Student of the Year

Student of the Year
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Karan Johar
Produced by	Hiroo Yash Johar Gauri Khan
Written by	Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Rensil D'Silva
Starring	Sidharth Malhotra Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Rishi Kapoor Ronit Roy Ram Kapoor Sana Saeed
Narrated by	Group of cast
Music by	Vishal-Shekhar
Cinematography	Ayananka Bose
Edited by	Deepa Bhatia
Production company	Dharma Productions Red Chillies Entertainment
Distributed by	Dharma Productions (India) Eros Entertainment (international)
Release date	19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Student of the Year is a 2012 Indian romantic drama film directed by Karan Johar and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions and in collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. The movie features newcomers Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles with Rishi Kapoor, Sana Saeed, Ronit Roy, Sahil Anand, Ram Kapoor and Farida Jalal in supporting roles. The movie also features Boman Irani, Kajol, Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant in guest appearances. This is Karan Johar's first directorial venture without Shah Rukh Khan.

Student of the Year was released on 19 October 2012 in over 1400 locations across India. It was a critical and commercial success and gained positive to mixed reviews from critics and good box office collections. The movie is one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2012.

Former principal Dean Yogendra Vashisht (Rishi Kapoor) has aged and fallen ill. His desire is to see the students from his last batch, who were part of the student-of-the-year competition. Some former students arrive and talk about their regrets from ten years ago in college. They hold themselves responsible for the lively Dean having falling ill. The film then goes into a flashback set ten years back at the college.