Mohit Suri eliminates Chetan Bhagat bit from the Half Girlfriend!

Bollywood star Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor's romantic drama Half Girlfriend is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's novel by the same name. Directed by Mohit Suri, the movie will see Arjun depicting the role of a national-level basketball player, Madhav Jha. The film also stars Shraddha Kapoor in the lead role who will be seen playing Arjun's romantic interest. 

Well, it's said that an author needs some creative liberties when it comes to putting their words onscreen through a lens of a director.  This has happened in the case of Chetan as Mohit has eliminated his bit from the movie.

In an interview with a famous daily, Mohit told, "Chetan asked me to make the movie, maybe because he thought I was the right person to convert the book to a film. (However) I have edited the narrator (Chetan) from my story. So, basically, I have cut Chetan's role from the film."

Delving more into details about the changes he made in story, he told, "The book was written in English, but the hero cannot converse in that language, so that has been changed. There was also some sexual abuse backstory to Shraddha's character that I have tweaked."

"She has a dark past. But the story will concentrate more on the love (romantic equation with Arjun's character)," further added Mohit.

When we communicated Chetan Bhagat, his spokesperson repudiated such stories and told that there were any plans as such and they have no clue about such reports. 

Is it because of creative adjustments that Mohit and Chetan have parted their ways? This is still something which will come into limelight when the writer speaks about it in open. 

Just two days back, Bhagat had posted that, "Half Girlfriend poster, trailer, songs will all start coming out around end March/ early April." He had also added, "Absolutely extraordinary music in Half Girlfriend. Best album in years hands down. Can't wait to share it all with you in a couple of weeks."


Half Girlfriend is set to release on May 19, this year. 

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