Amrita Singh to play Arjun Kapoor`s mother in '2 States'
Actress Amrita Singh will perform in Karan Johar`s cross-culture love story `2 States`.
MUMBAI: She will be seen playing onscreen mother to newbie Arjun Kapoor in Karan Johar`s cross-culture love story `2 States`.
"Amrita Singh has been roped in by Dharma Productions to play Arjun Kapoor`s mother in `2 States`," a source close to the project told reporters.
Earlier in Sanjay Gupta`s crime drama `Shootout at Lokhandwala` the 54-year-old played mother to gangster Maya Dolas essayed by Vivek Oberoi. In Apoorva Lakhia`s `Dus Kahaniyaan`, she played mother to Minissha Lamba.
The shooting of `2 States` is yet to begin and the makers may start this from February or March.
The film will see Arjun playing the role of a Punjabi boy, while newbie Alia Bhatt plays a Tamilian girl.
It’s a story about two people from different states falling in love and the ensuing cultural clashes between them and their families.
`2 States` is directed by Abhishek Verman and co-produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Chetan Bhagat.
Aamir Khan to be a brand ambassador for Chhattisgarh.
Is the Satyamev Jayate host ready to take on responsibility for the troubled state?
MUMBAI:-Aamir Khan rose above stardom and made sure that important issues, rather than mind-numbing entertainment, reach the public through his talk show Satyameva Jayateon television. And while doing so, he earned the respect of the nation. And now, based on his stint as a talk show host, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to make Aamir their brand ambassador, or so they claim.
The Chhattisgarh Agriculture minister Chandrashekhar Sahu claimed that they are in the process of making the superstar their brand ambassador, along the lines of Amitabh Bachchan, who is the brand ambassador for Gujarat. Knowing Aamir however, one could see how this may be a bit tricky, considering the track record of Chhattisgarh on the issue of human rights.
With increasing Maoist militancy in the area, armed forces have continuously been blamed for committing a large number of atrocities on the innocent tribal population in the state. The Chhattisgarh government has also in the past employed armed militia titled Salwa Judum, against its own people, that allegedly also included child soldiers, which the Supreme Court branded illegal and unconstitutional in 2011.
Also, with the Chhattisgarh government’s move to pay the Fevicol se babe Kareena Kapoor Rs 1.40 crores for dancing at an event recently coming under increasing scrutiny, we wonder how wise a move it is to shell more big bucks as a fancy image building exercise when there are very real problems that deserve the money.
Also, would Aamir Khan be willing to join hands with Chhattisgarh that has such a dodgy history of human rights, including torture of women prisoners, which has been condemned by organisations from across the world. It definitely remains to be seen what Aamir decides to do now!
