Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Half girlfriend’ fodder for Twitter jokes yet again

Mumbai: Author Chetan Bhagat's new novel, a love story, is due for release this October and the book is available for pre-orders on the ecommerce website Flipkart.

An excited Bhagat took to Twitter to announce his new book. While some loved the prologue of his book, others found another reason to celebrate. Time for yet another round of Chetan Bhagat jokes!

The novel revolves around a love story between Madhav, "a boy from Bihar with big dreams who falls in love with the beautiful Riya, a rich lass from Delhi." The video teaser posted by Bhagat on both twitter and Facebook says, "Madhav didn't speak English well. Riya did. Madhav wanted a relationship. Riya didn't. Riya just wanted friendship. Madhav didn't. Riya suggested a compromise. She agreed to be his half-girlfriend."

Twitteratis have very interesting first reactions to the announcement.

Here are some tweets that would surely have you in splits:

Dear Flipkart, I'm trying to imagine half girlfriend added to a cart and trust me, the sight is terribly amusing.

— Rofl Indian (@Roflindian) August 5, 2014

KRK is set to sue Chetan Bhagat for writing 'Half Girlfriend' based on his relationship with Bobby Darling without seeking his approval.

— Donald Duck (@WatDaDuck_) August 5, 2014

Dear Chetan Bhagat Half Girlfriend One Night Two States Three Mistakes Five Point Enough of running between the wickets. Hit a 4 or 6 next.

— Rofl Indian (@Roflindian) August 5, 2014

"You went half girlfriend man, everybody knows you never go half girlfriend"

— Rohan Joshi (@mojorojo) August 5, 2014

Half Girlfriend is biography of Salman Khan written by Chetan Bhagat. Salman, a guy with bad english who has many gf, but is still a virgin

— Bhak Sala (@bhak_sala) August 5, 2014

Half Girlfriend RT @4ever_PK: Chetan Bhagat's Book in pictures ---> pic.twitter.com/dlCKtM2j7N

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) August 5, 2014

Do you see your Girlfriend half full or half empty?

— Half Gabbbar! (@GabbbarSingh) August 5, 2014

Madhav wanted a girlfriend. Riya wanted a friend. So she became his half-girlfriend... a.k.a friend. This is how women trick you Chetan.

— Abhishek Madan (@abhishekmadan) August 5, 2014

Chetan Bhagat's next book will be on RSS. It will be called Half-Pant

— Joy (@Joydas) August 5, 2014

if, Ram kapoor dates Sonam kapoor.. then Sonam Kapoor will become his QuarterGirlfriend ??? #HalfGirlfriend

— ??? ??? ???? ??? ??? (@bholi_ji) August 5, 2014

Brilliant. MT @HoeZaay Based on the synopsis, a more realistic cover for Chetan Bhagat's new book "Half Girlfriend". pic.twitter.com/JzZMK7KoBQ

— Ammu Kannampilly (@akannampilly) August 6, 2014

Even with half a girlfriend, Chetan Bhagat couldnt resist holding the 'd' in his new book cover. True engineer. pic.twitter.com/ejCM71qf6J

— Kalashnikov Seeker (@wastedaman) August 5, 2014

I once met a girl. We had a few pegs of whisky together. She became my Quarter Girlfriend.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 5, 2014