Student Of The Year ( SOTY ) [2012]

       ' K.Jo back to School '


The Cast :

Siddharth Malhotra
Varun Dhawan
Alia Bhatt


Genre :

Comedy / Romance




The Opening Statement :

Does K.Jo's ' Student of the Year ' (SOTY) is an Indian remake of  ' High School Musical Series ? '



The Case :

K.Jo made this film just for Siddharth Malhotra ( Abhimanyu Singh ). The film had nothing unique and impressive as its competitor Delhi Safari. Ya ! Of course, the teens would love to go for this movie but it isn't that promising one.( I am not praising Delhi Safari for that.) Siddharth restraint is impressive, Varun ( Rohan Nanda ) is charming and Alia ( Shanaya Singhania ) is sizzling and all they land in their mini-universe St. Teresa's High School at Dehradun.

The first protagonist Abhimanyu is a focused, well determined character drawn towards his career to gain prosperity and success in his future academic years & Life. He is a middle class boy with well defined goals. Rohan, the second protagonist, is a son of a rich bussiness tycoon and the third one, the sizzling babe Shanaya is a famous college campus girl known for her beauty and style.

Rohan is mingled with many girls around him, but he likes Shanaya since they were best childhood friends. Abhimanyu is the third party which comes into the life of these two characters. Things happen and both Ro and Abhi become friends with each other after some canteen, locker room , lawns, etc scenes. Class divide, however, hardly attracts significance in such a designer set-up. So, Abhi and Ro become friends after an early tiff. They get to know about their goals to grab the SOTY title !

Abhi later on starts liking his best friends Gf ( Ro's Gf ) Shanaya, and so does she. Abhi thinks this will be like betraying his best friend. In between Rishi Kapoor ( Yoginder Vashisht ) the Dean of the campus is a giggling character goofing around the pupils exposing his Gay personality.

Now both of them becomes foe and they get all set to bag the SOTY title when their ambitions gets geared up. The each segment of SOTY tears apart these mens to redefine their choices.

The Question is ' Who will grab the Student Of The Year title ? ' 

Conclusion :

Rishi Kapoor was at his level Best and so does Kajol and Boman Irani in their cameos. Alia Bhatt has all the qualities that a Bollywood actress should meant fuckingly bold, hot and glamourous. Despite of its unapologetic brainlessness, the movie is above average, and perfect as K.Jo creates it. All the protagonists were looking like season actors while this was their debutant movie. Good plot but still lacks because of its Flashback Songs in the first half.

' Good, Fresh Desi Tadka ! '

Gross : 28,00,00,000 ( Worldwide )

Rating :

Delhi Safari [2012]

                                     ' Lord Loves a Duck ! ' 

The Cast :

Akshaye Khanna 

Govinda
Sunil Shetty

Genre : Animation  / Adventure

The Case :

Delhi Safari as the name suggest its an Adventurous - Animation film. Don't think that this film is only meant for kids. This is the thing why the film lags its Fame. Actually this is the Genre problem, the Animation Genre.

It is assumed to be a kids film but infact this is a film for all. This is a film enjoyed by everyone. The story starts with a group of Wild Animals who are facing existential problems since the Cheetahs are extinct now.

The plot focuses on human greed towards animal foreskins and other materials that we do make from them. The journey or the Safari is from Mumbai to the Delhi, which is the Capital of India. The animals are willing to visit the Parliament to tell their problems about human excessiveness and extinction of wild breeds. Well, you can excuse me for being naive enough to believe in democracy more than we humans do.

The first half is a bit Boring or drags the Pakaww , Schmaltzy & Idiotic songs more than its story. The second half is demanding and purposeful. The scenes are good enough but the songs are Bad enough which pulls the legs of the Film to attain that Fame or Glamour.

Conclusion :

A good effort to raise the bar for this kind of Genre. It isn't preachy but still you'll miss the Toy Story's Woody, James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. as these characters are not so promising. Wish that 'would meet the lyricist of the Delhi Safari songs so that I could tear his Liver apart and make him swallow through his A**.

The film is a worthy exception because of its Genre but is good and effective punch. Nikhil Advani (Director) shows a good effort in his Debut animation project but still lags if we compare it with Hollywood's Toy Story Series, Monster Inc., Kung Fu Panda sequels. Hope they remove their Fucking songs !

' A good attempt and yet not up to the mark ! ' 

 Rating :

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