Karan Johar revisits campus-romances with Student of the Year

Karan Johar has been regularly dishing out one hit film after another. His most recent blockbuster titled Student of the Year stars newcomers Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. A campus romance to be precise, the film has been compared to Karan Johar’s first directorial venture, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). While the previous film was set around a love triangle ensuing in a college campus, Karan’s latest portrays a similar triangle of love in a school. But that’s where the similarities end!

The new film revolves around the lives of three students at a prestigious educational academy nestled in Dehradun called the St. Teresa’s High School. Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt), the campus sweetheart, has a steady and ongoing relationship with her boyfriend Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan), the swaggering son of a wealthy industrialist. Things begin to turn around when Abhimanyu Singh aka Abhi (Siddharth Malhotra), a middle-class boy enrolls at the school on a sports scholarship. Meticulous and ambitious as ever, Abhi looks to reach the top and quickly turns away the spotlight from Rohan onto himself. As expected, a rivalry begins taking its roots with Rohan and Abhi turning against each other. Their relationship however turns into a bromance after an incident, making Rohan and Abhi the best of friends.

When Abhi falls in love with Shanaya, she reciprocates. However, when her boyfriend Rohan finds out, he fights it out with Abhi, leading to a destroyed friendship. The trio then locks horns as they are pitted against each other in the Student of the Year competition announced by the school’s gay dean played by Rishi Kapoor. Finally, who wins the trophy and who wins Shanaya’s heart makes up for this film’s perfect ending.

The film also includes appearances by Sana Saeed who played the child Anjali in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. A debut film for actor Boman Irani’s son Kayoze Irani alongside Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, Student of the Year released on the 19^th of October, 2012.