Typically KJO!!
Director and producer Karan Johar’s
Student of the Year is yet another signature KJO film; just that this time around
he risks having three newcomers carry his lavish high budget project on their shoulders
rather than playing safe with a Shah Rukh Khan.
Lavish school, good looking
teenager students, glamorous clothes and a wisely chosen locale of Deheradun,
Student of the Year has it all. In case you have been missing the KJO movie
feel for a few years since My Name is
Khan didn’t have all this, Student of
the Year is your treat.
St Teresa is a dream school which
hosts the Student of the Year competition every year. Abhimanyu(Sidddharth
Malhotra), Rohan(Varun Dhavan) and Shanaya(Alia Bhatt) are amongst the students
of the school who are ambitious to win the contest. The competition soon initiates rivalry,
jealousy among friends and a vicious rat race. Simultaneously the three leads are
caught into a complex love triangle and the fights, ego clashes follow. The end
feels a little abrupt and over dramatic unbelievable sequences wrestle to make
sense, but eventually they fall just short of it.
Sequences are borrowed and
inspired from Kuch Kuch hota hai, Main
hoon na, Harry Potter-The Goblet of Fire and many more; but all that never
bothers. The screenplay is used straight from Jane tu ya Jane na with a friends reunion and the flash backs! In spite
of all this, Student of the Year qualifies as a decent film due to the director’s
entertaining writing, quirky music and good dance numbers.
Vishal and Shekhar do an
excellent job with the music. Music has always been a key point in KJO’s
movies, and Vishal Shekar carry the legacy ahead. Manish Malhotra is a busy man
designing so many glamorous and fancy costumes for the film’s leads and he doesn’t
disappoint. To show the lavishness on the big screen, the cinematography and
editing do proper justice. The camera catches the most spectacular frames of
Deheradun and the rich college campus.
Rishi Kapoor as the gay Dean proves
yet again that he can pull off possibly any role offered to him. Alia Bhatt is
fresh and talented and does most of the opportunity she gets. In the end it’s
the boys who steal the show. The film demands a lot of testosterone and the
boys give it all. Varun Dhavan looks promising but Siddhart Malhotra is the
best in the film.
I am going with 2.5 out
of 5 for Karan Johar’s Student of the Year. Go watch it, if KJO movies are your taste!
Rating: 2.5/5
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