Karan Johar has been rolling out particularly long movies since quite a while now, using his tried-and-tested formula for each of his past four directorial endeavors, which were all deemed successful. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) ran for nearly 185 minutes, Karan's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) was timed at 211 minutes, while, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna remains the director's longest feature film, running for a whopping 215 minutes. These films have however successfully managed to keep the audience interested irrespective of their duration. However, his upcoming movie, Student of the Year is set to be a trend-breaker of sorts.
The director gradually stepped away from his usual trend of naming movies beginning with a "K" and having them run for more than three hours with his movie, My Name Is Khan, released in 2010 (starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol). Quoting Karan Johar, "Yes this is going to be the shortest film of my career. Though I am yet to arrive at the final cut, it should be around 135-140 minutes at maximum."
Also, the forthcoming movie will be Karan Johar's first without Shah Rukh Khan. Instead, the movie will star three newcomers, all featuring on the big screen for the first time including Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. The fact that the film packs no superstars could be one of the reasons Johar has decided to keep this movie short. On previous account, films produced by the director under the Dharma Productions banner have been crafted short, though Karan Johar himself has never directed a film this short.
This isn't the first time Siddharth Malhotra has faced a camera. Siddharth Malhotra was also involved in a film previous that however failed to kick off. He has also made an appearance as a child actor for the television series Prithviraj Chauhan. Also, the actor has walked the ramp several times for international designers including Roberto Cavalli and has donned the creations of Manish Arora, Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bal. Additionally, Siddharth has worked as an Assistant Director along with now-co-actor Varun Dhawan, helping Karan Johar for his most-recent Dharma Productions release, My Name is Khan, the fourth movie directed by Johar himself. Malhotra then got familiar with the director himself and Varun Dhawan on his trip to Los Angeles during the production of My Name Is Khan.
As per general knowledge, a shorter film is bound to rake in higher collections, with a shorter run-time allowing for more screenings in multiplexes in a day. Also, the modern-day movie-watcher is known to prefer shorter films. In all, Karan Johar seems sure of his upcoming release, which has also been crowned as one of the most anticipated films of the year. Student Of The Year is scheduled to release on the 19th of October and will have model-turned-actor Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt (Director Mahesh Bhatt's daughter) and Varun Dhawan (Director David Dhawan's son) playing the roles of three students participating in a school competition.
The director gradually stepped away from his usual trend of naming movies beginning with a "K" and having them run for more than three hours with his movie, My Name Is Khan, released in 2010 (starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol). Quoting Karan Johar, "Yes this is going to be the shortest film of my career. Though I am yet to arrive at the final cut, it should be around 135-140 minutes at maximum."
Also, the forthcoming movie will be Karan Johar's first without Shah Rukh Khan. Instead, the movie will star three newcomers, all featuring on the big screen for the first time including Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. The fact that the film packs no superstars could be one of the reasons Johar has decided to keep this movie short. On previous account, films produced by the director under the Dharma Productions banner have been crafted short, though Karan Johar himself has never directed a film this short.
This isn't the first time Siddharth Malhotra has faced a camera. Siddharth Malhotra was also involved in a film previous that however failed to kick off. He has also made an appearance as a child actor for the television series Prithviraj Chauhan. Also, the actor has walked the ramp several times for international designers including Roberto Cavalli and has donned the creations of Manish Arora, Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bal. Additionally, Siddharth has worked as an Assistant Director along with now-co-actor Varun Dhawan, helping Karan Johar for his most-recent Dharma Productions release, My Name is Khan, the fourth movie directed by Johar himself. Malhotra then got familiar with the director himself and Varun Dhawan on his trip to Los Angeles during the production of My Name Is Khan.
As per general knowledge, a shorter film is bound to rake in higher collections, with a shorter run-time allowing for more screenings in multiplexes in a day. Also, the modern-day movie-watcher is known to prefer shorter films. In all, Karan Johar seems sure of his upcoming release, which has also been crowned as one of the most anticipated films of the year. Student Of The Year is scheduled to release on the 19th of October and will have model-turned-actor Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt (Director Mahesh Bhatt's daughter) and Varun Dhawan (Director David Dhawan's son) playing the roles of three students participating in a school competition.
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Karan Johar's upcoming movie, Student of the Year, stars newcomers Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. The trio plays the roles of students facing the highs and lows of teenage life and campus-relationships.
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