For Karan Johar, the upcoming Siddharth Malhotra-starrer is a “big responsibility”

The upcoming film Student of the Year is just a week away from hitting cinema screens and has managed to create quite a buzz. Directed by Karan Johar, the film will star three newcomers making their first appearances on the big screen, Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. The film is Karan Johar’s first with debutant actors and without his close friend and lucky mascot, Shah Rukh Khan.

For Karan Johar, the upcoming film is more than just one of his several directorial ventures. Quoting Karan, “The film is a big responsibility on Dharma Production's shoulders and mine. We are launching the career of three new faces through this film - Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra. All of them are very promising and talented. So, we as a production house have to make sure that we stand up to the expectation of all”. While Siddharth Malhotra is a model-turned-actor with no background in the film industry, Varun Dhawan is the son of director David Dhawan. Alia Bhatt on the other hand is the daughter of director Mahesh Bhatt and the half-sister of Pooja Bhatt.

Siddharth and Varun have worked with Karan Johar before, assisting the director during the making of the film My Name Is Khan. Noticing their knack for the big-screen, Karan quickly roped the duo in for his upcoming film. “Siddharth Malhotra as well as Varun Dhawan had assisted me in “My Name Is Khan” and were involved in the process of production right throughout. Moreover they also observed me quite closely as a director. What I like about them is that they are totally different from each other, be in terms of personality or energy. I realized that they had the faces that were for cinema and it was about time that they were seen on the big screen,” says Karan Johar.

In Student of the Year, Siddharth Malhotra plays Abhimanyu Sing aka Abhi. Alia Bhatt stars as Shanaya Singh while Varun Dhawan will be seen playing the role of her boyfriend Rohan Nanda. Catch Karan Johar’s next at a cinema near you on the 19th of October, 2012.