Rachana Dubey (MUMBAI MIRROR; April 21, 2014)

2 States is rocking the box-office and novelist-screenplay writer Chetan Bhagat is understandably elated. Before he gets busy with his next novel, an urban-rural love-story, he will be working with Rajkumar Gupta on the screen adaptation of his recent novel, Revolution 2020.

 “I’ll be involved with this film too, but this time, I chose not to write the screenplay because I get too close to the content,” says Chetan, who has left that job to Gupta, and in a month’s time plans to freeze the lead cast with the director. “We’re scouting for two actors and an actress since the story revolves around three young people.

 Chetan, admits that he’s besotted by Alia Bhatt, who played his wife’s role in 2 States. Can Alia play Aarti in Revolution 2020? “Alia is a fabulous actress and after watching 2 States, I feel she can fit into the mould of any heroine I conceptualise. Yes, she’d be perfect to play Aarti but nothing has been decided as yet,” says the novelist. Revolution 2020 is a love triangle that revolves around Gopal, Aarti and Raghav and is set against the backdrop of Varanasi’s politics.