Student of the Year

Student of the Year
Release date : 19 October 2012

Directed by:

Karan Johar

Produced by:

Hiroo Yash Johar
Gauri Khan

Screenplay by:

Rensil D'Silva

Starring:

Siddharth Malhotra
Alia Bhatt
Varun Dhawan

Music by:

Vishal-Shekhar

Cinematography:

Ayananka Bose

Editing by:

Deepa Bhatia

Studio:

Dharma Productions
Red Chillies Entertainment

Distributed by:

Dharma Productions

Running time:146 minutes^[1]

Country:India

Language:Hindi

Budget:30 crore (US$5.46 million)

Box office:60.25 crore (US$10.97 million)
(three weeks domestic nett)

Description: Abhimanyu Singh a.k.a Abhi (Sidharth Malhotra) comes from a middle-class family, is there on a scholarship, and wants to achieve great heights of success and prosperity; the first step to which will be the Student of the Year trophy. Rohan Nanda a.k.a Ro (Varun Dhawan), is the son of a business tycoon, who grapples with a complex relationship with his father and knows that winning the Student Of the Year trophy will bag him the approval that he subconsciously craves for. When the two mote protagonists with distinct backgrounds and clear goals clash with each other in the locker room, football field and the canteen, there is no question in anyone's mind that the preset equations of the St. Teresa's campus are about to change. When Abhi and Rohan's rivalry takes an unexpected turn to friendship, neither pre-empts the complications that would brew. Things are further knotted up when Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt), the most popular girl on the campus enters the equation..........................