Everything started when Chetan Bhagat answered the question 'books vs movies' by tweeting, "My books, and the movies based on them." R Madhavan, who shared screen space with the writer in Decoupled, said that he is biased towards films, to which the author replied, "Have you ever heard anyone ever say the movie is better than the book?"

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"YES! 3 Idiots," Madhavan replied. The film, in which he played an engineering student named Farhan, was based on Chetan's release Five Point Someone.

It did not stop here. Chetan Bhagat went on saying "HAHAHAHAHA, what an unsubtle plug, maybe it’s just me, I prefer a Pulitzer over a pan masala branded award show." To this, Madhavan had a prompt reply, "Well I prefer the 300 Crore Club over Bestseller sic]"

The duo kept on going for a couple of tweets but ended the spat on a fun note where Madhavan mentioned how Chetan Bhagat's Netflix debut is brilliant.