It is also evident that there is tension between Krish and his alcoholic father. They also criticize his relationship with Ananya and tell him to get into an arranged marriage with a Punjabi girl. Krish's brash family urge him to stay in New Delhi and try to discourage him from his interest in writing. To their dismay, Krish's loud Punjabi mother Kavita, does not get along with Ananya's reserved Tamil parents Radha and her husband, Shiv.Īfter graduation, Ananya begins her marketing job in her hometown Chennai, and Krish goes back to his own hometown New Delhi, with the choice of the workplace in his own hands. They introduce their parents to each other at the convocation ceremony. When they complete their graduation, Krish and Ananya decide to get married. She accepts and then gets selected for Sunsilk. He immediately rushes to the next room and proposes to Ananya, in the middle of her interview. Krish gets selected in the campus drives for Yes Bank. Krish confides in Ananya that his real passion is writing, which he wants to pursue a career in. Soon they begin dating and stay together for their next 22 months on the IIM campus. Therefore, he plans to call off his friendship with her (Krish is distracted too much by her for him to focus on studies), however she kisses him.

Krish is attracted to Ananya and can not control himself. Ananya finds that Krish is a genius and starts taking his help in academics. Ananya, though an economics topper, is unable to answer a simple question by her professor who chides her in turn. He meets his classmate Ananya Swaminathan, who comes from a conservative Tamil Brahmin family. His mother, Kavita, is often shown having a troubled relationship with his alcoholic father, Vikram Malhotra. Krish Malhotra, a fresh Engineer from IIT Delhi, now a student pursuing his MBA at the IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat, comes from a troubled, rich family of Punjabi Hindu origin based in New Delhi.

At the 60th Filmfare Awards, 2 States received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Varman), Best Supporting Actor (Roy) and Best Supporting Actress (Singh), and won 2 awards – Best Music Director (Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy) and Best Debut Director (Varman). It is Kapoor's biggest commercial success to date. Praised for its music, cast performances, story and direction, the film earned ₹175 crore (US$22 million) in worldwide markets, thus emerging as a critical and commercial success. ĭistributed by UTV Motion Pictures, 2 States opened in global cinemas on 18 April 2014. Based on Chetan Bhagat's 2009 novel of the same name with story written by Varman and Bhagat, the film stars Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt with Amrita Singh, Ronit Roy, Revathi and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam in supporting roles. 2 States is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala.

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