Archive · 28 Sep 2025
Chetan Bhagat Returns to Romance with '12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story'
Chetan Bhagat, a popular author, is back with a new romance book after a long break.
His new book tackles modern relationships, including age-gap dynamics, which are often criticized in India.
Bhagat's book explores these complex relationships and why the public perception on books can be more critical than that of movies.
He believes writers should be free to explore different themes without being restricted.
He emphasizes that love is complicated, and his new book reflects that messiness.
Chetan Bhagat returns to the romance genre with a new novel, '12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story'.
The novel explores modern relationship dynamics and complexities.
Bhagat discusses how societal perceptions and scrutiny differ between books and other mediums.
He believes writers should have freedom to explore complex human emotions.
The book aims to depict love as messy and inconvenient.
- Who
- Chetan Bhagat
- What
- Discussed his new romance novel '12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story'
- When
- Recently, following his return to romance
- Where
- In an interview with The Free Press Journal.
- Why
- To discuss the themes, and public perception surrounding his new novel.
- Book Title
- 12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story
- Author
- Chetan Bhagat
- Genre
- Romance
- Focus
- Modern Relationships
- Key Themes
- Age-gap, societal perceptions