It was only recently that Suriya Sivakumar launched Chetan Bhagat's latest novel, Revolution 2020 in Chennai among much fanfare at a city mall.
Now, UTV Motion Pictures has acquired the movie rights of this bestseller. Revolution 2020 will be made into an epic drama with strong roles for the lead cast. Chetan's new novel has notched up sales of 800,000 copies in just a month since its release. The book has great roles for its key protagonists, as it narrates the story of three central characters - Gopal, Raghav and Aarti whose destinies are intertwined.
Speaking on the development, CEO of UTV Motion Pictures Siddharth Roy Kapur says, "The issues he deals with in the book are those today's youth will instantly relate to and identify with."
It may be mentioned that his first novel, Five Point Someone, is now being made in Tamil with Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth and Ileana on board, as 'Nanban'. The film was originally made in Hindi as '3 Idiots' and was a blockbuster hit. Networking sites are already abuzz with speculation about who would be the best casting for the lead characters of this film, but according to UTV, it is a little early to speculate on casting.
