It’s been 10 years since Karan Johar’s Student of the Year released on the big screens. The film marked the debut of David Dhawan’s son Varun Dhawan, Mahesh Bhatt-Soni Razdan’s daughter Alia Bhatt and model-turned-actor Sidharth Malhotra. Since their debut, all three actors have carved out a place for themselves. Alia Bhatt has become one of the top female stars in the country; Varun has witnessed several successes and bumps in the road. Sidharth had also seen plenty of ups and downs in his career with Shershaah digitally become a huge hit for him. Karan today celebrates a decade of his directing and his students who have now become some of the biggest stars in the country.
Karan Johar Writes A Note To Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra And Varun Dhawan As Student Of The Year Turns 10: ‘My First Protective Parental Feeling Was For All Three’
Sharing a video of the shooting days, in a sweet note written by the filmmaker, he said: “SOTY started out as making a “vacation movie” by me…. A movie that certainly wasn’t meant to move cinematic mountains but a movie that was young, fun and entertaining… which I didn’t realize at the time that this movie would give me so much more than memories or a commercial success… much more than a movie in my directorial archive…”
He continued: “This film gave me three of my most defining relationships… Sid, Varun and Alia became my family…besides my mother, they are the three people I think I talk to every day….I never knew then that i would have kids of my own… but my first protective parental feeling was for all three… i love you SID! I love you VARUN and I love you ALIA (yes yes I know that I can’t keep saying it, but what the hell is love love)… I say it to my children and I want to say it to all three of you… I love you to the moon and back.”
Student of the Year released on October 19, 2012. The film starred Rishi Kapoor, Ram Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Gautami Kapoor, Sana Saeed, Sahil Anand and Farida Jalal in supporting roles. It was also Karan Johar’s only directing at the time, in which Shah Rukh Khan did not star. The film received mixed reactions for plot and screenplay, but became a box office success. It was also appreciated for the performances of the three leads and the catchy music.
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