Student of the Year

There is a dialogue in the film where the lead actress's friend tell her....you are confused. This is actually what you would want to tell Karan Johar after watching it.
The film is set in a fantasy school where guys are bare chested and girls barely covered, where uniforms come from designer houses, where good looks seem to be the only admission criteria, and where everything is important except studies. I know it's just a film meant for entertainment but how do you explain the most prestigious competition of a school, student of the year being judged basis a stupid treasure hunt, dancing and running only and where the principal needs to be ridiculed by a loser student before he realizes this or A business tycoon not liking his son because he wants to become a musician and so much so that he actually feels happy to see his son losing the competition or A smart girl unable to decide who she loves between two hunks and so much so that even viewer can't find this out till she marries one of them or two hunks who can't decide for their life whether they are friends or enemies and either ways why!


On positive side, KJo presents all this with super style and at large canvas, all three newcomers look stunning and fresh and preform reasonably good, the music is peppy and few sequences funny. It's a superb launch for new faces but it remains just that.... nothing in substance.

Not entirely unwatchable but far from a good film you would expect out of Karan Johar.








Cinema Analyst's take - this student manages to score just about passing marks.