That's about to change.
Even as her performance in Highway gets her raves Alia Bhatt is all set to wow critics and fans with her performance as a Tamilian wife in Sajid Nadiadwala and Karan Johar's first joint production 2 States.
Apparently the role of the young Tamilian wife is based on writer Chetan Bhagat's own wife. Alia was asked to play her part as normally as the real-life Mrs Bhagat.
Shedding light on the triumph that awaits Alia around the corner producer Sajid Nadiadwala says, `Alia has played the first non-caricatural South Indian character in our films. Normally when we show South Indians in our films they have think accents, and if it's a women from the South she will have gajra in her hair and will go 'Aiyo yo' every five minutes.Alia does none of that.`
The two-film old actress was told to play the character without the props of broad character traits.
`How do I explain this? Alia is Tamilian and she even talks in Tamil. But she behaves like a normal city wife,` says Sajid.
Apparently Alia was asked to strictly not do a Deepika Padukone kind of 'bokwas' accent from Chennai Express.
Alia admits it was difficult to not lapse into caricature while doing a South Indian character. `I was not allowed to be culture-specific in 2 States in my body-language or my accent. Yes, I am a Tamilian in 2 States. But I don't make a show of my regional roots.It is tough because when you are not resorting to speech and behaviourial props you have no handy tools to give personality to your character.`
