Chetan Bhagat has become a household name after he wrote nine bestselling novels namely, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020(2011), What Young India Wants (2012), Half Girlfriend (2014), Making India Awesome (2015) and One Indian Girl (2016). Bhagat debuted as a screenplay writer with the Salman Khan starrer Kick in 2014 after he quit his investment banking career to focus on writing in 2009.

Since then, he has dabbled in various spheres including being a judge on multiple reality TV shows. He also writes columns in Times Of India and Hindustan Times about youth, career development and current affairs. The New York Times dubbed Chetan Bhagat as "The biggest selling English language novelist in India`s history". He also won the Best Screenplay award at the 59th Filmfare Awards in 2014 for Kai Po Che! before 2 States was released as a movie adaptation.