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Battle For Bittora (2000)

by Anuja Chauhan(Favorite Author)

2.76 of 5 Votes: 6

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review 1: It's part hilarious and part cheesy spoof on the Indian political scene. The beauty of Chauhan's writing is that she makes her characters entirely believeable, especially the motley crew that she assembles around her main characters. Reading it against the backdrop of run up to 2014 general elections, it becomes more relevant. I really loved the part where the maverick superstar Salmon Khan goes around campaigning for anyone and everyone urging the people to vote for the right guy for them. Almost prophetic. The political tamasha is always enjoyable but more so when an insider pulls a joke around it. Chauhan also has a knack for creating really amazing heroes, the kind that you wish you met more in life. She is perhaps the best chick lit writer that we ... morehave.
review 2: To be honest, its fatter and better than most Indian Author backed novel...then to be more honest, you kind of expect lot from Anuja Chauhan specially if you read her work backward (I started with Thakur Gals, then came this and finally would be Zoya Factor), and to add some more truth, Anuja is the only author I forgive using Hindi/ Hinglish in her work because it seems so intertwined with the story and you don't really are able to object it...Phew, I did ignore (in fact even appreciated) the Hindi/ Hinglish touch of the book, till it became an overdose...till it appeared that probably she wrote the book to break and twist words, because honestly story; it doesn't have much...with the complete political environment that's in picture these days, I thought this book would actually be an even more interesting read...but half-way through it, you realize that it doesn't really want to tackle any real issue (somewhere Thakur Gals dealt better with serious political issue than this) and then there was nothing explicable between the authors, other than the pheromones as the author herself writes...The book it good on fun part, it shows you hundred ways to break a word and arrange it cheesily, but no it neither deals properly with politics or show a love story you would want to be a part of..it definitely has a long long way to before it can really capture your heart...as for the movie; I don't think one based on 'Battle for Bittora' would come... less

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