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Critic's Rating:-3.5/5
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Kayoze Irani, Sana Saeed, Ronit Roy
Direction: Karan Johar
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes
Viewer's Rating:-3.5/5
Student of the Year is a 2012 Indian romantic comedy film
directed by Karan Johar and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar under the
banner of Dharma Productions and Gauri Khan under the banner of Red
Chillies Entertainment.
The movie features newcomers Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun
Dhawan in the lead roles with Rishi Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor, Sana
Saeed, Farida Jalal, Sushma Seth, Akshay Anand, Prachi Shah, Manjot
Singh and Manini Mishra in supporting roles. The movie also features
Boman Irani, Kajol and Farah Khan in guest appearances.
Rob Miller of ReelSports, who had previously worked with SRK on Chak De
India, was hired to direct the sports action in the film. The film was
released on 19 October 2012 to mostly positive reviews from critics.
Plot
It is the story of Abhimanyu Singh (Sidharth Malhotra) and Rohan
Nanda
(Varun Dhawan) who traverse the path of competition, envy, triumph,
failure, manipulation and heartbreak in their mini-universe of St.
Teresa's High School, Dehradun.
Abhimanyu Singh a.k.a Abhi comes from a middle-class family and wants
to achieve great heights of success and prosperity, the first step to
which will be the Student of the Year trophy while Rohan Nanda a.k.a Ro,
is the son of a business tycoon who grapples with a complex
relationship with his father and knows that winning the Student Of the
Year trophy will bag him the approval that he subconsciously craves for.
When the two protagonists with distinct backgrounds and clear goals
clash with each other in the locker room, football field and the
canteen, there is no question in anyone's mind that the preset equations
of the St. Teresa's
campus were about to change.
When Abhi and Rohan's rivalry takes an unexpected turn to friendship,
neither pre-empts the complications that would brew. Things are further
knotted up when Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt),
the most popular girl on the campus enters the equation. While Shanaya
and Rohan are childhood sweethearts, Abhi's attraction for his best
friend's girlfriend and Shanaya's quiet reciprocation causes a rift in
their friendship that would have a long lasting impact. Looming large
over the various friendships in the campus is the Student Of The year
trophy and Dean Yogendra Vasisht's (Rishi Kapoor)
emphasis on success and victory. Towards the end of the term, the
foes-turned-friends-turned foes, Abhi and Rohan, are ready for a
face-off and battle lines are drawn through the length and breadth of
the campus, with only one goal in everyone's eyes - Student Of The Year
Trophy. As new ambitions are born and old loyalties fall by the wayside,
each segment of the Student Of The Year competition manages to tear
apart both, the participants and the spectators, to redefine the choices
of the three protagonists.

Cast
- Varun Dhawan as Rohan Nanda
- Siddharth Malhotra as Abhimanyu Singh
- Alia Bhatt as Shanaya Singhania
- Rishi Kapoor as Yoginder Vasisht
- Ronit Roy as Coach Shah
- Ram Kapoor as Ashok Nanda
- Gautami Kapoor as Mrs. Nanda, Rohan's mother
- Sana Saeed as Tanya Asrani
- Farida Jalal as Abhimanyu's grandmother
- Sushma Seth as Yoginder's mother
- Sahil Anand as Rohan's friend Jeet
- Prachi Shah as Coach Shah's wife
- Manjot Singh as Dimpy
- Manini Mishra as Abhimanyu's aunt
- Kayoze Irani as Soto
- Boman Irani in a guest appearance
- Kajol in a guest appearance
- Farah Khan in a guest appearance
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Vishal-Shekhar with the lyrics penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan.
|
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| 1. |
"Ratta Maar" |
Anvita Dutt Guptan |
Vishal Dadlani, Shefali Alvares |
3:30 |
| 2. |
"Radha" |
Sayeed Quadri |
Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan, Vishal Dadlani |
5:41 |
| 3. |
"Ishq Wala Love" |
Anvita Dutt Guptan |
Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant, Neeti Mohan |
4:18 |
| 4. |
"The Disco Song" |
Anvita Dutt Guptan |
Benny Dayal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nazia Hassan |
5:42 |
| 5. |
"Kukkad" |
Javed Akhtar |
Shahid Mallya |
4:22 |
| 6. |
"Vele" |
Anvita Dutt |
Shekhar Ravjiani, Vishal Dadlani |
3:50 |
| 7. |
"Mashup Of The Year" |
Various |
Various Artists, DJ Kiran Kamath |
3:01 |
Critical reception
Student Of The Year received positive reviews from critics.
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4/5 stars, saying that "
Student Of The Year is a
love story that traverses the trodden path. But KJo
is an artisan with intellect and taste and he ensures that
the script
is spruced up and modernized with such elan that it doesn't offend the
spectator's wisdom or intelligence. The accomplished director takes on
familiar material and gives it an entirely new twirl. This is escapist
cinema at its best! On the whole,
Student Of The Year is amongst
Karan Johar's most accomplished works. The youth brigade would
love it
and those who have already past that age would want to revisit those
days. This one's entertainment, entertainment and entertainment at its
best. Clearly, KJo has a winner on hands, yet again!" Madhureeta Mukherjee of
The Times of India gave the film 3.5/5 stars, stating that "
Student Of The Year
takes you back to your books and
sinks you in true-blue Bollywood
syllabus, following the 'formula' - Two boys, one girl, one glorious
trophy and lots of testosterone. It is larger-than-life, colorful,
lavish, beautifully shot and directed. With medleys, dance, drama and
everything good-looking (from cast to couches, dorms to discos)." Rajeev Masand of
IBNLive
gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Nitpickings aside, this is a
breezy, enjoyable film by a director who knows his craft." He remarked,
"If fun is what you’re seeking, you won't be disappointed." Giving the film 3 out of 5 stars, Anupama Chopra of
Hindustan Times
wrote, "Karan Johar's forte is excess. He creates fantastical worlds
brimming with beautiful people and expensive things and yet anchors them
in high emotion. His films work as both designer porn and
soap opera.