# I am delighted to launch my first collaboration with Amazon: Chetan Bhagat

*Chetan Bhagat’s fans and avid readers now have a sneak peek in to his upcoming novel, announced via a slick promotional video. *

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India’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.

> 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
> — Chetan Bhagat

‘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.”* 

> 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

Speaking 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.”* 

On 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.*’
‘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. 

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