Mahesh Bhatt picks Arjun over Alia in ‘2 States’

Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who watched his daughter Alia Bhatt’s third film “2 States”, is happy to see her playing a different role. But it’s her co-star Arjun Kapoor who stole the filmmaker’s heart.

“‘2 States’ – Alia is fantastic in a startlingly different role. But it is Arjun who stole my heart and made me weep. He is a star! It’s a winner,” Mahesh posted on Twitter Monday.

The film, based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller by the same name, revolves around a Punjabi boy, who falls in love with a Tamil girl. The regional and cultural clash that it leads to is what forms the rest of the story.

It will hit theatres Friday.

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Shabana, Javed set out for ‘serious sightseeing’

Veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi has packed her bags for some “serious sightseeing” in Egypt and she will be accompanied by her husband and veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar.

“Javed and I (are) off to Luxor after spending three glorious days in Cairo. It’s the first time we are doing some serious sightseeing. Feel like tourists,” Shabana, 63, tweeted Monday.

The couple is in the Egyptian cities for ‘India by the Nile’ — the largest Indian festival in Egypt.

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Did Kangana’s kiss leave Vir Das with bleeding lips?

She is playing a wild character in “Revolver Rani” and true to her role Kangana Ranaut got aggressive while locking lips with her co-star Vir Das for a scene, said a source.

Apparently, the actress kissed him so wildly that his lips began to bleed.

“In one scene, Kangana is arrested and is on her way to jail. She requests for some time to attend to an urgent matter and drags Vir Das to a room and kisses him so wildly that his lips start bleeding! No actress till date has portrayed such a ‘manizing character’,” a source said in a statement.

Set for an April 25 release, the film will present Kangana as an extremely dominating and aggressive woman, in contrast to her role in her latest hit “Queen”.