Friday 26 October 2012

Karan Johar’s Student of the Year, not just a remake of past films!

Karan Johar’s recent release, Student of the Year, was previously tagged by skeptics as just another love triangle glamorized by the director. Gracefully putting these claims to rest however, the movie has managed to stand out and step a league away from the traditional. Starring newcomers Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, this film has caught the attention of the masses for its fresh new appeal and modern-day feel.

There have been rumors of the film swaying towards Karan Johar’s first directorial venture, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, owing to the fact that the story follows the lives of three youngsters discovering love. Student of the Year however isn’t anything like the past film, though it does pack karan Johar’s signature glamour and extravagance. The film has also been compared to the 1992 sports-drama film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. In regards to this, Karan has previously stated, “In the past too, while I was making K3G, it was alleged I was rehashing Kabhie Kabhie. KHNH was supposedly Anand. Now Student of the Year is Mohabbatein and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. It's amusing. Is there a dearth of stories? Why should every film be a clone of a tried and tested film?”

The film centers on the story of three youngsters at a prestigious school in Dehradun. Abhimanyu Singh aka Abhi (Siddharth Malhotra), a boy from a middle-class family, enrolls at St. Teresa’s High School on a scholarship. There, he befriends the son of a business tycoon, Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan) and his childhood sweetheart, Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt). The school is presided over by the gay dean Yogendra Vasisht (Rishi Kapoor). A campus romance in essence, Student of the Year has its leading trio face the highs and lows of teenage life. As the movie proceeds, they are pitched against each other as they compete to win the Student of the Year Trophy.

A film unlike any Karan Johar has unveiled before, Student of the Year has created quite a storm at the box office and is expected to continue doing so as long as it stays on cinema screens!

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