Confirming the account to Bollywood Hungama, Siddharth Anand said, "Yes...my abutting blur is an adjustment of Chetan Bhagat's book '2 States'. It's actuality produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and stars Saif and Priyanka. I was absolutely accepting addition calligraphy in apperception with Saif back Adi Chopra asked me to apprehend '2 States'. He acquainted I could do amends to the book. I am not abundant of a clairvoyant but back Adi insisted, I began account the book and candidly it fabricated for such a abundant apprehend that I couldn't put the book down. I anon batten to Chetan Bhagat and we absitively to access the rights to the book. We plan to booty the blur on floors ancient in March 2011."
Ask him how agnate or altered his blur will be to the book and Siddharth replies, "As I said earlier, it's an adjustment of '2 States'. However, like in the case of any adaptation, there will be some changes to clothing the accurate experience. There may be assertive portions which will be dramatized for cinema while some portions may not be included to accumulate the breadth at bay. So all in all there will be a few changes but the blur will accept the amount aspect of the book. In fact, we plan to shoot in the aforementioned cities in which the book is set namely- Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai and Goa."
Siddharth additionally adds that his actors were a bit taken ashamed back he aboriginal told them that he was authoritative an adjustment of a book. "Saif was a bit afraid as we were planning on alive on article abroad but back he too apprehend the book, he acquainted that we should go advanced with this project. As for Priyanka, she is additionally activity to apprehend the book actual soon."
Meanwhile columnist Chetan Bhagat too is aflame about this collaboration. Says Chetan, "Among all my books, the best offers to accomplish a blur has appear for this book '2 States'. Because I am accepted as a accumulation writer, I capital to accomplish abiding that it gets fabricated into a big accumulation amateur with a accounted banner. The belvedere that Sajid Nadiadwala's assembly abode gives is a actual big platform, they alone do big films. Moreover, Siddharth too is a nice, accessible administrator whose films accept activate an appeal. So, I assumption it was the absolute aggregate this time around."
Considering that aftermost time Chetan had a absinthian acquaintance with the makers of 3 Idiots over due credit, is he authoritative abiding that he gets all the agreement and altitude bright this time around. "Well...just because you accept a abatement arena football once, it doesn't beggarly you absolutely stop arena football right? The catechism of acclaim doesn't absolutely appear in this case as from the actual aboriginal day, they are announcement the blur as an adjustment of '2 States'. I am actual blessed and annoyed with what I've been offered by Sajid Nadiadwala and Siddharth Anand in agreement of acclaim and the accomplished contract. I charge add that they fabricated an added accomplishment to accomplish abiding that the biographer is blessed and gets due account for his assignment which is absolutely abundant on their part. I am absolutely aflame about this project."
Quiz him on whether he would be actively complex with the cine of the blur and Chetan says, "It's still too aboriginal and Siddharth is yet to adjudge on who would be autograph the screenplay. But I am accessible to them if they crave my abetment on that advanced too."
Incidentally, Chetan's 3rd book '3 Mistakes Of My Life' is additionally actuality fabricated into a blur by Abhishek Kapoor of Rock On fame. Speaking about its status, Chetan says, "Abhishek, Pubali and I accept about accomplished scripting the film. I anticipate Excel Entertainment is yet to booty on a alarm on back and how to aperture the blur because they accept a brace of projects on floors already. They accept to alike activate casting for the film. My assumption is that the blur based on '2 States' will go on floors aboriginal admitting one can't absolutely acquaint as of now."