Student of the Year

2012 2h 26m HI

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5.8

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50%

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5.3

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★5.8TMDB · 205🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes★5.3IMDB · 21,281

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sidharth Malhotra
Abhimanyu Singh
Varun Dhawan
Rohan Nanda
Alia Bhatt
Shanaya Singhania
Rishi Kapoor
Dean Yoginder Vasisht
Sana Saeed
Tanya Israni
Ram Kapoor
Ashok Nanda
Ronit Roy
Coach Shah
Sahil Anand
Jeet Khurana

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Karan Johar
Writers: Karan Johar, Renzil D'Silva, Karan Johar
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: India

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "Student of the Year Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Karan Johar, shot by Ayananka Bose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vishal Dadlani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Deepa Bhatia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2172071 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Karan Johar directs. Ayananka Bose behind the camera. Vishal Dadlani scores. Deepa Bhatia cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
3Part of the "Student of the Year Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Karan Johar, shot by Ayananka Bose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Vishal Dadlani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Deepa Bhatia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2172071 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "friendship", "jealousy", "love triangle", "competition".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ayananka Bose
Original score: Vishal Dadlani
Editing: Deepa Bhatia
Production design: Amrita Mahal Nakai
VFX supervisor: Swapnil Dhawre
Sound: Ajay Kumar P. B.
Runtime: 146 min · 2h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,391,922
Box office: $13,749,809
Return: 164% of budget
Original language: HI
Certification (US): TP
IMDB: Student of the Year (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes: 50% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 21,281 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

10 wins & 42 nominations total

Part of

Student of the Year Collection

A College that everyone wants it to be real but it's not, rivals turned friends, betrayal of one's love and teenage drama.

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Karan Johar

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Sukhwinder Singh2012-11-28
★ 8.5/10
Quick Review Student Of The Year aka SOTY had a pretty good expectations, considering its youngistan theme, makers and star cast of the film, and not to forget the appealing storyline of it. However it had indeed satisfied the expectations, and further more had hit the right chord to their target audience. On the other hand, the movie was compared with many other movies which had similar kind of themes (college campus), but SOTY is an altogether a complete film with different storyline, and thus provides you a totally fresh and entertaining product. Story It is the story about three friends - Abhimanyu Singh, Rohan Nanda and Shanaya Singhania - and their group of buddies. Rohan Nanda aka Ro (Varun Dhawan) is a rich son of a well-known business tycoon Nanda (Ram Kapoor), and rules the St. Teresa's High School (Dehradun) with his style, attitude and riches. He is quite flirty among other girls, but has a beautiful and gorgeous girlfriend, Shanaya (Alia Bhatt). Also though Ro was a rich son of an entrepreneur, but he had a soft heart for everyone. Shanaya is a rich modern girl, who thinks herself as a fashion designer, and rules the college with her charm, beauty, and sex-appeal. Now the entry of Abhimanyu aka Abhi, he hails from a small town and aspires to become a big person one fine day. Abhi rules the college with his style, attitude and a perfect victory in everything. This irks Ro, and the two often clashes with each other. However because of his soft heart, both of them became friends and then best friends. The turning point comes when an unexpected love triangle happens between Ro, Abhi and Shanaya, which is further followed by the 'Student Of The Year' competition in St. Teresa's High School. How these three people copes up with their complicated relationship, and eventually who wins the coveted trophy of Student Of The Year, forms the crux of the story. Final Verdict It's a new age mixture of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, with a complete different and engaging storyline. On the whole, Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year' is a perfect film for all the youngistan, a perfect film for entertainment, and a perfect film to watch it again and again. 'Student Of The Year' is the 'Film Of The Year' for the youth gang.

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