Student of the Year (2012) User Reviews

They think viewers are IDIOT.

[achraj · 4/10 · 25 October 2012]

It would've been more apt to title this movie 'Dancer of the Year', instead of 'Student of the year', because that's what Karan Johar's pretty students do the most. They break into a jig at the drop of a hat.

From extravagant weddings to snow-clad mountains, to funky clubs, to almost anywhere, they invest every waking hour in matching their steps to a host of remixed, old Hindi film classics.

At KJo's new school, it's only the dance moves that count, and nothing else.

Textbooks, sports and any other extracurricular activities, barring the one that touches the heart, are sidelined and pitched towards the fag end of the two-and-a-half-hour race.

third class acting and zero percent logic. Only fools could like this.

Disaster of the year

[ypuskinsan · 4/10 · 20 October 2012]

Student of the year. Or, Disaster of the year.

I am still in shock trying to recover from the fact that this crap is directed by Karan johar, the same director who made one of the legendary in bollywood "Kuch Kuch hota hai". I am observing all the movies directed by Karan Johar. Usually we say with experience comes perfection, but in his case we see less and less perfection and more blunders as he directs more. But with this movie he reach his limit. The Film board should strip him of his directing license.

Yes, the film might do good in box office. But the sole credit goes to the new debutantes and Karan Johar's past fame.

Here is my review

Script(Story) - there was none, Directing - I would like to believe there was no director, Editing - A series of disastrous clips glued together, Acting - Okay, Songs - Great, Screenplay - Mildly Okay, Choreography - Okay, Climax - I didn't get any orgasm

What you get out the movie?

You get to watch two gorgeous hunks fighting, their bromance and one tag-along beauty doing all sorts nonsense.

Waste of time

[pranav_2001 · 4/10 · 19 October 2012]

You work hard all week so that you can enjoy your weekend, with anticipation that a good movie will make all the hard work worthwhile. But then life produces people like 'Karan Johar' to keep reminding you that not every Friday night will be fulfilling. After watching SOTY I felt like watching a good movie (at least twice) to completely erase from my memory the 3 hrs of non-sense I had to go through.

SOTY is everything that is wrong with today's bollywood movies. After watching the way people have acted in the movie, I could bet 'Justin Bieber' could have done a better role than these newbie's :-P. SOTY tries to capture the friendship among two friends in a college who... fight over one girl, duh! There is absolutely no chemistry between the friends or the couples. The two new heroes have tried their best to make their friendship look good, but I would say their friendship is more of a sunken-ship. It never even comes close to the chemistry friends share in 'Dil chahata hai' or 'Aisha' or 'Zindagi Na Milegi Doobara'.

The new heroine is like a doll, whose face has been painted white. There's something weird about the girl's face that looks extra (Photoshop) white than it should normally be. Of all the actors, Rishi Kapoor is the only one who stands out being soundly suitable and interesting for his role.

I felt the movie lost connection with the Indian audience when they started showing foreign things in the movie, like college arranging prom nights and triathlon. Then there are scenes where people start getting emotional for things that don't concern them and not to mention the half a dozen songs squeezed into the movie, on top of that half these songs are remake of old Hindi songs. This movie lacks innovation, acting, good story or a good casting.

My suggestion: All those who plan to watch "Student of the Year"... change your plans!

its a movie claiming to be a school

[husainsalman7 · 1/10 · 24 October 2012]

OK first things first, if your i.q is below 50 you ll love the movie. the movie features a school attended by 25-26 year olds whose idea of fun includes drunk driving,half the school attending the rich trustee's son wedding in his private jet,shallow relationships etc etc. idiotic stereotyping is the backbone of the flick, while the supposedly 16 year olds are competing for covetous student of the year like a reality show for 12 year olds. the entire narration of the movie is like a reality show where characters start talking to the audience, as absurd as it looks, it insults the intellect of even the chairs and pop corn present in the theater. while every 15 minutes a song creeps up with all the old bollywood dancing around the trees, the screenplay is different owing to the homosexual fantasies of karan johar, showing guys (male bodies, cleavages enough to nauseate) the way other directors show chicks!! while the girls are just bystanders. SPOILER ALERT!! NO ONE WINS THE TROPHY COZ THE RICH BRAT ALTHOUGH WINS DECLINES THE TROPHY COZ THE POOR LAD HAD LET HIM WIN... WHILE WHEN THEY MEET 10 OR WHATEVER ODD YEARS LATER, THEY BECOME MORE LAME!! WATCH IT IF SHOOTING YOURSELF JUMPING FROM A CLIFF OR HANGING YOURSELF Wasn't ENOUGH

Time pass

[shahrukhullahkhan · 7/10 · 29 August 2019]

Not a bad film but a great film. Good time pass. Songs were great and chemistry of Varun, Sid n Alia

Karan needs a brake

[festrel · 1/10 · 23 October 2012]

Karan needs to understand that what used to sell 5 years back with plots and drama of K3G will not sell every time You cant sell lollies to kids who have grown up. I felt the movie lost connection with the Indian audience when they started showing foreign stuff in the movie, like college arranging prom nights and triathlon. Then there are scenes where people start getting emotional for things that don't concern them and not to mention the half a dozen songs squeezed into the movie, on top of that half these songs are remake of old Hindi songs. This movie lacks innovation, acting, good story or a good casting. tough luck karan i hope he does'nt go in depression after this movie he is a softy after all.

SOTY is a one time watch!!!

[jahangirhussain74 · 2 November 2012]

SOTY is definitely not the movie of the year. Given the fact that it was directed by a maverick and talented filmmaker Karan Johar, one should keep in mind that SOTY is no Kuch Kuch Hota Hai or K3G. Storywise, the film looked like a rehash of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. It's the story of three people, Abhimanyu, Rohan and Shanaya (newcomers Sidharth, Varun and Alia) who come to terms with life in St. Theresa School (or college I don't know). Who comes out as the eventual winner in this battle of supremacy forms the rest of the story.

Newcomers Sidharth, Varun and Alia show much promise as first-timers. Sidharth looks confident though he has no background in acting. He looks fab and got good dialogues too, as is the case with most of the movies of Karan Johar. Varun is handsome and has expressive eyes. This kid could go a long way in the future. Alia is simply brilliant, given the fact that her father and half-sister, Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt are from the same acting background. She looks super-confident as a debutante and looks gorgeous too. Rishi Kapoor was annoying as a homosexual dean of St. theresa's.

There are a lot of things though which should've been well-written or explained at least from a director of Karan Johar's caliber.

1) I didn't get whether St. theresa is a school or college 2) the relationship between Rohan and his father should've been better explained. Rohan's father is a man who has all the evil intentions for his son. His character is so one dimensional. 3) too much westernization of the plot like prom night, cheerleading, speeding in the middle of the road with no interference from the cops, parties look so un-indianized that the traditional song "Radha" sticks out like a sore thumb. 4) the ending seems too abrupt and unrealistic.

The songs of the film were good but copied from old classical songs, like the late Nazia Hassan's magical 1980's song "Disco Deewane" and Mohammed Rafi's classic hit song "Gulabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhi" (from The Train). I certainly didn't expect this kind of stuff from Karan Johar. Did his creativity go out the window?

Overall, SOTY is definitely a one-time watch. You won't be disappointed with the performances of the three lead actors.

Put aside the Bollywood masala, It's a good watch.

[aheen-94576 · 7/10 · 5 September 2019]

It's a typical Karan Johar set up. He has launched three new faces for the future here. The two boys did a satisfactory job but Alia's acting did not impress anyone. It's a good comedy movie.

SOTY tries to be a modern version of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, but it does not have the same innocence or freshness about it

[balyan-rahul · 3/10 · 22 October 2012]

Student of the year tries to be a modern version of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, but it does not have the same innocence or freshness about it. Like so much of Bollywood which loves to be "inspired", this one seems to particularly incestuous in its inspirations. References to old Bollywood movie are rife and are totally irrelevant to the story. The remixed songs, random uses of recycled props (daflies, bells in a temple, with clip from an Amitabh movie etc), etc seem like pure indulgences of the maker who is in love with the Bollywood that he grew on as a kid. But the ticket paying audiences of today deserve a bit more than this staleness.

Student of the year feels like Bollywood's fantasy about today's youth. It is not clear if the story is set in a school or a college. The world that the characters inhabit is pretty unidimensional and stereotypical of Bollywood – All girls are just pretty young things who like to flaunt their bodies, chase guys and have no other ambitions of their own. The guys are competitive beef cakes who throw corny dialogues at each other like Tuhjhe Maarunga, Lekin Usese Pehle Gale Lagaunga, and are looking for a reason to hug each other all the time. Adding a gay dean and trying to keep it funny while being sort of apologetic about gays takes the cake for poor taste. I know this is Bollywood, and suspension of dis-belief is a crucial requirement to enjoy it, but this film pushes the limits of ridiculousness pretty far out.

The core of the story revolves around the award for Student of the year. The winner is supposed to get a scholarship for higher education at ivy league college anywhere in the world. By the end of the movie it I was wondering what will be the admission essay of the winner to Harvard sound like :

Sir, I have been awarded the Student of the Year in my school which makes me special. I won a really competitive treasure hunt, and that tells you some things about me, Uummm, well, lets leave that as a clue for you to solve. I now also have that hot chick with the hottest legs in school and who has windswept hair all the time, and who comes with that big cup; so maybe that tells you that I am satisfied with nothing but the best, and I am charming and can become a successful investment banker too. I dance well and last the longest on the floor as I proved in the prom (our prom is a bit different that yours). Even Farah Khan aunty was there to give me two thumbs up and Kajol also winked at me on the floor, so maybe that tells you that I enjoy culture and arts too. I play football, I run, I swim, I even cycle (you ask why cycle, obviously you haven't seen Jo Jeeta Wohi Sinkandar…). My biggest regret is that Sharukh uncle didn't join me on the floor that day, I had practised his step better than him and would have shown Karan uncle that his faith in me is well deserved. I know I am the best and so totally cool enough to be at Harvard. You deserve me. — Cheers (from the guy who only half smiles…)

Midway I think Karan kind-of realised the silliness of it all. In his script he gets a fat boy gets drunk (am calling him that because that is his stereotype), and launches him into a badly acted outburst listing out all the flaws of this contest and how ridiculous it all is. The trick of berating your own film inside the same film doesn't really get anyone off the hook in my blog. So if you anyway knew this was all junk, why did you still do it? The ending is predictable and there is nothing at stake by the time it happens.

The three young actors act well, especially for a debut. They all ooze confidence, look all sexy, and push up the bra, oh I mean bar, for all the entrenched and ageing Bollywood stars. Other than these three, everyone else does a hack job. Boman Irani's boy is totally out of place. The other kids don't matter much anyway. Music sucks except for the title track, but even for that the spoof version is so much better. The background score is unbearable at most places and the creators rely too much on it to lift weak screenplays.

This is another one of those films that exploits the brand value of the producer/stars to pull in audience (a 20Cr marketing budget may also have something to do with it) and leaves them with a substandard experience. I wonder when will this exploitation come to bite Bollywood back on its butt, and the viewers will all get wiser. Totally avoid this film, and watch Jo Jeeta Wohi Sinkandar again instead. (from www.Rahulbalyan.com )

My rating – 3/10

A decent film for one time shot

[matthewadamsemail · 6/10 · 31 October 2012]

I had the kind opportunity of watching this within one week of the release, and i was moderately excited to taste it's plot. After the experience i would say it's a modest Indian flick with predictable story line and occasionally it got intense for the audience, had fewer laughs and would not recommend you this film if your ticket price is worth a lot to you.

Majority of the film appears to be typical snobbish melodrama with occasional pretentious tones.

Like the new leads... i can only imagine about their pleasant introduction to the silver screen. They have got future ahead of them, and to summerise, this film entertains the first timers.

The perfect crappy movie of the year.

[nithinrajagopal · 1/10 · 1 November 2012]

Most of the Indian movies demand the intelligence of a brick from the viewer. Karan Johar's SOTY not only lowers that standard further, but it erodes whatever brain cells you might make the mistake of carrying inside the cinema. It took all of yesterday and a couple of pegs of cheap whiskey to erase my memory of this movie and writing this review today is not helping the cause. But I feel warning others of this movie equivalent of a horrible experiment is my primary task for the day.

There are some facts about KJo and his movies (this one in particular) that one needs to be wary of,

1. Karan Johar can direct anything that doesn't move, with brilliance - for instance the faces of actors in this movie, a goal post etc. He usually creates the illusion of movement by blowing air through a fan on the faces while making a bunch of women blare 'aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa' in the background.

2. I am not a feminist but SOTY is about as demeaning to the fairer sex (teenage girls especially) as a movie can be, without stooping to Talibanic standards of whipping them in an open field. Teenage girls are either slutty or moronic or scheming or just plain stupid. While talking about the female lead in the movie, one of the guys mentioned her name dropping of major fashion houses as a charming quality. Really?

3. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar was a movie that conveyed that truth, honesty and sincerity will get you there. This movie on the other hand seems to convey that whatever is wrong with today's young is right.

4. Karan Johar stereotypes, typifies, mocks and ridicules gay people in movies that he produces or directs. In his movies, a gay being is just a humorous character in someone else's life.

There is more i can rant and rave about, but if you are looking for a good time, nice entertainment, something about nothing that doesn't erode your grey matter, stay at home and watch Seinfeld instead.

Entertainment....for sure!

[mridulm84 · 8/10 · 6 August 2019]

I don't understand why people generally gave a thumbs down to this KJo film. Either they didn't get the film or they expected too much. Okay this film was nowhere near Noble nor had great anything, but what the film has is entertainment. Come-on guys..we all live in real world with real characters with all real. In film we look for entertainment. This can be shown by many ways. I liked the film very much. The actors acted well. Well here nothing is real. Most of the things are stupid but I like something that I don't see regularly. In those 2.5 hours I need entertainment. I watched the film in theatre , I liked it then and after watching lots of time I like it now. Best of KJo after MNIK.

Much better than STOY2.

[ashishkaushal-92799 · 6/10 · 24 May 2019]

I do remember when i watched it on screen. It was like there is chemistry, you don't get bore. And we were like at the end "Disko Dewwane".

Terrible

[abhi-sohu · 1/10 · 23 October 2012]

Now a day's indeed there is a lot of competition among Bollywood film makers. And guess what the competition is all about.? 'How bad can the movies get!'. And just then someone pops up and says, 'mine is the worse direction of all time'!. 3 hours of nonsense, that's all it is!. and again, who is to be blamed? Of the entire budget large fractions are just spent on publicizing the movie. An item song, the fame of the actors, achieved over the years, is what is being used to make a movie a big hit. And we ,'the most' of the Indians just go crazy about it because we don't really know what a good direction is. We have hardly ever seen one in our lives. what good acting is? It doesn't really means that we don't have good actors, just that they don't want to act good. Why would they put the effort? when they are already being paid large sums for doing nothing!

Terrible movie

[Ecochic · 1/10 · 20 October 2012]

I went to watch this at a movie theater near Boston and had to walk out as it was so unbearable. The characters lacked any depth and the sequence of events, especially the songs, made no logical sense. The dialogs sounded lame and the story had sets and concepts that were completely unrealistic. Where in India can you find a school that looks so magnificent or has cheerleaders?!

I am capable of enjoying an occasional chick flick or Bollywood movie with songs; however this one was hard to go through.

This movie deserves nothing more than a 1 star. The director Karan Johar is more entertaining in his gossip talk shows than he is with his movie making.

Student of the Year

[0U · 8 March 2020]

A feel good movie in the imaginary world of K Jo. the new guys did a fair job however the Bhatt girl needs some acting classes (how on earth was she selected among 400+ girls, I'll never know). Not a perfect film yet Watchable !

Rollicking Ride of the Year

[ayanpal1 · 6/10 · 20 October 2012]

Move over Hogwarts, because our very own St. Teresa's High School, Dehradun is here! A school as glamorous as the iconic castles of the Harry Potter universe, with one twist though. Here the underage Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley have been replaced by three dashing debutantes – Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, and Varun Dhawan.

Just like the magic flowing in the veins of the protagonists in the books of JK Rowling, never let down the readers, here too Karan Johar the director is for the most part aptly justified in working with these rank newcomers with royal filmy blood flowing through their veins, and boy do they keep up to their reputation! Siddharth plays Abhimanyu - the relatively poor sports quota entrant into the prestigious institution with big dreams and bigger ambitions. Likewise, Alia's portrayal of Shanaya - the spoilt rich yet lonely only daughter of her twice married mother with 4 step sisters, and Varun's portrayal of Rohan - the dreaming to be a Rockstar son of the top industrialist trying to cope with parental pressure - would surely make their respective dads Mahesh Bhatt and David Dhawan proud.

As the terrific trio compete in Karan Johar's version of the Triwizard Tournament – here referred to as 'Student of the Year' everything between them changes. Lovers part, friends become sworn enemies, and children forever separate from their parents. In between of course, there is ample display of well sculpted bodies (Siddharth and Varun) in the shortest of swimming trunks rising above the water, err competition, and Alia in a range of super glamorous designer labels and a scarf enhanced Bikini seducing the boys, (or was it the audience?) into gasps of desire.

For anyone who has ever worn a designer label, or wishes to buy one, this film is like an encyclopedia of fashion that they can immediately relate with. If college dynamics between warring sections of students attracts you, you would love the one upmanship banter between the students. If you love to see fast cars, bikes, and action, you are likely to love the portions involving the 'Tatas' and the 'Batas' or in other words the unbelievably rich and the more than upper middle class rich. If you love old Hindi songs, you are likely to cheer the innovative incorporation of their remixes to introduce key characters be it 'Papa Kehte Hain', 'Gulaabi Aankhen', 'Dafli wale', or the icing on the cake – 'Disco Deewane'. If you loved the happy and gay portions of Karan Johar's Kal Ho Na ho and Dostana, you are likely to fall in love with the dean Rishi Kapoor's wet and wild ways of trying to attract the attention of the brand new coach Ronit Roy – the one who makes him sing 'Coach Coach Hota Hai'.

But if the above things do not interest you, well then this film might already be a humbug you would need an aspirin to get over with. This is like a soufflé that you need to already acquire a taste for. If you are expecting a cup of no nonsense filter coffee, Indian style, you are likely to hate Karan's version of Choco Frappe with a spoonful of whipped cream. To be honest, not everything is perfect, and certain supposed key actions are not well justified. But these are mostly super seeded by the thorough conviction of the director, his vision, and the actors who support it through and through.

Watch it for the rising stars, their thrilling ride, their motley group of extremely well etched friends - Kayozee Irani (the son of actor Boman Irani) as the daring Dikra - Sodo who questions the very foundation of a brazenly biased triathlon towards the finale while managing to curb his intelligence that clearly isn't enough to keep him in the rat race, Shanaya's once helpful but now manipulative tomboy friend Shruti's (Mansi Rach) manipulative mind, the bimbette head cheerleader Tanya (Sana Saeed, who played the young Anjali in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) trying to pocket the heart of the uber rich Rohan, his erring errand friend Jeet (Sahil Anand of Roadies 4 fame), or the lanky Manjot Singh (of Oye Lucky Lucky Oye fame) as the 'Bata' Dimpy. Or for that matter the superb supporting cast of Rishi Kapoor (superb), Ronit Roy (just right), Ram Kapoor (extremely effective), or for that matter that of Manini De, Boman Irani, and Farida Jalal in brief yet extremely effective cameos. This is a ride that won't disappoint. Go for it for some escapist entertainment at it's glossy best!

The worst movie ever

[mreddys · 1/10 · 12 January 2019]

You will surely love this movie is you have an single digit iq

Refreshing to see the youths

[pvsavla · 7/10 · 14 January 2013]

'Student of the Year' (SOTY), though not a perfect film but was refreshing to see today's youth and its school life, although not representative of the general lot, but there are elite schools coming up all around, as the pie of the Indian middle class is expanding, so it was fun to watch SOTY.

Intermittently it is better to have a movie like this being made, depicting the current life in schools or colleges, to enable populace at large, especially those that have crossed the age of 40 years and have a family of their own, to get a glimpse of the aspirations of the younger generation.

This is a Bollywood film, hence one does not expect the story to match 100% of the real life, but it was still exciting to watch. One would love to see the number of songs getting reduced to cut short the unnecessary flab of fiction, unless they are spiced with extra-ordinary music and dance. Some of the songs could have been avoided. All the young actors were good and looked too innocent. Alia Bhatt looked cute, but not matured. Locales and costumes as usual of a Karan Johar film were beautiful. Overall the concept was good and the effort to make this movie does not go in vain, it is worth watching for once.

Neither a sports movies nor romantic or drama - but good for watching cloth brands advertising

[ketgup83 · 3/10 · 8 November 2012]

STOY was one of disastrous movie ever made in recent time once again confirming that it is the content of the film that makes it watchable and not glossy and glamour look.

Student of the year tells the story of 3 friends in a school and how their life cross and influence each other to ultimately win the annual STOY competition.

Directed by Karan Johar , STOY promises all the glitters and glosses with candy floss romance which was unnecessary but fails to mark in the most important aspect - script. The movie begins in flashback describing 3 pivotal character in the most stupid way possible. For instance - Karan Malhotra's character is a middle class struggling student but he is entering the college with some high-end expensive motorbike, Aliya Bhatt's character introduction is in a night gown which is none lesser than a bikini ( was wondering which kind of female student wears these dresses in their hostel), Varun's character is still decent but not even close to reality. The biggest camouflage is that the students shown in the film wearing trendy cloths , riding on expensive cars and bikes , traveling to Thailand and they do not even look like school-going kids. ( In India , I thought student had uniform to wear) Worst is the introduction of so many songs that you will feel like pulling out hair.I have never liked Karan Johar's movies and this was an icing on the cake confirming his in capabilities. He uses glamour and expensive set decoration for his movies but never works on the screenplay. Pathetic direction is followed by terrible screenplay followed by even worst story. Music by Vishal-Shekhar is a big letdown. The talented duo has given so many good music before but could only provide 2-3 songs which can be listened once. Coming to the performances , Varun Dhawan has potential to make it big. He emotes expressively and has an attitude to become a big star. Karan Malhotra's acting was wooden. He still needs to work on his performance skills. Aliyah Bhatt looks gorgeous but thats it .. in term of acting she has long way to go. Talents like Rishi Kapoor and Ronit Roy are wasted.

Overall , a terrible movie in every context. I would suggest you to watch Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar again as it relishes the spirit of sport rather than this boring flick !! Bad 0.5 /5

Not just another Karan Johar film... one time watchable.!

[phadvijayanand · 6/10 · 4 November 2012]

This is not just the typical KJo film, with lots of crying & Shahrukh ! Yeh, sorry to say but I was never a big fan of KJo's KKHH, K3G etc etc & Shahrukh too !

So watching this movie had no expectations but it surprised me at few times in the film.

Obviously film has some shadow of Karan but this movie is more realistic with no much emotional drama & crying. Some funny dialogues at serious moments make the movie light & fun to enjoy.

Both the actors have done brilliant job. They look promising & have definitely long way to go.

Aliya Bhatt has done good looking charming girl role but got very few dialogues.

More disappointment comes with some stupid role by Rishi (part is gay) Unnecessarily too many songs & almost 30 mins of wedding ceremony (as movie is based on school life)

Also, for first 20 mins, complete introduction, you can miss that for sure.

Kajol effect is awesome. Looks really nice in those 4-5 seconds !

Final verdict... One time typical watchable bollywood film. See for good & promising actors.

down right pathetic

[chandanrajat · 4/10 · 26 December 2012]

Firstly only barring a couple of actors, none of the actors in the movie looked like students. Secondly i could not believe that the movie was set in India. India does have some good schools but this school was really a fantasy.. Talking about the actors the boys were okay in the movie but alia bhatt was there just like a fluff piece in the movie... The songs were good but should not have been a part of the movie coz they only made the movie more long and much more unbearable.... I did have a couple of laughs but they were too far apart... Some advice for Karan Johar - Please make more realistic movies and stop making fairy tales... SOTY was a waste of time and money.

Student of the Year

[JoBloTheMovieCritic · 9/10 · 21 March 2020]

9/10 - super enjoyable Bollywood flick that has comedy, drama, tragedy, great musical numbers, and lots of twists - a must-see

Student Of The Year (U/A) Hindi--------my Rating: 3.5/5 HIT or may be SUPER-HIT

[yunusitboss · 7/10 · 21 October 2012]

Student Of The Year (U/A) Hindi--------my Rating: 3.5/5 HIT or may be SUPER-HIT

It is triangular love story.....

VERY GOOD:- *Second half *Cast : especially Siddarth malhotra *Cinematography *Direction *Music : my favorite is "ishq wala love,disco song,vele vele" *Costume designer *Choreography : as it contains more songs in first half

AVERAGE:- -Story -Screenplay -Dialogues -Background score -Alia and varun performance

FINAL VERDICT:-

It is clean family entertainer which is very rich to watch,Have an enjoyment flick this weekend....

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.

Time "wala" Pass, Seriously its nothing but Glam Glow and Little bit of drama.

[shan-nathir · 4/10 · 25 October 2012]

K Jo's films are mostly alike they have characters and story like any other movie but Kuch kuch hota hai and k3g was better than this its not because of the star cast but the story itself. Which was surely driven by idea of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Kuch Kuch Hota hai and K3g. There was nothing new in this story the climax was totally inspired from JO Jeeta Wohi Sikander, the first half has a K Jo's typical scene choreography like KKHH and K3g. Now in spite of all this leadings role were unfair. Alia Bhatt tried her best but did not catch much attention because of the role she is being played which was hardly there in the movie. Siddhart Malhotra was strictly OK, though everyone has their own opinion about it but for me he does not know how to give facial expressions while acting his skills are not as good as Varun Dhavan who I think did his best as newcomers from dancing to acting from flirting to fighting he was good in everything. He is the reason why public sit throughout the movie. K Jo's attempt was good and got good feedback and even as far it also got better gross B.O records too. Still I'll give one star to K Jo and two for the story which was having this many stories to it and was synchronized in a good manner. And the last star goes to the only star in the movie Varun Dhavan. Also I will not give a star to its music because it was not good AT ALL.. So if you are bored nothing to do just watch it and let it go as it has nothing to hold on to. XISHAN