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Book Review
Sai Anand
9th ‘C’
Roll. No: 08 Index

1. About the Author

2. Characters

3. New Words

4. Summary

5. About the Movie: Kai po Che

6. My Opinion

1. About the Author
Chetan Bhagat: Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974), is an Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels, Five Point Someone (2004), The Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), and What Young India Wants (2012). All the books have remained bestsellers since their release and three have inspired Bollywood films (including the hit films 3 Idiots and Kai Po Che!). In 2008, The New York Times called Bhagat "the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history". Bhagat, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad.
2.Characters
Govind
Govind Patel is an ordinary guy with whom anybody can relate. He has very few desires but he is obsessed with the desires he covets. His main ambition is to become a businessman. His best friends are Omi and Ish (Ishaan). He is an agnostic. His father has abandoned him and his mother runs a small business. He makes extra income by giving mathematics tuitions.
Ishaan (Ish)
He is a big cricket freak and also a patriot at heart. Ishaan has been the best cricketer in his locality and school. He suggests the name of their business as "Team India Cricket Shop". He helps Govind's business by organising daily cricket coaching camps.

Omi
He is the son of the Hindu priest of the local temple. His family enjoys great respect among the people. Through Omi's parents and maternal uncle (who own few shops as a part of the temple trust property), they readily get a place to start their business. He is a rather

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