One Word which describes the film - Brand-Deewane
Best Dialogue – " Tumhara rishta rab ne nahi ameeron ke club ne banaya hai ! "
Genre- Romance / Comedy
Music Director -
Vishal-Shekhar
Cast – Siddharth Malhotra , Varun Dhawan , Alia Bhatt , Rishi Kapoor
Cast – Siddharth Malhotra , Varun Dhawan , Alia Bhatt , Rishi Kapoor
Budget - 30 crores (approx)
Karan's first film as a director Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) was a college film where SRK and Kajol's friendship is tested when a hot girl Tina comes to their college.
After 14 years Karan takes us to a school which is full of rich kids who live in their world of Feraris and designer brands and are always partying . One of the protagonist is poor but even he is not that poor that he can't afford designer wear or the occasional briefest briefs which give a good look of his well toned body and six packs.
In fact I think a better name for the film would have been Body of the Year as the two actors have exposed more than the leading lady.Oh,the world of Karan Johar !
Alia Bhatt's entry with the Gulaabi aankhen song remixed with Jimmy Choo and other designer labels takes us into the world of an affluent girl whose ward robe has nothing suitable for a visit to the hospital.
Amir Khan at the age of 27 in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) did pass off as a student of Model school but Varun Dhawan and Siddhart both 24 ,with six packs ,biceps and triceps hardly looked like school students .Only Alia bhatt ,19, because of her petite frame and short dresses managed to look like one.
Rishi Kapoor as the dean hardly leaves any impact . It's human nature to compare and the standard set by Mr Bachchan as Narayan Shankar of Gurukul (Mohabbatein ) is really high . Rishi Kapoor excelled as Rauf Lala in Agneepath but his character was not given much importance in this film .
Karan's first film as a director Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) was a college film where SRK and Kajol's friendship is tested when a hot girl Tina comes to their college.
After 14 years Karan takes us to a school which is full of rich kids who live in their world of Feraris and designer brands and are always partying . One of the protagonist is poor but even he is not that poor that he can't afford designer wear or the occasional briefest briefs which give a good look of his well toned body and six packs.
In fact I think a better name for the film would have been Body of the Year as the two actors have exposed more than the leading lady.Oh,the world of Karan Johar !
Alia Bhatt's entry with the Gulaabi aankhen song remixed with Jimmy Choo and other designer labels takes us into the world of an affluent girl whose ward robe has nothing suitable for a visit to the hospital.
Amir Khan at the age of 27 in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) did pass off as a student of Model school but Varun Dhawan and Siddhart both 24 ,with six packs ,biceps and triceps hardly looked like school students .Only Alia bhatt ,19, because of her petite frame and short dresses managed to look like one.
Rishi Kapoor as the dean hardly leaves any impact . It's human nature to compare and the standard set by Mr Bachchan as Narayan Shankar of Gurukul (Mohabbatein ) is really high . Rishi Kapoor excelled as Rauf Lala in Agneepath but his character was not given much importance in this film .
Karan Johar is known for his fairy tale romances and larger than life sets . The sets in this film also don't disappoint but as the name suggests we expected a school drama with some pehla nasha kind of first love and good chemistry between the lead actors .But most of the scenes are superficial and the love and friendship is expressed mainly through songs .
I was a bit disappointed with this film as Karan's last films as a director were Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and My Name Is Khan (2010) which were intense and dealt with complex human emotions.
In a line Student of the year may not be the film of the year but it has some scenes which remind us of our school days , a place where ever lasting friendships are formed .
It's not as good as Karan Johar's earlier films but is a good Time Pass.Can be seen during Dusshera holidays with family and kids.
It's not as good as Karan Johar's earlier films but is a good Time Pass.Can be seen during Dusshera holidays with family and kids.
As usual, very aptly written... Me not much into teenage love-stories so as not interested in watching SOTY.. Your review shows my decision is not wrong... ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteHey....If you talk about critical review....you are perfect 10/10 on it Riya....but I loved the movie...coz I love larger than life romantic movies...N hot bodies of Varun N Siddharth were too good too watch on the big screen....Infact I would like to add that being their first movie..... both guys acted very well....Quiet confident n impressive on screen presence..Like you said I found Alia more like a Barbie Doll :-))
ReplyDeleteNot to miss the soundtracks few them are really nice...Ishqwala love :-))
The movie was a HUGE let down considering it came from Karan johar whose last was MNIK ( can't still get enough of it , seen it 8-10 times )
ReplyDeleteMovie is a big let down and second half streches like a boring married life with 1-2 joys and rest pain and boring
Alya looks straight out of kindergarten but looks lovely and beautiful and styled like Pooh ( kareena) in K3G and can act too
Sidharth looks cool
But no script , no connect , just gloss , color , style and dream school ambience
Overall a big let down
2 Stars