.B.B.S" I know from where he gets his math wrong !

Putting all the media reports, interviews, the movie and the book in perspective, this proves the famous theory that "Success is relative". When you succeed everyone wants to be your relative (i.e. wants credit)

Going my "Marslow's hierarchy of Needs" all of us feel the need to be seen in spotlight. Bhagat is no different. I wonder if the movie would have bombed, would he still have cried hoarse like this ? The contract is very clear and the 3 idiots have delivered on whatever they promised so I dont fault them. But I do get a feeling that they pulled a fast one on him. But being a writer who has written best-sellers, would he not have had his lawyers read through the fine print of his contracts before committing a blunder of this size. So the reason is deeper than we think it is !

3 Possible Reason(s)

1. Mommy forgot to change his diapers on the day of the contract so our man was so uncomfortable that he signed it in a hurry without bothering about the fine print

2. Chetan lost his doggy somewhere. So to save on the "Lost and Found" column fees he decided to use "3 Idiots" to get his photu in the paper for free.

3. Chetan went to the Bhindi Bazaar and nobody knew him. So he didn't get the celebrity discount which Aamir got. During inflationary times that can hurt !

3 Things Chetan must do

1. Block Vidhu, Aamir and Raju on Twitter

2. Copy Raju's "Munnabhai" script and make it into a book

3. Do bedtime reading of "Five Point Someone" to Aamir

3 Prerajulisation Trivia

1. What is the difference between a leech and Chetan Bhagat ?

A: Nothing much only that Bhagat sucks more !

2. Who among the four is a mathematically challenged ?

A: Raju Hirani (for precisely miscalculating that the movie is just 2-5% of the book)

3. In "3 Idiots" who could have been a better VIRUS than Boman Irani?

A: Vidhu (did you see how he said "Shut up" to the journo ..... masterji style)

P.S: Mr. Chetan Bhagat - Please don't block me on Twitter !