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ALIA BHATT AND MAHESH BHATT |
Highway actress Alia Bhatt
says her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is possessive about her, but adds
that he has taken her on-screen kissing with Arjun Kapoor in the forthcoming
film 2 States practically.
"Like every
father, who don’t want their daughters to get married, even my father is the
same,” Alia said in a group interview.
“Recently, my
father told us (Alia and her sister Shaheen) you all can’t go anywhere, I will
lock you up in a room. He is honest and blunt about the fact that he doesn't
want us to get married.
“He is not saying
just like that, he means it. He is very possessive and he doesn't want me to
get married. If my sister’s boyfriends get me some present, he would say - even
I can get presents, I will get you two," she added.
Currently, the
actress is looking forward to her forthcoming film 2 States.
She has a kissing
scene in the film and when asked about her “possessive” father’s reaction on
the same, she said: “But he knows I am acting …but, if I kiss my boyfriend in
front of him, he will slap me”.
“It’s in the scene
and I am not doing it to irritate him. It’s a family film and the scene is just
for three seconds.”
Directed by
Abhishek Verman, 2 States is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller of the
same name and the actress has read the book three times.
She said: “I have
to be as natural as possible. I read the book three times before we started
shooting.”
Alia says that when
she read the book for the first time, she felt it could be made into a good
film.
“I knew Arjun was
on board… but I never thought I will be part of the film. I got a call for a
look test and the point being that I should look good with Arjun. I was hoping
it comes to me and it did. It’s a big achievement for me," she said.
The actress, who
garnered rave reviews for her performance in her last release Highway, says
there was a reason behind doing 2 States.
“After Highway I
wanted people to say I am an actor and that I am not here to be a star. I would
not like to be five or six films old …so I want to make sure I am an
actor," she said.