Flick of the week- Student of the Year.
The movie can be described in one phrase, which appeared at the end of it- 'A Karan Johar Movie'.
It was indeed! The story was a complete masaala one which could be used to have a fun evening with friends. If still in college, you might like it a little more and if passed, then you might like it for the nostalgia it will bring.
But, if you expect a mature, well scripted story or a well crafted climax then you are expecting too much. When you got movies like My name is Khan, We are family, you feel that now Karan is way past that Kuch Kuch Hota Hai phase. Instead, this movie will take you right back there. Its has many common elements: A love triangle, a funny Dean (K2H2 had a funny principal played by Anupam Kher), old song sequences, barbie doll like rich daughters, a cute/funny sardar etc.
But, surprisingly you find a sequence very much similar to a non- K Jo movie. The screenplay rolls as a story recalled and narrated by a group of friends waiting for the protagonists. I'm sure you were able to recall the movie like 'Jaane tu ya jaane na' if not 'Dil chahta hai', where the friends waited for the leads to enter at the end, to take the story to its climax. K Jo might have always expressed his love openly for the yester year's cinema but not really ever used the crutches of the contemporary ideas.
However, the movie could be praised for its freshness brought by the new faces both in the lead as well as the support cast. Sana (who played Shahrukh's daughter then) from K2H2 was also given her due. We hope to see the new lead star cast on the screen soon.
My biases force me to mention the choreographers- Remo, Bosco Caesar & the music directors- Vishal Shekhar who stole the show for me.
The music, dance, locales and the fashion fiesta,as always at the end saved the day for this typpical bolly'k'ood flick!
How do you rate the movie lemme know. And my first review (ever!) too.
