Oct 25, 2012 01:19 PM
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Saw'Student of the Year' last evening since my daughter was keen to go for it. While its kind of entertaining, its a very very average film and just doesnt measure up to Karan Johar's directorial debut, 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'.
The three lead actors(debuting again) have done a fairly good job.but the film which is supposed to be set in a school does not have even one scene of a classroom in progress(Talk of priorities!) . Nor are the students seen in uniforms generally. Most of the time they are in killer designer wear types
(Talk of priorities again!) Seeing it ., one would think all we Indians are Multi Millionaires if not Billionaires already.
The film is about a bunch of youngsters in this school('St Teresa's'. I wonder what the Saint must be feeling about it being named after Her Holiness) who only seem to be interested in one upmanship, dancing, romancing, singing, fashion, style, designer labels and the like. Once again, studies and education are not even mentioned or shown to happen and U wonder what kind of education could be imparted in these La Di Dah type places.
The three new debutants, Alia Bhat, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan along with a few other youngsters have definitely done a good job for a debut and are pleasing on the eye.
But in terms of story, treatment, plot, script etc, the movie is lacking big time. what is interesting are some of the old songs like ‘Gulabi Aankhen, Yeh Chand sa Roshan Chehra, and Disco Deewana’, Nazia Hassan;s iconic chartbuster -have been remixed and are dished out to the younger generation of movie goers.though I feel, Disco Deewane could have been done a tad more better.the emphasis here was on the dancing, it being judged as a reality show for choosing, what else but the Student of the Year! A couple of original songs are quite ok and might catch on as flavour of the season, only to be forgotten when the new chartbusters hit the stores. and the net.
I was shocked to learn KJo himself has directed SOTY, instead of one of his ADs. You can happily miss this one. Or, see it only if U have nothing better to do. Might appeal to the teens though. though its films like these which don’t teach our youngsters to appreciate better cinema and keep the audiences expectations low.
Frankly, one expected more from a film supposedly directed by Karan Johar himself. this is a fall in his standards, though the film may make money.
Student of the Year then is . Oh Forget It! I have better things to do.
Rating: A Grudging Two Stars - more so for the enthu new star cast(None for Karan, though)
