Alia Bhatt plays the character based on Chetan Bhagat’s wife in Sajid Nadiadwala’s 2 States

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.”

Sajid Nadiadwala Facebook

Sajid Nadiadwala G+

Sajid Nadiadwala Linked-in

Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar’s ‘2 States’ to turn heads!

Though the film is a screen adaptation of a book that author Chetan Bhagat wrote based on his real life love story, ‘2 States’ promises to turn heads. Releasing this year, the film has been beautifully done, which portrays the story of the book authentically. Co-produced by film makers SajidNadiadwala and Karan Johar, 2 States might just be an adaptation, but the fresh cast of the movie might truly prove to be a wonderful advantage for the film. Newcomers Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor are playing the lead roles in the film, which debutant Abhishek Varman is directing. While Arjun plays the north Indian boy Krishh Malhotra, Alia plays his love interest Ananya Swaminathan, who is a south Indian girl. The film is all about their love and attempts to convince their culturally different families to agree to their marriage.

Talking about the fresh cast of 2 States, a source said, “Adaptation of this Chetan Bhagat book has been interestingly mounted by Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar. Moreover Arjun Kapoor’s first time pairing with Alia Bhatt should make heads turn too.” Both Arjun and Alia are young as well as new to the film industry as they are just a couple of films old. To your surprise, these new talents have bagged too many roles for them this year. Alia will be soon seen in the Imtiaz Ali produced, directed, as well as written road film Highway, followed by 2 States. An insider informs, “Arjun would have the most eventful 2014 as he would be seen in Gunday, 2 States, Finding Fanny Fernandez, and Tevar. What makes his stint in Bollywood further interesting is the fact that each of these films belongs to different genres.”  This means that both the newbie actors are enjoying their part of success in Bollwood already, which is a good sign for the future of Indian cinema.

Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar co-produced 2 States is slated to release on 18^th April this year!

Sajid Nadiadwala steps into the world of screen adaptations this year with ‘2 States’!

Screen adaptations are a new trend these days. Many film makers have been showing interest in working on turning the stories of famous books into films. Amongst all of them, one is ace producer of Bollywood Sajid Nadiadwala. He read author Chetan Bhagat’s book 2 States and fell in love with the real life love story of the writer. He liked it so much that he immediately bought the rights for the story and decided to make it into a movie. However, Sajid is not doing it alone; he is co-producing the film along with film maker and friend Karan Johar. They have roped in debutant Abhishek Varman to direct 2 States (the name remains the same), who had no plans to tamper the original story of the book. Sajid, Karan, as well as Chetan are very happy with this. Newcomers Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor have been signed to play the lead pair.

Romantic by genre, 2 States is a screen adaptation of the book written by Chetan Bhagat with the same name. With this, Sajid Nadiadwala is stepping into the world of screen adaptations this year for the first time. Chetan has written six books so far, out of which three have been converted into films. 2 States is the fourth book that has been adapted on the screen and is about two people from different castes, who fall in love and do everything to convince their parents for their marriage. Rightly put by a source, he said, “The romantic plot is expected to revolve around a couple’s lingual and cultural distinctions in spite of belonging to one nation.” In this movie, Arjun plays the role of Krishh Malhotra, a north Indian boy, who falls in love with Alia playing Ananya Swaminathan, a south Indian girl. The two meet at IIM, where they study together and fall in love with each other.

This Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar co-produced 2 States releases on 18^th April this year!

Arjun Kapoor relates himself to his character in the Sajid Nadiadwala-Karan Johar co-produced ‘2 States’!

Having played the rough and rowdy guy, who played with guns in his previous two films, actor Arjun Kapoor is now going to be featured as someone very calm and sober. His upcoming romantic film opposite newcomer Alia Bhatt, which is a screen adaptation of the book written by author Chetan Bhagat 2 States, is going to prove a wonderful project. Being co-produced by film makers SajidNadiadwala and Karan Johar, 2 States is slated to release on 18^th April, 2014. Based completely on Chetan’s novel with the same name, which also explains the author’s real life love story, the movie is being directed by debutant director Abhishek Varman. The best part is that the director has chosen not to tamper with the original story of the book.

Being portrayed as a very simple and common man kind of guy, Arjun Kapoor relates himself to his character in the Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar co-produced 2 States. Talking about his role in the movie, where the first time he is not playing the violent and arrogant young spoilt boy, Arjun said, “I have never played a contemporary boy before. I have been either gun-toting or guns have been around me. But this is a character that I relate to personally – he is not a geek, but when he fall in love, he becomes this very goofy guy from this very assured human being. In that sense, the love story appealed to me, the fact that I am not playing this cocky, suave guy. It is one of the closest characters to me that I have chosen. This is something I could really relate to. My family is Punjabi, so I know this stereotypical thought process exists – ‘Achha, tu Gujarati se pyaar karta hai?’ which is common.”

Sajid Nadiadwala was the one, who had liked the story of ChetanBhagat’s 2 States and bought the rights for it, thereby deciding to make it into a film with Karan Johar!