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September 2nd, 2005 by gaurav | Filed under .Chetan Bhagat, whose first book “Five-Point Someone” on IIT underdogs was a runaway bestseller in 2004, is ready with his second book, which takes up the hot and happening topic of BPOs.
To be released by Rupa next month, “One Night @ The Call Center” . ON@TCC is a story about six people in a call centre during one night. There are three main themes - ex-girlfriend, bad boss and, well, god.”
More details on the forthcoming book are available at ChetanBhagat.com with a secret password, which is pssst… 463!
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hi, chetan. if you could listen to a girl in a train, u can also listen to me. i liked a night at the call center as long as the third chapter and as long as thge characters did not say ‘fuck’ so often. the rest is a horrible bore. the ending sucks and also the epilogue. you could write a better book some day. the youth expect good literature, not trash.
hi chetan m a big fan of urs.but ur latest novel does not live upto its xpectations.
hi, your one night at the call center has forced me to become a fan of yours. will like to have another, may be a night somewhere else.
TGIUTEUIF34
hi, a good read but for the last fifteen pages..the thought expressed about Americans is not justified though..and unlike “Five Point Someone”, some of the facts presented in this book are really hard to swallow. The language is lucid as ever and its again managed to be a “read at one go”.
hi! one night@ the call center is actually a novel for those who do not read novels coz’ its really amazing.keep it up!! i m not an avid reader but your novel certainly touches hearts.mainy when it says bout listening to one’s innerself, when the God inside speaks to us. hats off to ur creativity!
chetan dude….both the books were fun reading man…also i could find a piece of myself too in shyam [one night at the call center] well keep up the spirit and one day you can really be a great writer aspiring the generation of today…well jus wanted to know when is your next book coming…!!
well chetan i myself am aspiring iitian and i really enjoyed ur 1st book a lot.i too wish to fell in such a relationsh hari went in1 another thing iis tht u write things which really has happenedto me.common experiences which u r really good in epressing in book1so i wish do write another humourous book 1 i m waiting for it.
hi chetan,
your five point someone was nice book but one night@ call center is very boring..very very very faltu
Guruji (Yes I consider u my guru)
I am in love with the style of ur writing..
And frankly you did teach me the inportance of friends in life like as no one else did.
Thanks sooo much….
hi chetan! this is anjali n i’m 18 yr old, i read ur book ‘five pt sm1′ in May after my boards n beleive me i’m not a vigrous reader but i finished ur book in my record time of 3 hrs ijust cld not leave it. i mean i luved it so much tht i read it everytime i’m upset or smthing coz it is one book to which i cld relate to almost instantly and have so many ppl in my life who r like alok, hari n ryan.
Good Read, best suited for humour and not for practical minds.
hi chetan…i hv read both ur books
i loved them..1N@CC was awsome…loved every part of it…but who was the girl in the train !
hi chetan,
i am student in jnu.i had never read any
novel before five point someone.it was fantastic
description of life in campus.
wish u a best of luck for ur forthcoming books.
Hi, Though both of your novels lack substance & reality and seemed to have been written to become a best-seller, 5.S1 was good to read. But, 1N@CC was a totally boring. It didn’t have any reality in it. Your half-baked research about the BPO is stupid and inadequeate. Your story dives into a pit from when the God starts talking. Before that it was some-what-okay. You still didn’t get into the dark side of the youth or rather you represent the minds of the Indian youth. To sum up, 1N@CC is a total trash.
hi chetean,
im a software engineer mostly working at US timings.Just today i completed ur “ONE NIGHT @ CALL CENTER”.Now im waiting for GOD’s Call .Simply superb novel.Outstanding story telling.Waiting for youe new novel.
Hey Chetan…I am working in Hyderabad, as a Support Executive in Vasant Scribes Limited. We have also our own call center. Also have a lot of friends from the same profession. I read your book “one night @ the call center” and is just wonderful. It is so realistic that while reading I felt like, I am right there where the incidents are happening. It is showing the Call Center life in the night time. It was really a very good experience. This generation needs a writer like you. Keep up the good spirit. I wish you to come up with some more good books about changing trends of different kinds of relationships in the society.
hi chetan,
i liked both of ur books. u right so well.best of luck for the future.
hi chetan
i’m a student of M.tech.read ur both books..thew were fabolous i can tell u.
being an engineer i had real vision of 5.s1..nd bout d 1n@cc i had d same feelings too.deadly waiting 4 ur next release..do it as early as posibl..i want 2 b d first reader of ur 3rd release..
all d best for future..
i m a software engineer in mumbai.really Chetan 5 point was awesome.till i reached its end tears rolled down my eyes.Its really very emotional n inspiring book.1nite@CC was also very good and m waiting 4 ur next books.Can i have ur id have some questions?All the best.
Lots of Love
Ekta
hi chetan sir,
read ur 1n@cc. m not a regular reader but loved reading ur book. i was preparing 4 mba when i read ur book n it really helped me in exploring myself. thx, readers like us need motivation n it really is one book of tht kind. thx and best of luck 4 future writing. can’t w8 long 4 ur new release n plz dn’t get demoralize by wht some of the readers think. jus remember ur the best.
hi chetan sir,
read ur 1n@cc. m not a regular reader but loved reading ur book. i was preparing 4 mba when i read ur book n it really helped me in exploring myself. thx, readers like us need motivation n it really is one book of tht kind. thx and best of luck 4 future writing. can’t w8 long 4 ur new release n plz dn’t get demoralize by wht some of the readers think. jus remember ur the best.
wishing a lots of love n luck
“meenu” 4m chandigarh
hi chetan…
well..I am impressed with ur language n writing style..for both the books…I read all comments above..some said they liked ur 2′nd book..some directly critisised. anyways..it WAS a bit okey-okey book..
well..all are waiting for ur third book. don’t mind…but I thought this disappointment of second book is caused due to hurry..anyways…this time u have to bounce again…all eyes are on u n u have to proove that u are still the youth writer..n successful too.
still…ur second book wasn’t that bad. describing a whole story in just one night is really hard. so some ppl liked ur efforts..some didn’t n that’s why they found it boring.
u are damn good at language..humor n understanding of relationships…I can never stop tears coming out when I read the part when mahiwe song is played n shyam n priyanka has wet eyes…
anyways…just be careful n focused this time…we expect a new subject…rocking subject now. keep ur style of writing as fresh n nice…best of luck…u know u are damn good writer n we do not need to tell u…c’mon..all the best…!
hi chetan,
i have read ur both the books……….i really enjoyed the 1st book.some how ur book.one night @ the call center did not appeal me…….and i am seriously waiting for ur 3rd book……….
all the best….
regards,
–harita…..
hi chetan,
extraordinary work for which u should be praised.
though both of ur books were not much authentic,
but it has great material to put an avid reader fixed to his chair till he doesn’t finish it.
great job .
so when r we going read ur next book
hii buddy ur books are outstanding u know ur book ”five point someone i have completed that book in one night nd language u used is really impressive iam g8 fan of urs nd waiting 4r ur next book . do best of urs nd dgod bless u
hey chetan!
so what’s with this…..hit the idea of encashing ur goodwill n getting away with putting down silly one time thoughts into a full fledged novel.don try this again.won’t work.all the best then.
ihad heard about ur novels from my friends and as such was fascinated after reading both. one night at the call center is the book that doesn’t happen all the time. its simply amazing actually every bit of it is. great going chetan. keep it up. waiting for ur next novel at an earnest. richa(J&K)
hi chetan sir
me in comps sc engg..
very late to start with ur nite at call center
hav read arnd 100 pages
n thats lot f fun there
hope u continue writing such novels
god bless u..
bye
hi Chetan
I am a student in 12th commerce
I really loved both u r books five point someone and one night@ call center
I really like u r style of writing
Why dont u next write a book on IIM’s
i am sure it will be a hit.
hello chetan,
i am a 2nd yr student of chemical engineering dept.i really liked ur bk ‘5 pt sommeone’.ur next bk ‘ 1 nt @ call centre’ was not upto my expectations.eagerly waiting for ur next bk.
best wishes
prakash balan 4m durgapur
hello chetan,
i am a 2nd yr student of chemical engineering dept.i really liked ur bk ‘5 pt sommeone’.ur next bk ‘ 1 nt @ call centre’ was not upto my expectations.eagerly waiting for ur next bk.
best wishes
prakash balan 4m durgapur
hi chetan,
the speed of the last few chapters of call centre wont match with the rest of the book.it is a bit monotonous & all about “old wine in a new bottle”.
but ur 1st one is simply superb.we expect much a quality work from u.when can we expect ur 3rd venture?
hi chetan
ur novels were great especially one night @ call center but its not fare 2 mention only 2nd one, infact five point sumone was very very very nice n now i m expecting another one very soon which shud be very exiciting
Hi Chetan
I loved both your books.You have done a nice job,I am eagrly waiting for your next book.all the best…!
hi chetan…….well my best frnds name is also chetan.so ur novel(one night @ the call centre)is amazing and the 1st novel i read in mjy life was “five point someone” and after that there was no stopping .so keep up the good work maaaaannnnn.best luks……
Chetan Bhagat…..its gud a name….
im a skoolstudent in std VII. n jus this vacation i finished both ur books…..they’re juss awesome……though the startin of the 2nd book is bit boring n the prologue where the girl sayz that its abt a phone call from god….let me tell u its out imagination….u gotta put some reality into it…that wud b better….i aint criticizin.
Both ur books as i sed is vry vry gud. i really don understand y people don lik them. they shud atleast not insult ur efforts by writting those shit in they’r comments…newayz u don get side-trackd or sumthin but jus continue writting interesting books
vry vry eagerly waitin 4 ur nxt release…..hope its soon n full of xcitement……byeeeee……….gud luk….chets…..plz bring ur nxt release soon
Hi Chetan,
Your latest book “1n@cc” is not so good as expected.Ur first book “5pts of some1″ was mind blowing.I m waiting ur next release.Hope it will be the best Stuff.
hey mr. bhagt,
it was simply gr8 to raeding.gr8 work in 2nd innings.btu the book has some dark sides(haha).well the word FUCK usually SUCKS.and the book was a bit boaring.anyways keep it up.waiting for the third one.
aryan
hi chetan! ur novel was awsum n gr8..but u had inserted quite a few contradictory things abt iit n iit’ians….i guess u hav tried unconsciously 2 defame iit….i didn’t expect this 4m u…..
Hi chetan,
I dont read much novels. One day, one of my friend accidently left a copy of ur first book “fps”.I was getting bored in the night so i just started reading it and believe me, i finished that in one shot. Went to market next day and asked for all of ur books but unfortunately got only 1night@cc. That was also good but the god thing was hard to swallow. Hope next time the book will be more close to reality..
Best of luck for ur next book..
chetan ihav became a biggest fan of urs with 1 nit@call centre.ur both the the novels were mind blowing.keep it up ,keep going
bhagat, want to ask r u married if yes then how she respond to ur first novel esply about neha (prof.cherian’s product).
hi chetan,i m fnd ur book i like that
Your latest book “1n@cc†is not so good as expected.Ur first book “5pts of some1″ was mind blowing.I m waiting ur next release.Hope it will be the best Stuff. I loved both your books.You have done a nice job,I am eagrly waiting for your next book.all the best…!
Hi Chetan,
I have read ur book and u have done just excellent. the second book is just rocking. i’m waiting for ur next book on youth..all the best
hello chetan,
u did a wonderful job.I read ur both books,but the 1st one is better.1n@cc turns a bit 2 hindi movie climax.Anyways but it was good.Hey chetan ,u really met (Saraswati Devi or ?)in the train?I like the way those agaents find out a way out of their miserable life,quite inspiring.waitin 4 ur next novel.All The Best.
hi chetan
will u plz send me u r mail id i weants to contact u personaly plz
Hi Chetan,
I m an engg. student…when i started my new classes in last semester, first job that i did was “i read fivepoint someone”..its really awesome.this was the first book i read n it was my great achievement…..ur style of writing is impressive..keep it up…i like ur “smile” very much
hi chetan,
I mailed u &expected a reply. I m still expecting a reply.However ur books were simply awesome
sudipto
Hai Chetan..
Wel I read both books “5.some1″& “1 nite @ cal center”..
Wel i lik the way u narate a story without much preparations as if tellin a story to a friend..
Wel wats ur nxt one?
I’m waitin for tat…
Hi chetan ,
I must say,both ur novels well deserved to be bestsellers…..i mean the way u narrate the story…the way u interact with the reader is just so very,very fascinating!!!
Just keep up this good work and the world is waiting desperately for your next venture….i am sure it will come soon.
keep up the gud work and take care,
shreya singh
hello chetan,
i liked your both the books. but the problem is.. first is about IITiens only where as another one focuses on call center guys and their life, i mean where is the general public material. and one suggestion you should aavoid using underrated language (f**k) as this is for youth and they use your language in their day to day life.
rest is great…
i am waiting for your next book…
hey, u can write that book on me, first hari, next shyam and now a female “RAKHEE”…
with best wishes..
bye
rakhee.k
rajasthan (india)
Hi Chetan,
Earlier I hated novels . But ever since I read your novels, I became a great fan of yours n went into a habit of reading novels. I m eagerly waiting for ur next book. Hope it will be very interesting like the previous ones. If possible take ‘NAMAN’ as a character also.
Take care….
Naman Nishesh
Bihar(India)
loved both your novels;though the end of the second one could not please my reading. too farfetched idea. yet a wonderful outlook and attractive approach. looking forward for third novel.
HI CHETAN,
a good effort….while i was reading this(which to my own surprise finished it off at one go.. n also it being the 1st novel i have ever read..),i really thought it was really dramatic n interesting…i guess a film on it turns out to b greater than the book…
i hv also finished off ur five point someone…that too was very good n i m really confused as to which to call better…keep up the good work…
hi, i m a fashion design student of nift…..i read ur first novel “five point someone…”i m greatly inspired by u… can u pls please hlep me i m writing about my college life from last two what problems i have faced…. can u pls reply so that i can clear some of my doubts……….
hi,i hv read ur both the books & and highly impressed by ur style.Realy u think about the taste & appeal of this new “GENERATION”.I m waiting for ur new novel. when is it coming in the stores? please i cant wait any more.
Hi Chetan, im a big fan of yours.. your book 5 point some1 rocks and the character hari really matches with me. But, unfortunately your second book 1 night @ call centre didn’t lived upto the expectations all though the subject chosen by you or adviced to you was pretty good but i felt you just diverted your platform of fun and humour by putting god. But still i do appreciate the attempt as this is the subject which very few of the writers think about and you went more than that by meeting the characters and studying them THANKS [writers like you are very few] and im eargely waiting for your next release.
hi chetan
it was really awesome experience after reading both of ur book especially 5.someone.
By the way where is neha ,and wht she doing now.
all the best fr ur new book.write it as early as possible…………
hi bhagat
hey ur 1nite@call is really nt interesting as 5.someone.do write ur new book as soon as possible
i m eagerly waiting fr ur new realease
………….
Hi Chetan,
I did not read your book one night@call centre. But I got review from my cousin. I been working in the call centre since long time and I dont think so that the situation you created in the book is valid. It could not be possible for telli callers to stay out for more than 1 hour…. and there are many more hypothetical situations which is not up to the mark. I hope next time you will not let me dowm and full fill the expectations.
All The Best for the new adventure
Thanks.
Both your books were just great. Kudos, keep doing the same. I was initially never interested to read books, but your both the books five points someone and one night at call centre has created a lot of interest for reading books.
Thank you,
Aswin R
Hi Chetan
i a am great fan of yours.i really liked ur both the books.1 night at call centre was fabulous.u have really inspired me.NOW at least at this point i place u before J K ROWLING.i m really looking forward for ur THIRD BOOK.aha and one question were all the characters,incidents(the girl in the train who told u the stry) really fictional.i would like to meet u once in my life .And publish ur third book quickly,PLEASE
Chetan ! You are natural writer. I think these sounds like enough complements for your both books.
Let me know, Anusa is Neha or vice versa.
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii chetan!!!!!!! i have gone through ur both the books n i think they r really fantasic….. 1N@CC was a awesome especially d understandin between all the guys..the picture of shyam depictes real frenship……… n ur 1st book gave me highligts of IIT campus n it also helped me as i m prep for it.i was really afraid of givin iit. but now its g8.thanx n best of luck for ur future.. waitin for ur more books…………. AASHITA
hello sir… i have read both of ur books. i didnt knew that even iit students also enjoy to that order.cos m studying in one of the best engg coll in karnataka and me too enjoy with my friends like the characters in five point someone. Also u gave me an clear cut idea of call centre, there problems matching with their personal life.. really u rock through ur writing style.. m great fan of urs.. can u write a book relating china and india? i hope that u r still working in china.. thanks chethan…. PRAJWAL D S
Hi Chetan,
I think ‘5 pts someone’ was really cool…The story had an easy flow and must commend that you have a wonderful sense of humour…and we could relate with your story…But ‘One night @ call centre’ was ok type, i guess you had big thoughts but somehow i feel the things weren’t framed properly. Eagerly waiting for your next novel. Doel
Hi Chetan ,
Recently i read your novel and after a very long time i enjoyed reading .It should have been a little more better ,but i felt you to be a realistic writer you write as the things are and conculsion some good things to learn .I have really liked the little self dailouge humour of Shyam.Chetan i dont know weather you would read this or not but if you do so,i have something which may interest you ,writing about the happning things is a bit easy but something that nobody notices is difficult .Ialways wanted to write but i know i cannot .Yes i can give you a story (REALITY) you write ,it may not associate with people like US but it is with OUR people.
hi!!chetan,
ur novel is good…but still there exists a bit of confusion at the end…
hi chetan
both the books were awesome.
waiting desperately for your next story
bye the way who was the girl in yhe train?
hi
chetan,
first of all, how ru?
your fps was good,and i liked,and definetly it is much better than ur second one.
in fps, it was an oppurtunity to know more about the mind of a guy…..well thts wht i liked the most.
thanks and keep it up!!!
and i hope ur next novel will be somethng like fps…..
when is it coming up?
hi chetan,
maza aa gaya solid hai, dono books…
i was never interested in reading books my friend suggested me to read 5 . someone, n i tell you it was superb,just after finishing i read one night at the call centre it was also very nice, i am eagerly waiting for your new book, when is it coming.
hi!
chetan,i had read ur both novels ON@CC&FIVE POINTS they were rocking.i am a student living in a boy’s hostel and the magic of ur novels seems to make every person of my hostel ur biggest fan.i am much awaiting 4 ur next novel Please bring it soon.
Hi Chetan
U R ‘n’ awesome writer. perhaps u r the first Indian author i loved reading so much. i m from Nagpur an in class 10. i study i jus’ finished reading ur 1N@TCC an’ ’twas Brilllliiant! i m inspired by ur book an now i too wishh.. 2b a writr. by th way i’m still waitin’ 4 ur nex’ book. so c u in there (if u will). BYE!!
hello Mr. Chetan
u r a brilliant writer …. u r the frist author whom i love readin like anything…. and i m waitin for ur next book very eagerly….. neways bye for now…… n all the best for ur next book…
navin sinha.
first book was quite nice and sweet but the second one was fab so nice and toooooooooo emotional i think the third book will be outstanding
i liked ur c2d toooooo much
hi,
this is 1of ur great fans!blieve me i think u r the 1st author in india who has understood a youth’s mind!congo on ur success, all the best for ur upcomin books!
(pls make ur new book faster,v couldnt wait for it)
u did not mention wat happened to ur relationship with neha??????????????newayz i luved da novel………
HI Chetan …
What should I call u..I HAve No Word 2 say About 5 point SOmeone…
i mean its my First Novel And U impress me so well that …ALl i Found In One Book…
hmm..
just amezing…
I have to change My Words that
“I hate NOvel.”But..Keep It Up
Thanks For Giving Me that Nice Book… and
and
and
The second Book Seems Not 2 Be as Gud as First One…
But U Done well…
we expect More From U Like 1st One..
Keep Going we r wid U…
Wish u a Best of Luck for ur forthcoming books.
I loved ur ‘five point someone’.It’s a very nice creation.But in the case of’one night at the call centre’,IT DOESN’T LIVE UPTO IT’S EXPECTATIONS.I’m expecting a book like the 1 st one.so keep going.
i am a gr8 fan of urs. i liked both ur books a lot, especially one nite @ call centre it was just amazing..
keep going, waiting for ur new book..
hi chetan.
m very much impressed 4m u.
really u write great.
awaitin 4 ur new book.
n thnx dear.
i read ur 5point someone & loved it.
I know what to know what happend to neha.
Can u plz.tell something on this topic which u havent mentioned in the book.
Very eagerly waiting to know about it.
Hi Chetan, your novel Fve Point Someone is good but has certain loopholes. It was not upto my expectations. At the end of the story, it seems that you are in a hurry to end the novel and does not provide the details of all the characters. You have made the story very short by jumping very fastly from time to time. I want to give you a suggestion that go slow, make your novel lengthy, explain every aspect of story and get a bestseller trademark.
presently i m reading ur second book 1ngt@cc and going to finish it. Its really good.i am excited for FPS, coz i havn’t read it.
Dear Chetan Bhagat, it took me some time to come out of the world which FPS had created in me. It was aGREAT experience going through the small incidents which have been portrayed in the book.The book has got shades of differerent elements..from harry to aloke…And I have literally fallen in love with Rayan OBEROI…Kash aisa koi mil jata. His ideals and most importantly the casualness in him attracts me the most. {Your book was so facinating that I have made a paper comparing you and Amos Tutuola.] The old delhi hub and the exquisite picture of Delhi is too superb..I cant control the use f adjectives….If you reply me in my mail i.d. which is -mistu_brishti@yahoo.co.in-will be agreat experience for me…Looking just areply from my most favourite author.
Plz do reply me…I am eagerly waiting for afew lines from you.
Hi chetan,
I read ur both books. Five point someone is my first novel which I read,and I really enjoy it. I want to know abt neha. what happend wth her.
Awaiting for ur next one.
hey chetan,
i liked both ur books.but the first one was better.i feel that u are repeating characters.
i mean ryan and vroom are similar 2 each other
so are the 2 looser guys ,shyam and the one in the first book
please do not repeat them again
hello Chetan
I m fr8 fan of urs. I read your both d books and like 1st very much. It really touchs the heart. I would like to know about forthcoming books
I won’t say hi hello to u,
Cuz, everybody has the done the work before.
All i can say is u r a damn gooooood writer & student as well, I don’t know - u r going to read this or not but still — all the best.
& one more thing i waiting for ur 3rd book. Plzzzzz release it sooooon.
I would like to read something on IIM’s.
Bye
(I dont tell u abt my age & qualification & all the boring stuff as other guys have mentioned..)