What Chetan Bhagat has said about Fame
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Chetan Bhagat, Indian novelist, columnist and former investment banker, author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, has been quoted on Fame 2 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bhagat says he stopped making films because working in Bollywood became draining.
“I just got tired of Bollywood. It's very, very draining to work with those people with like lower IQ than you”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:47
Bhagat describes his decades of hustle as driven by insecurity, likening himself to a rat with its tail on fire.
“So if you have a rat whose tail's on fire, he's going to run the fastest”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:40
Episodes
India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Shekhar Natarajan and novelist Chetan Bhagat discuss India's gig economy, education, inequality, AI governance and creativity, fame, and Bhagat's life story.
Others on Fame
- Khabib Nurmagomedov · 4 quotes
- Matthew Lillard · 3 quotes
- Brandi Carlile · 3 quotes
- Stella McCartney · 2 quotes
- Emma Thompson · 2 quotes
- Will Arnett · 2 quotes
- Jason Bateman · 2 quotes
- Olivia Rodrigo · 2 quotes
Chetan Bhagat on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 3 quotes
- Artificial intelligence in creative writing · 3 quotes
- Economic inequality in India · 2 quotes
- Engineering education in India · 2 quotes
- Universal basic income · 1 quote
- Gig economy in India · 1 quote