2 States is a romantic comedy based on the novel of the same title written by Chetan Bhagat. The movie revolves around Krish Malhotra (Arjun Kapoor) and Ananya Swaminathan (Alia Bhatt), students at the IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Krish comes from a troubled Punjabi Hindu family while Ananya comes from a conservative Tamil Hindu Brahmin family. The two fall in love, however, their different cultural backgrounds become a huge problem as they have a hard time convincing their parents to bless their relationship before they get married.