Author: Dr. Nagmani Alok

Abstract: Chetan Bhagat is one of the most popular and renowned living authors of India. He is one of the favorite novelists of young India and has many time been crowned as an icon of youth. His novel depicts the youth with westernization and modernization in their life style and manners. His characters are social rebels and stands for their vitality. His Three Mistakes of My Life: A Story about Business, Cricket and Religion gives as idea of the major narrative strands. The three protagonists of the novel are raising entrepreneurs and the plot revolves around their ups and downs of their business fortune. On the other hand the adaptation of this novel Kai Po Che means ‘kite is cut’, is based on the novel “The 3 Mistakes of My Life”. It can be described as a wholesome cinematic experience. The story has been set in Ahmedabad during the years of 2000 – 02, the script of the film follows the lives o three friends – Ishaan, Govind and Omi and their desire to own a successful business and move out of a middle class root. The story revolves around their trials and travails as they set up a sports goods business and a cricket coaching academy, and their encounter with the Muslim world through ali, Ishaan’s talented cricket disciple. The movie gradually builds to a climax set during the Gujarat genocide of Muslims during February – March 2002.

Keywords: Westernization, mordernization,, narrative, adaptation, cricket, genocide.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.55.10