Movie Review – Student of the Year (Hindi) – A Bromantic Tragedy!!

“Breaking” from our research team!!
You realize you are watching a Karan Johar film if…

1)  An underdog student filled with aspirations joins a school whose demographics are divided into TATA bacchhe and BATA bacchhe.

2) A super-brat child of rich parents is never happy with his family.

3) A top-to-toe-designer-clad gal is split between two guys.

4) There’s no novelty despite showcasing brand new talent.

5) One of the principal characters is a gay and lusts after his colleague.

6) The heroine is introduced in gayish pink attire amidst loads of candy-floss.

7) A movie is a hotchpotch of many of his earlier films and he doesn’t even spare the dance movements.

 

8) There are traces of 3 Idiots, Dil Chaahta Hai, Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Arya (Telugu), Happy Days (Telugu) and umpteen TV series (both Indian and Western).

9) The real love story is between male protagonists – That’s BROMANTIC!!

10) You watch shoddy remixes of old melodies such as Papa Kehte Hain, Yeh chand sa roshan chehra, Gulabi aankhein jo teri dekhi.

11) The entire South Bombay sporting Louis Vuitton handbags is seen in one school.

12) There are anachronisms – When the story happens circa 2001, a student reads Manorama Year Book 2011 for an IQ test. Another blooper comes in the form of an allusion to the dance number Pappu can’t dance from Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na that was released in 2008. Phew!!

13) Alia Bhatt’s lip gloss is a result of her consumption of 99999 bottles of red lipstick.

14) Varun Dhawan copies Salman Khan, Siddharth Malhotra copies Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt copies Kareena Kapoor.

15) The film gets a Filmfare award nomination for Best movie in Child Category.

16) It’s shown to be legal to drive on school campus.

17) There’s a cameo of Farah Khan and Kajol. That’s the only endearing moment of the film.

18) The movie is loaded with rich people, poor people dressed like rich and poor screenplay.

19) An athlete captures a spectator’s facial expression while running a 100m race for the most coveted title (as projected in the film).

20) Male torsos are flaunted more than that of females.

21) The grandson dances around trees, under a snowfall, when his grandmother is dying in hospital.

22) There’s all fluff and no stuff – all style and no substance – all color and no content.

23) The characters are mere caricatures. The emotions surface only on the faces and never reach their depth.

24) You listen to cheesy one liners such as Tumhari Jodi RAB ne nahi, Ammero ki CLUB ne banaayi hain and acronyms such as ABC – Ameer Bacchhe aur unke Chamche.

25) The audience LOSES their patience despite whoever WINS on screen.

Whoa! That’s a SILVER JUBILEE. Kudos to our research team for unearthing many mighty gems from a KJo film.

Bottom-line: Some call it a school/college love story, some call it India’s answer to TV series such as High School Musical, Glee, Gossip Girl, Community, and some even call it an eternal tale of love, but we prefer calling it DISASTER of the year.

Wait, the acronym SOTY is making waves on social media and our version of that is Stupidity of the Year. Now, please don’t ask us about acting, cinematography, characterization, editing and esp. direction. When KJo wants to stay away from them, why should we poke the pie?!

The real purpose of Student of the Year is to show how good My Name is Khan was in comparison!!

My Rating: Expectation – 5/10; Reality – 3/10

P.S. Please don’t get carried away by the trailer, and this time I am a bit generous in my rating.