nalpillai Over 95% of India's population lives in object poverty. There are thousands of children without homes. Women still have little standing on a day-to-day basis. But people still go to the cinema. Bollywood is still able to make movies that make over 100 crores. Cinema has the unique ability of providing mindless entertainment, that anyone can watch, and for two to three hours viewers can forget about their own problems. Karan Johar has brought us great movies: Dostana, which subtly opened India up to homosexuality, My Name is Khan, which highlighted an important issue about Muslims in America. And then he made Student of the Year; a mix of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai's love triangle and 3 Idiots' theme of competition. The movie was, I think, an attempt to reflect on friendships and underline their importance over 'being the best'. It was an attempt to show that, in the end, the trophies you win, the grades you get and the money you make does not define you. Instead, what defines you, are the people you touch and the relationships you have. It was at heart a beautiful concept and, in my opinion, an important one too. Student of Year did achieve that goal, but in its wake it left a trail of subtle hints that all point to disrespect and ignorance.Don't get me wrong it was entertaining. The movie was funny, it had great eye candy, catchy tunes and even the acting was okay. But in the process the movie described a life in which all women were good for was talking about shoes. The movie overlooks that the majority of its' audience will never ever be able to live like the glamorous snobby people embodied. Cinema should be a trend setter; it should strive to make the country a better place to live in. Instead it told women that they should sit back and read fashion magazines and worry about their hair and boys. It told women that they would never be able to compete with men. It told women that all they will ever achieve is being a housewife. What message is that? And what message is a young woman like Alia Bhatt sending the country when she accepts a role that does this? We live in the twenty-first century and this film has taken us back seven decades. As movies strive to reach their audience, they should portray hope and satisfaction; but from the opening credits to the final song this movie flaunted a blatant indifference toward the destitution in India. What kind of a movie parades around such an obvious waste of wealth and prosperity? The movie was literally floating in a vast sea of affluence and fortune. This is all okay, I mean fine, make a movie about rich people but don't go so far as to estrange society to the extent that they cannot even imagine the displayed life anymore. Student of the Year in its essence spoke to the chauvinism so rampant in the country and alienated the entire middle class with avid disregard for money. In its quest to sell tickets and make money the makers have shown an uncaring disregard for their roles as cinematographers. It has take away the very thing movies are supposed to give, hope.

vinny2601 i watched this film and i don't have words to.criticize such a terrible film characters are not understandable no acting skill same boring cast not even a single guy is worth watching. lead actors can only impress school going children one more thing ve u seen the actress i think the makeup artists have to work very hard just to make her look like actress don't understand the script what happened to director is he OK wonderful boring story&cast if IMDb ve something like to.rate 0then i ll give it 0rating the rating is only due to.locations Dir used a boring film maybe good for rookie audience i recommend not to watch movie if u haven't see it yet cuz after watching u will be criticizing this film like me.don't know why i m typing for such a creepy film cuz comments only occur for worse and for best.

Keshav Sharma The film is unbearable. Stupid Plot, Senseless Comedy, Ridiculous Student of the Year Concept, Annoying Characters, Awful Storytelling. Easily one of the worst films ever. It's like the twilight of bollywood without vampires. It is clear that Karan Johar left his brain at home while making this movie. No matter how popular it is, It is still an awful movie. It's made for stupid teen girls and boys. Johar is forcing the actors to be the next superstar for the future generation. Just like James Cameron was trying to do with Sam Worthington in Avatar. Rishi Kapoor did a great job in it. Nothing makes sense in this movie. I'm offering you the truth and nothing else. It depends on you whether to chose the blue pill or the red pill. I can't even rate the film 0/10, So I guess 0.1/10 is fare.

marco polo Was expecting this to be a typical Indian high school/college movie, but it went beyond that. Great new actors which is sometimes a welcome change. Yes some typical Indian movie aspects, but in general Indian movies are moving away from what they were some years ago, overacting, running around trees, and numerous unnecessary emotional scenes,not to mention being over three hours long. This one kept one focused throughout. And those reviews here that think these new actors have no potential, then they need to come out of the time capsule they are in, and they are the ones that probably love the Indian movies I referred to as in the past. It's time to move on and these new young actors are doing just that, taking Indian movies to where they need to be. This was even a shift from a typical Karan Johar movie. Yes the ending is something that could have been mentioned earlier but I guess it made sense to keep it to the end...true it kind of fizzled out in the end but that is to be expected sometimes. I would not hesitate to watch it again!! Great songs too with some old remixes!! Nicely done.