Battle for Bittora
{{short description|2010 novel by Anuja Chauhan}}
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| language = English
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| publisher = HarperCollins
| pub_date = 2010
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| preceded_by = The Zoya Factor
| followed_by = Those Pricey Thakur Girls
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Battle for Bittora is a novel by Indian writer and advertiser Anuja Chauhan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/sep/24/i-write-what-i-know-2038049.html|title="I write what I know"|website=The New Indian Express|date=24 September 2019 |access-date=2019-09-25}} It is her second novel after The Zoya Factor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/book-to-bollywood-the-zoya-factor/cid/1700948|title=Book to Bollywood: The Zoya Factor|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}
Plot
Jinni is a common woman of 25 years, lives in Mumbai, works in an animation studio and is very happy with her ordinary and independent life. Everything is normal until she receives a call from her grandmother telling her that she should return to her hometown Bittora; Jinni does not want to return at first but after frequent calls from her grandmother finally relents. When she arrives in Bittora she finds a place very different from the one she remembered—one only she can return to normality.
Main characters
- Sarojini Pande (Jinni)
- Zain Altaf Khan
- Gaiman Tagore Rumi
- Pushpa Pande (Jiji)
- Tawny Suleiman
- Rocket Singh
Film adaptation
Hindi film producer, Rhea Kapoor is reported to be producing a film based on the novel.{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/books/meet-anuja-chauhan-the-author-of-the-zoya-factor-1.66419478|title=Meet Anuja Chauhan, the author of 'The Zoya Factor'|website=gulfnews.com|date=14 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}} {{as of|October 2016}}, the film is in pre-production.{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/work-on-battle-for-bittora-has-started-sonam-kapoor-3105095/|title=Work on Battle for Bittora has started: Sonam Kapoor|newspaper=The Indian Express |date=27 October 2016 |accessdate=28 January 2017}}
References
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Category:Indian English-language novels
Category:Indian political novels
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