MUMBAI: After a lot of speculation, Karan Johar has teamed up with Sajid Nadiadwala in Chetan Bhagat’s adaptation of ‘2 States’.

The producers have zeroed in on Arjun Kapoor to play the lead role in the film which will be directed by debutant Abhishek Verman, son of veteran art director R Verman.

It may be recollected that Nadiadwala had bought the rights of the Chetan Bhagat book and had initially planned to make the film with SRK that was to be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

However, plans fizzled out after which Ranbir Kapoor stepped in and it was only then that it was decided to have a co-production with Karan Johar’s company Dharma Productions. Later, Imran Khan stepped in; however, he too opted out due to date problems.

It is being said that Kapoor will play a typical Delhi boy who falls in love with a south Indian girl.