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Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor gave a major onscreen chemistry goal with their performances in 2 States. The 2014 romantic movies were among the major hits of that year. Their onscreen pairing was immensely loved by the audience and the critics but actually they were not the original choices for the movie. It was Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra who were in talks for the lead roles. Recently, the story writer Chetan Bhagat, who wrote the book of the same name, spilled the beans about the casting.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Chetan Bhagat revealed that filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj had considered adapting his book 2 States into a film. Chetan said, “There was a time Vishal Bharadwaj was going to make it. There was a time when Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Priyanka Chopra’s names were talked about. I think 2 States sabhi ke naam ka article to aaya hi tha (I think articles mentioning names of most of the actors did come out).”

“To be honest, when they said, there is a new director and it's Arjun Kapoor who had one movie and Alia Bhatt who had one movie, Student Of The Year. I was like ‘okay’, but this is not what was discussed. It was such a nice casting, and it made the movie fresh because they were young. If it were older actors, I don't know, maybe they would have done a great job. But it was very surprising,” he added.

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About 2 States

The movie focuses on how Chetan met his wife and the difficulties they faced during their cultural differences. 2 States starred Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh, Ronit Roy, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, Revathi Menon, Achint Kaur and Sharang Natarajan in key roles. It has been directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala and Apoorva Mehta. 2 States released in theatres on April 18, 2014. The film then had a box office collection of Rs 175 crore. The screenplay of the film has been done by Abhishek Verman, Chetan Bhagat and Hussain Dalal.

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