{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000165-9edd-d26a-a17d-dfdf61fd0002","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/books-and-authors/i-am-delighted-to-launch-my-first-collaboration-with-amazon-chetan-bhagat","headline":"I am delighted to launch my first collaboration with Amazon: Chetan Bhagat","description":"Chetan Bhagat’s fans and avid readers now have a sneak peek in to his upcoming novel, announced via a slick promotional video.","datePublished":"2018-09-03T10:59:12.436Z","dateModified":"2018-09-03T10:59:12.436Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/be60abb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x240+0+60/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTzpdHeaIT_8%2Fhqdefault.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# I am delighted to launch my first collaboration with Amazon: Chetan Bhagat\n\n*Chetan Bhagat’s fans and avid readers now have a sneak peek in to his upcoming novel, announced via a slick promotional video. *\n\n![Chetan Bhagat new book](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f63fcbb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x3745+0+0/resize/767x957!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F4b%2Fe3%2F02156dc844bd9f996675575d6ded%2Fchetan.jpg)\n\nIndia’s best-selling author Chetan Bhagat's new novel – “The Girl in Room 105” – and its promotional video, were announced via Facebook Livestream in Mumbai today. The trailer suggests a plot about a boy called Keshav Rajpurohit from a conservative family, who faces an unexpected turn of events when he goes to visit his ex-girlfriend Zara Lone, a Kashmiri Muslim, in her room. The plot also involves a thriller like format – a first for the author.\n\n> We thought a good way to create buzz around the book would be to create a slick promotional video that will communicate the storyline and the mood of the novel, to create interest in people to pick up the book\n> — Chetan Bhagat\n\n‘The Girl in Room 105’ is a fast-paced, funny and unputdownable thriller about obsessive love and finding purpose in life against the backdrop of contemporary India. This is the first title of the six-book global deal that Amazon Publishing announced with Chetan Bhagat in April this year. Commenting on his new book Chetan Bhagat said, ‘*I am delighted to launch my first collaboration with Amazon, and they have backed me all the way in the process. I am excited to explore the thriller genre for the first time and readers who have previewed the book have given a fantastic response to it.”* \n\n> I am excited to explore the thriller genre for the first time and readers who have previewed the book have given a fantastic response to it\n\nSpeaking about the innovative trailer, Chetan said*, “We now live in an era of screen-invasion and we have to find innovative ways to reach millions of readers. We thought a good way to create buzz around the book would be to create a slick promotional video that will communicate the storyline and the mood of the novel, to create interest in people to pick up the book.”* \n\nOn the scale and production values of the trailer, Chetan added*, “I am lucky to have wonderful friends like Mohit Suri, and Vikrant Massey who put this together. With an experienced Director like Mohit Suri and a fantastic actor like Vikrant Massey, the production quality and impact of this promotional video is outstanding.*’\n‘The Girl in Room 105’ is now available on pre-order on Amazon.in. It will be widely available on 9 October 2018 in print, online and at retail stores, and as an e-book on Kindle. \n\n[### Click here to pre-order the book now](https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1542040469?tag=20180a5-21)","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}