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"Alia Bhatt has reportedly been learning about Tamil culture for her role in 2 States: The Story of My Marriage. The actress plays a Tamilian Iyengar girl who falls in love with a Punjabi boy.  A source close to Bhatt told IANS: &amp;quot;She is learning the Tamil culture and tradition. She has also hired a special Tamilian teacher who will help her to adapt the south Indian culture.&amp;quot; The 19-year-old star was recently featured wearing traditional South Indian saris in a photo shoot with 2 States co-star Arjun Kapoor, who replaced Imran Khan to take the lead role.  The film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat&amp;#039;s novel 2 States  is directed by Abhishek Verma and  co-produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala.  The daughter of film director Mahesh Bhatt, Alia made her debut in Karan Johar&amp;#039;s Student of the Year last year. 2 States  is scheduled to release in 2013. Watch a trailer for Student of the Year below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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