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Student of the Year 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPunit Malhotra
Written byArshad Sayed
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Edited byRitesh Soni
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)
Running time
145 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Student of the Year 2 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language teen drama film written by Arshad Sayed and directed by Punit Malhotra. It was produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner Dharma Productions, and was distributed by Fox Star Studios. A sequel to the 2012 film Student of the Year, it stars Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Panday. The film follows a hardworking college student who must overcome his personal challenges and face his competitors to win the Student of the Year Cup.

Student of the Year 2 was announced in November 2017. Initially Malhotra and Shroff were to collaborate for a different film; when they found the final script unsatisfactory, they tweaked it and planned to make it a sequel. It marks the debut of both Sutaria and Panday, and pursues a plot that is unrelated to its predecessor. Principal photography for the film began in April 2018 at Dehradun, and ended in September 2018. The film's soundtrack was composed by Vishal-Shekhar, with lyrics written by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kumaar and Vayu, and released under the banner Zee Music Company.

Student of the Year 2 was theatrically released in India on 10 May 2019. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

Rohan Sachdev, a hardworking student of Pishorilal Chamandas College in Mussoorie, is separated from his girlfriend Mridula Chawla when she transfers to Saint Teresa, a college in Dehradun for the wealthy and privileged. To be together with Mridula, Rohan applies for a sports scholarship and gains admission in Saint Teresa. Meanwhile, Mridula changes her identity and rechristens herself as Mia Chawal to fit in with others at the college.

Rohan frequently gets into arguments with Manav Singh Randhawa, a rich and affluent student two-time winner of the Student of the Year Cup. Rohan also has an arugment with Manav’s sister Shreya Singh Randhawa. Shreya later falls in love with Rohan, leading to a love triangle between Mia, Shreya and Rohan. Following a series of events, Rohan is rusticated from Saint Teresa and goes back to Pishorilal Chamandas College. He and his teammates train hard to win the 29th Annual Inter-College Dignity Cup, where thier college is always in the last positions. With Rohan's hardworking and the team's effort, Pishorilal Chamandas Colkege defeats Saint Teresa, the defending champions of the Cup, and Rohan wins the Student of the Year.

Cast

Production

Development and casting

Student of the Year 2 is a sequel to the 2012 Karan Johar-directed romantic comedy-drama Student of the Year.[9] Shortly after the commercial success of the first film, a sequel was announced by the producers.[10] In November 2017, a press release by Dharma Productions revealed that the sequel is slated to release in 2018; it would be directed by Punit Malhotra and star Tiger Shroff in one of the leading roles.[10] The film was announced four years after Malhotra's previous directorial Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013).[11] It was to be be produced in association by Johar's Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios.[10] The film's announcement by the company initially conflated with that of their another production, Dhadak (2018), which roused speculation that Ishaan Khatter would star in the film. Johar denied the news and stated that the reports were "baseless and untrue".[9]

The announcement did not reveal the rest of the cast; Media reports speculated that either Disha Patani or Ananya Panday, daughter of Chunky Pandey, would play the leading lady opposite Shroff.[11][12] In April 2018, Johar announced that the film's female leads would be Panday and Tara Sutaria, and it would be both their film debuts.[13] The announcement wasn't well-received by the public, who accused Johar of nepotism.[13] Prior to confirming Student of the Year 2 as her film debut, Sutaria had auditioned for the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin (2019), but lost it to Naomi Scott.[14] Television actor Abhishek Bajaj made his film debut by playing a rival to Shroff's character.[3] Harsh Beniwal, a YouTuber, also makes his film debut as a Sikh student; in preparation for the role, he put on weight and grew a beard.[5]

Malhotra stated that the two films have unrelated storylines: "The intention of the film is not to make this a Me Too of first part, so Tiger. It’s a fresh take on the subject. It’s more about sports and action". Malhotra took experience from his time as a student at Mumbai's H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, but made the film version much grander. Malhotra was initially supposed to work on a different film with Shroff, but two-three months before filming, they scrapped the project and wrote a new script, a sequel to Student of the Year.[15] In response to accusations that the film raised unhealthy expectations for college life, Shroff said, "What you see here is a fun school. It’s a school that you want everyone to be a part of. We wanted everyone to fall in love with it".[16] He plays an underdog in the film, expressing, "It's like Superman has been stripped of his powers".[17]

Samir Soni, who had previously appeared in Malhotra's I Hate Luv Storys in 2012 and since shifted to direction, returned to acting by playing a college principal, a supporting role similar to the one originally portrayed by Rishi Kapoor in Student of the Year.[2] However, the principal in the first film identified as gay, while the one played by Soni was heterosexual and more comical.[2] Media outlets speculated that Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, who had starring roles in the previous film, would feature in a cameo appearance for a song.[7] In May 2019, it was revealed that Bhatt features in a special appearance for the "Hook-up" song, alongside Shroff.[18] As a part of the Facebook original Will Smith's Bucket List, Will Smith appeared in a song in the film for satisfying his wish of appearing in a Bollywood production.[8]

Principal photography

Principal photography for Student of the Year 2 began in 9 April 2018 in Dehradun. Shortly afterwards, parts of the film were shot at Rishikesh and Mussoorie as part of the schedule.[19] Sets for the film were also erected in Film City, Mumbai.[4] After the film's production was delayed, Sutaria's filming schedule began to clash with that of her other project Kabir Singh; she quit that film to ensure that shooting took place smoothly.[20] In August 2018, a four-day sequence was filmed in Thailand.[21] Filming ended in September 2018 with the shooting of the climax sequence.[22]

Soundtrack

Student of the Year 2
Soundtrack album by
Vishal-Shekhar
Released26 April 2019[23]
Recorded2018-2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:29
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Tiger Zinda Hai
(2017) 		Student of the Year 2
(2019) 		Bharat
(2019)
External audio
audio icon Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's soundtrack was composed by Vishal–Shekhar with lyrics written by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kumaar and Vayu. It was released under the banner Zee Music Company.[23] Reviewing the soundtrack, Pratishruti Ganguly of Firstpost wrote, "Unfortunately, tracks like "Hook Up Song" and "Mumbai Dilli Ki Kudiyan" perhaps indicate that the understanding of the "jawaan" [transl. youth] pulse is a tad misguided in this film".[24]

"Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani", originally sung by Kishore Kumar and composed by R. D. Burman for the soundtrack to the 1972 film Jawani Diwani, was recreated for Student of the Year 2 by Vishal-Shekhar, with vocals provided by Vishal Dadlani and Payal Dev.[25] The "Hook Up" song, picturised on Bhatt and Shroff, was sung by Neha Kakkar and Shekhar Ravjiani.[26]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."The Jawaani Song"Anvita Dutt Guptan (original by Anand Bakshi)Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev, Kishore Kumar4:13
2."Mumbai Dilli Di Kudiyaan"VayuDev Negi, Payal Dev, Vishal Dadlani3:29
3."The Hook Up Song"KumaarNeha Kakkar, Shekhar Ravjiani3:33
4."Fakira"Anvita Dutt GuptanSanam Puri, Neeti Mohan4:48
5."Main Bhi Nahin Soya"Anvita Dutt GuptanArijit Singh5:17
6."Jat Ludhiyane Da"Anvita Dutt GuptanVishal Dadlani, Payal Dev3:09
Total length:24:29

Marketing and release

The first look of the film was shown on November 20, 2017, by Karan Johar on the official page of Dharma Productions.[11][12][10] Johar revealed the cast on April 2018.[13] On 30 July 2018, the release date was changed from 23 November 2018 to 10 May 2019.[27][28]

Two new teaser posters were released on 10 April 2019 presenting the student look of Tiger Shroff.[29][30] Another set of two posters of Sutaria and Panday were released on 11 April 2019.[31] On 12 April 2019, a theatrical release poster of the film was revealed by producer Karan Johar on his Instagram account;[32] the official trailer was released later that day by Dharma Productions.[6] Ahead of release, a special screening was conducted for close friends and other actors.[33]

Reception

Critical response

Student of the Year 2 received generally negative reviews from critics.[34][35] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it one and a half stars out of five and called the film "an egregiously escapist campus-rumpus musical in which nattily attired, unbelievably idle boys and skimpily clad girls... play games that make as much sense as a camel race on an airport tarmac", adding, "There isn't a single moment in the film that could be described as passable".[36] Similarly, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave one and a half stars out of five and expressed, "This class of 2019 has predictable beats, which is to be expected in an underdog story, but that it is so stilted is disappointing: from KJo I expect much more swish and sparkle". She felt Shroff "executes his dances-and-fights efficiently, even though [he] struggles to appear student-like".[37] Writing for Firstpost, Anna M. M. Vetticad gave the film one and a half stars out of five: "Cliché is piled on cliché in this unoriginal screenplay".[38]

In a more positive review, Meena Iyer of Daily News and Analysis gave the film three stars out of five, writing, "This is the kind of film, which draws inspiration from the Archie comics with Tiger being Archie, flanked by a Veronica (Ananya) and Betty (Tara)". She concludes, "Apart from Will Smith's miss-if-you-blink appearance, watch [the film] for Tiger. Even when things around him are caving in, his ballerina grace is intact".[39] Kunal Guha of Mumbai Mirror gave two and a half stars out of five and wrote it "excessively leans on tested formula", but follows, "There’s just something winning about a man with modest means, forcing his privileged adversary to eat dust".[40] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in, who gave the film two stars out of five, wrote, "The sequel that nobody wanted is neither an improvement over the original nor a downgrade of it", referring to it as a "glammed-up version" of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992). Ramnath felt that Panday showed potential in the "[a]ll games and no fun" film.[41]

Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave the film three stars out of five, writing that it "doesn’t have that Ishq wala love, but there is ample dosti, high school drama and cool stuff to keep you going".[42] Manjusha Radhakrishnan of Gulf News gave the film two and a half stars out of five, stating that it was "[t]rite and inane, but fun to be had".[43] Ambica Sachin of Khaleej Times wrote, "Call it guilty pleasure or escapism, let's get one thing out of the way, nobody goes for a Karan Johar movie expecting great cinema", granting it three stars out of five.[44] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote, "On the whole, Student of the Year 2 is an entertaining and an enjoyable fare which will strike a chord in the audience's hearts".[45]

Box office

In India, the film had an average opening with an occupancy rate of 20-25%.[46]

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