"students" of the year

                                                 “STUDENTS” OF THE YEAR

Student of the year.......the drama king KJO who was away from the megaphone past 2 years , here comes up with a story that happens in a no-man’s land, around a school named ST.TERESA. It’s definitely hard to believe and adopt the atmosphere that he exposed to the existing scenario of Indian sensibilities. From the titles part the movie appeals to be a visual grandeur excelling in costumes & art department. OK  first things first, it has been deliberately proven that KJO is still a consummate in picturing songs. The colors, sets & artists were always at their best dancing to the tunes of his film. Radha & disco dewane were magnificently pleasing. Coming back to the discussion, the films adapts a screenplay that swaps you back and forth in chronological order which engages the viewers.

                                              The “trio” (Siddharth malhotra, Alia bhatt , Varun dhawan) were simple and lovable. Dhawan & Alia need a special mention who made their presence more remarkable. Their innocent and cute looks were pleasing, in cut short a perfect stuff for bolly-wood has been delivered. Siddhartha’s role was restricted to more of the looks part and trimmed performance wise. It was a cake walk for him to deal the role. The movie forays heavy casting like Rishi ji(rishi kapoor), Farida ji(farida jalal), Ronit Roy who were surprisingly not used to their content. One who expects a greater performance from these veterans will turn off disappointed. Ronit roy who did an intensified job in the critically acclaimed “Udaan”(father's role) has nothing to offer here but some silly scenes to perform. Sticking on to the title, the movie completely balances on the younger cast on a large scale of its footage. The movie portrays some icing moments which immensely draws one’s attention, like the sequence at the wedding where the emotion is completely carried by the piano being played behind the colorful slow motions. It was impeccable. The film includes a couple of scenes that tickles the audience’s aesthetic sense.

                                        The premiere con of the film is its abrupt way of ending few scenes that has seriously downtrodden the emotional quotient of the viewer. Audience definitely feels uneasy at some part of the movie narration, it doesn't touch one’s instinct and most of us feel “where the hell is this SOTY(student of the year) competition leading us to...” then and there KJO imparts a dynamic performance from a new comer which stands out to be convincingly enough to accept and of course becomes the “soul of the film” to be brief. Unlike his previous films which had a great melodrama in them, this flick cuts out all the emotional blackmailing by the cast and stands out be a mild narration. It would have been a feast for the viewer if the director had given a little more emphasis to the script work to fill it in a more lucid and effective way. The female lead who seems to be confused in between the duo love interests doesn't justify any reason but end up marrying one of the male leads. It’s definitely not a worthy ending that one expects from KJO, who is terribly good in depicting love sagas.

                                           On a whole KJO manages the film to be falling in between being average and good. Performance wise everyone was good except Siddhartha malhotra, who needs to be flexible in his moves and expressions. Finally the movie appeals to be a meal without a relishing dessert but definitely a grandeur launch project for some promising "students"of this year (debuts).

Only two cheers for SOTY......