India, Nov. 4 -- Actors Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor won hearts with their sweet romance in 2 States, but they weren't the original choices for the film. Author Chetan Bhagat recently revealed that Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra were initially considered for the project before Arjun and Alia eventually came on board.

During an interview with Pinkvilla, Chetan revealed that at one point, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj had considered adapting his book 2 States into a film.

Chetan said, "There was a time Vishal Bharadwaj was going to make it. There was a time when Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Priyanka Chopra's names were talked about. I think 2 States sabhi ke naam ka article to aaya hi tha (I think articles mentioning names of most of...