2 States (film)

2 States
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abhishek Varman
Produced by	Karan Johar Sajid Nadiadwala Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by	Hussain Dalal (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Abhishek Varman
Based on	2 States by Chetan Bhagat
Starring	Arjun Kapoor Alia Bhatt Ronit Roy Amrita Singh Revathi Shiv Kumar Subramaniam
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Edited by	Namrata Rao
Production company	Dharma Productions Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	18 April 2014 (2014-04-18)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹350 million
Box office	₹1.5 billion

2 States is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film co written and directed by Abhishek Varman based on the 2009 novel of the same name written by Chetan Bhagat. It is produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles. The film was released on 18 April 2014.

Krish Malhotra (Arjun Kapoor), 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 heritage. He meets his classmate Ananya Swaminathan (Alia Bhatt), a BBA holder, in his college who comes from a conservative Tamil Brahmin family. Krish and Ananya, initially quarrel, but soon become friends and start studying together. Soon they begin dating, and stay together for their next 22 months on the IIM campus. Krish confides in Ananya that his real passion is writing, which he wants to pursue a career in. They both have become so close to each other and also have developed sexual relationship many times during the stay in IIM. Krish gets selected in the campus drives for Yes Bank. He immediately rushes to the next room and proposes to Ananya, in the middle of her interview. She accepts, and then gets selected for Sunsilk.

When they complete their graduation, Krish and Ananya decide to get married. They introduce their parents to each other at the convocation ceremony. To their dismay, Krish's loud mother Kavita (Amrita Singh) does not get along with Ananya's reserved Tamilian parents Radha (Revathy) and Swaminathan (Shiv Kumar Subramaniam). After graduation, Ananya begins her marketing job in her hometown Chennai and Krish goes back to his own hometown Delhi, with the choice of work place in his own hands. Krish's brash family urges him to stay in Delhi and try to discourage him from his interest in writing. They also criticize his relationship with Ananya, and tell him to get into an arranged marriage with a Punjabi girl. It is also evident that there is tension between Krish and his rich alcoholic father Vikram (Ronit Roy).