The 3 mistakes of my life - book review

Chetan Bhagat seems to be looking for an alternate career by coming up with stories for Bollywood. With his first two novels turning into national bestsellers, and now being produced as bollywood movies with leading actors, his third novel is also designed on similar lines.
The story starts off with the main character - Govind, who is very keen on setting up a business as he thinks that its only a businessman who is respected in Gujarat. The story revolves around his two friends - Ish and Omi with whom he has spent his childhood, and he ropes them in to be his partners in his new business setup. Ish has a passion for cricket, and always dreamt for getting into the national team of India. Omi comes from a family of priests, and to escape becoming another priest in the family, he is ready to do anything with his friends. Together they venture into a business and set up a small cricket shop. Govind has bright ideas of turning this business big, but life is never straight and easy. So the story is about how he fights the odds of life. The story is also about a young child Ali, in whom Ish sees a gift and considers him to be a national treasure who can make into the national Cricket team. The story is also about Omi and his religious maama who wants these young lads to participate in Hindutva processions and politics. And when there is a bollywood story churning up, romance, love and sex cannot stay faraway. So the story is also about Govind's and Vidya's courtship also.
This is a potboiler which has something of everything that India likes - there is politics, religion, love, drama and friendship. It has Gujarat earthquake and Godhra train incident also deep in it.
The story begins very slowly, gains pace halfway and ends in the typical, predictable bollywood style of fighting and sacrificing for the other. Chetan Bhagat should be given credit to the way he has showcased the riots of Gujarat, and some emotions that he has tried to stir. But I am sad to notice that his style of writing has become very ordinary, when compared to his previous two books.
It makes a good read when you are traveling or want to do some time pass on a sunday when there is nothing better to do.
And I have already thought of characters for this bollywood movie: Govind - Ajay Devgan, Ish - Saif Ali Khan, Omi - Akshay Kumar, Vidya - Kareena Kapoor (obviously), Maama - Anil Kapoor & Ali - Shreyas Talpade :-)