2 States is a movie which is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel
with the same name, which was published in the year 2009. The film stars Alia
Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor in the lead. It is being directed by Abhishek Verman and
co-produced by Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala’s banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt Ltd. It is the
love story of a Punjabi boy from North India and a Tamilian girl from South
India.
Alia Bhatt is playing the role of Ananya Swaminathan, a Tamil
Brahmin girl from Chennai. Her role is very different than the clichéd South
Indian characters that we are used to seeing in Bollywood movies, including the
character of Deepika Padukone in Chennai Express. The producer of the film Sajid Nadiadwala explains, “Alia has
played the first non-caricatural South Indian character in our films. Normally,
when we show South Indians in our films they have thick accents, and if it’s a
woman from the South she will have gajra in her hair and will go ‘Aiyo yo’
every five minutes. Alia does none of that.” Alia was specifically asked not to
put on an accent for this film. Her character breaks through all the
stereotypes about South Indian characters in Bollywood. “How do I explain this?
Alia is Tamilian and she even talks in Tamil. But she behaves like a normal
city wife,” says Sajid.
Alia Bhatt’s role in the film is based on writer Chetan
Bhagat’s wife. The novel is inspired by his own marriage, but is a work of
fiction. When asked if it was difficult for Alia to keep the pre conceived
south Indian characteristics out of her character for this Sajid Nadiadwala film, she said, “I was not allowed to be
culture-specific in 2 States in my body-language or my accent. Yes, I am a
Tamilian in 2 States. But I don’t make a show of my regional roots. It is tough
because when you are not resorting to speech and behavioral props you have no
handy tools to give personality to your character.”
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