Revolution 2020 is Chetan Bhagat's fifth book. The tag line is 'Love.Corruption.Ambition' - the story revolves around these words and the term 'Revolution 2020' has nothing to do with the main plot or may be it would be more appropriate to say that R2020 concept hasn't been focussed well in the narration.
Coming to the plot, the story takes place in the holy city of Varanasi. Gopal,Raghav and Aarti are childhood friends. Gopal comes from a lower middle class family, he loses his mother at the age of four. His father is a school teacher, he wants Gopal to be an engineer. But Gopal is not very focussed towards his career and all he wants to become, is a rich person. Raghav is a smart, intelligent boy from a well-to-do family. Aarti belongs to an elite class family, she's beautiful, caring and a happy-go-lucky person.
As the three friends grow up, Gopal falls in love with Aarti. But Aarti treats Gopal as her best friend and she has no other feelings for him. Raghav is totally into acedamics, he manages to crack JEE in the first attempt itself. Gopal, not being able to get through the entrance exams, is forced by his father to make a second attempt. So he leaves his hometown to join a coaching centre in another town. By the time he returns to Varanasi, Aarti and Raghav are in love.
Gopal loses his father, he faces an emotional and financial turmoil, too much for his age. His plans to join in a pvt engineering college in Varanasi gets him into touch with few people who change his course of life. With some ancestral property in hand, his life takes a U turn and within a span of three years he becomes the director of an Engineering College. Raghav after completing his engineering, joins in a local news paper office as a daily reporter. He aims to bring a revolution against the corruption prevailing in the society. Aarti, after her graduation secures a job.
The triangular love story takes some interesting turns from this point and the ending is not a very pleasant one, but I found it apt. The entire story is narrated from Gopal's point of view.His narration is down-to-earth with an average boy's outlook towards life, love and ambition. Apart from the love track, the book provides an insight into the corruption in our education system and the plight of average students to get through the entrance examinations to fullfill their parents' dreams.
There are no lol-moments in this book as compared to CB's previous release 'Two States'. The writing style is similar to his earlier releases and it's an easy breezy read. And finally, this story has all the elements to be adapted into a bollywood movie :)
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