Student Of The Year (2012) Movie Information
Color: C
Release Date: 19 October 2012
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Student Of The Year Movie Star Cast
Siddharth Malhotra
Varun Dhawan
Alia Bhatt
Rishi Kapoor
Ronit Roy
Kayoze Irani
Ram Kapoor
Manjot Singh
Sana Saeed
Manasi Rachh
Sahil Anand
Farida Jalal
Sushma Seth
Gautami Kapoor
Manini M. Mishra
Akshay Anand
Prachi Shah
GUEST APPEARANCE
Shah Rukh Khan
Boman Irani
Student Of The Year Movie Crew
Banner
Dharma Productions
Banner
Red Chillies Entertainment
Producer
Karan Johar
Producer
Hiroo Johar
Producer
Gauri Khan
Associate Producer
Apoorva Mehta
Executive Producer
Marijke deSouza
Creative Director
Abhishek Varman
Director
Karan Johar
Music Director
Vishal Dadlani
Music Director
Shekhar Ravjiani
Lyricist
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Cinematographer
Ayananka Bose
Dialogue Writer
Niranjan Iyengar
Screenplay Writer
Rensil D'Silva
Editor
Deepa Bhatia
Production Designer
Amrita Mahal Nakai
Casting Director
Nandini Shrikent
Costume Designer
Manish Malhotra
Sound Designer
Ali Merchant
Background Sound
Vishal Dadlani
Background Sound
Shekhar Ravjiani
Make-up Designer
Mickey Contractor
Choreographer
Farah Khan
Choreographer
Vaibhavi Merchant
Choreographer
Remo D'Souza
Choreographer
Caesar Gonsalves
Choreographer
Bosco Martis
Publicity Designer
Rahul Nanda
Publicity Designer
Himanshu Nanda
Student Of The Year Movie Synopsis
The road from youth to adulthood is paved with myriad emotions and Student Of The Year celebrates this colorful coming of age. 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.T’s campus were about to change.
Director Karan Johar, who is known to make larger-than-life and long films, has made his shortest one till date in Student Of The Year.
The duration of the film will be a little over 120 minutes, while each of his previous four films have been over three hours long.
Johar was recently quoted saying that this was the shortest film of his career and that after the editing, it should be around 135-140 minutes at maximum.
The filmmaker has directed Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and My Name Is Khan so far, out of which the last one was the shortest. Johar is trying to follow the current trend of making shorter films in the industry.
A source was quoted saying that most of his productions, which have not been directed by him, have been of shorter duration as well, so he has done the same for his film as well.
The source adds that Student Of The Year hasn't been designed as a saga which requires an extended story to told and considering the film doesn't have any superstars, it would be difficult to hold the audience for three hours.
Student of the Year, starring Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra, is set to release on October 19.
The 1981 cult hit Disco Deewane, sung by Pakistani singer Nazia Hussain, has been a popular number for more than 3 decades. For all fans of the song, there's a surprise coming your way!
Filmmaker Karan Johar has adapted the track, recreated by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani (Vishal-Shekhar) and sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, for his upcoming film Student Of The Year. Some of the old portions sung by Nazia have also been retained in the song. Sources claim that Karan was keen to recreate the song and so used it in this film.
The thumping track will feature Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. Apparently, Karan wanted the first song of the film to be a chartbuster so he was always clear that out of the six tracks for the film, Disco Deewane would be the first to release.
Student Of The Year is set to release on October 19.
Not many know that the Ishaqzaade actor Arjun Kapoor and David Dhawan's son Varun Dhawan, making his debut with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, are close friends. Arjun made his silver screen debut in May this year, while Varun will be making his in October.
However, this is not the first time the two buddies faced the camera. Way back in 2010, both of them had appeared in a student film together. Both were students of Barry John's acting school and had appeared in a five minute-short film titled White Mountain.
Besides acting in the film, Varun Dhawan had written its story and screenplay as well.
Karan Johar is known for his opulent affairs, right from his mega multi starrer affairs like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. However his newest film Student of the Year takes the cake. Apparently, the budget of his campus flick is much higher than Karan's debut film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, despite the fact that it starred Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.
"Student of the Year has been budgeted on par with many biggies which are being made with established stars today", informs a source, "Even though the film stars three newcomers, Karan hasn't spared any expenses. Many around him felt that he was going overboard since the film doesn't star his regular lead Shah Rukh Khan. Still, Karan went ahead."
The story was pretty much a deja vu of KKHH days when for the first time in Bollywood, everything from clothes, accessories, bags, shoes and other props with hitherto alien names (in Bollywood parlance) like Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace were procured from the UK.
"Even though Yashji (Johar) used to wonder where the spent was made, Karan could be found hand picking things from all over the globe. The story was repeated for SOTY as well as Karan hasn't made any discounts when it comes to mounting the film on a lavish scale", the source adds.
In fact some sources are even pegging the film's budget to be on par with the likes of 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna though that seems a rather far fetched.
Though Karan refused to comment on the crores spent on the film, he did say, "If you want to create stars, you have to invest. You can't cut corners just because they are not known yet. Next generation of Bollywood stars do deserve a platform."
Way to go Karan!
Producer-director Karan Johar, who is launching three new actors with his forthcoming film Student Of The Year, says that is as emotional about the project as the actor's parents.
At the launch of the theatrical trailer of the film, Johar said, "The film feels different from any other film that I have directed as I have worked with movie stars who don't need hand-holding. With these three newcomers, it was a journey like nurturing and parenting them."
Karan Johar is launching with Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt, David Dhawan's son Varun Dhawan and model Siddharth Malhotra for the film.
"I am sure their parents are going through the same emotions that I am going through right now. It's a very special feeling. This is something that I felt I needed to do. It's a very satisfying emotion," he further added.
Student Of The Year is set to release on October 19.
Karan Johar, is busy winding up his directorial next Student Of the Year and the filmmaker will wrap up the film today.
Karan took to Twitter to announce the latest development on the film, writing, "Have just 1 day left to complete STUDENT OF THE YEAR....its been an 11 month shoot journey...with lots of fun and debut dynamics!!!"
He also stated that the first trailer of the movie will be out in August, this year. "The first trailer of STUDENT OF THE YEAR will be out on the 2nd of August.....," KJo further added.
SOTY will mark the debut of Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra and Boman Irani's son Kayoze Irani.
The film is co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan and is slated to hit the theaters on October 19, 2012.
