Rating : 1/5
Genre : Drama
Year : 2019
Running time : 2 hours 26 minutes
Director : Punit Malhotra
Cast : Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Pandey
Kid rating : PG-13
Karan Johar’s films may not always make logical sense, but they are generally good entertainment and one goes in with that expectation. So Student of the Year 2 was a massive disappointment – it wasn’t just bad, it was terrible.
Rohan Sachdev (Shroff), a middleclass kid is secretly a wannabe. He wants to hang with the cool kids in private St. Teresa’s but when he gets the old heave-ho from that crowd, resolves to stick to his roots and get back at them. Ergo, he needs to win the “Student of the Year” title from arch rival rich kid Manav Randhawa.
So, classic underdog story; you’d think it’d be easy to take it home. Apparently not. The film’s scripting, screenplay and execution is pretty ghastly. I hadn’t expected the sun and the moon from director Malhotra (I have watched “I Hate Luv Storys”) but this was off the charts. And not in a good way.
The characters in the film are unpleasant and have about as much depth as a puddle. Also look at that film poster above – it is truly vacuous. Is life really that great, or are the threesome on something? Unfortunately their attempts at acting don’t help either.
I haven’t seen Tiger Shroff’s films before this, and I will not ever again. His acting abilities border on the non-existent. Also apparently once a Flying Jat, always a Flying Jat – that explains the ridiculous slo-mo flying antics during kabaddi games. The 2 girls are long, leggy and lithe. Newcomer Ananya Pandey shows some spark, and might do well given a decent script. Tara Sutaria is quite pretty but she is no Alia.
I’m just amazed that a film this pathetic made it all the way to the screens without anyone sounding the alarm. You’d think they’d watch it themselves before inflicting it upon the unsuspecting public.
Do keep away (that takes care of my good deed for the day).
Kidwise: Clean. But why oh why would you do this to a poor child?
