By Rohini Nadia
When Karan Johar first gave the world a look at his upcoming film, "Student of the Year", on Twitter, the poster set tinsel-town abuzz. Posted by Karan himself, the image features three students wearing identical t-shirts with their names on their backs. The director tweeted the image to be "The Student of the Year (SOTY) teaser poster". From what the poster and the recently-released trailer suggest, this film will be a youth-centric movie with a fun-filled theme. A campus romance to be precise, the movie will be Karan Johar's fifth directorial venture.
Karan was born in Mumbai on the 25th of May, 1972. After completing his education at the Green Lawns High School, he then enrolled at the H.R. College of Commerce and Economics where he earned his master's degree in French. The filmmaker took his first steps in the industry with his appearance in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in 1995, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Karan Johar also helped director Aditya Chopra with the screen play of the film, which proved to be a smashing hit.
This is the first time Karan Johar has worked with an all-new cast with debutants like Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead who will be making their first appearances on the silver screen. Siddharth Malhotra is a model-turned-actor who has walked the runway for several designers in India and abroad. On the other hand, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan come from a Bollywood backgrounds.
He returned to directing films with the 2006-multi-starrer, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Revolving around modern-day relationships and themes like extramarital affairs and adultery, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Karan Johar's latest, My Name Is Khan was released in 2010 and is a love story with a post 9/11-United States as a backdrop.
A movie full of energy, charm and lots of glamour, Karan Johar's Student of the Year is bound to have you wishing for your younger days once more. The film will release on the 19th of October, 2012, and has a soundtrack composed by music-director duo Vishal Shekhar. Also, the f
This is the first time Karan Johar has worked with an all-new cast with debutants like Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead who will be making their first appearances on the silver screen. Siddharth Malhotra is a model-turned-actor who has walked the runway for several designers in India and abroad. On the other hand, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan come from a Bollywood backgrounds.
He returned to directing films with the 2006-multi-starrer, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Revolving around modern-day relationships and themes like extramarital affairs and adultery, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Karan Johar's latest, My Name Is Khan was released in 2010 and is a love story with a post 9/11-United States as a backdrop.
A movie full of energy, charm and lots of glamour, Karan Johar's Student of the Year is bound to have you wishing for your younger days once more. The film will release on the 19th of October, 2012, and has a soundtrack composed by music-director duo Vishal Shekhar. Also, the f
He returned to directing films with the 2006-multi-starrer, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Revolving around modern-day relationships and themes like extramarital affairs and adultery, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Karan Johar's latest, My Name Is Khan was released in 2010 and is a love story with a post 9/11-United States as a backdrop.
A movie full of energy, charm and lots of glamour, Karan Johar's Student of the Year is bound to have you wishing for your younger days once more. The film will release on the 19th of October, 2012, and has a soundtrack composed by music-director duo Vishal Shekhar. Also, the film will include a special appearance by Karan Johar's lucky star Kajol who will feature in a music video with Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. There have also been rumors of an appearance by Shah Rukh Khan!
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A movie full of energy, charm and lots of glamour, Karan Johar's Student of the Year is bound to have you wishing for your younger days once more. The film will release on the 19th of October, 2012, and has a soundtrack composed by music-director duo Vishal Shekhar. Also, the film will include a special appearance by Karan Johar's lucky star Kajol who will feature in a music video with Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. There have also been rumors of an appearance by Shah Rukh Khan!
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Karan Johar's upcoming movie, Student of the Year, stars newcomers Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. The trio plays the roles of students facing the highs and lows of teenage life and campus-relationships.