Monday, October 22, 2012

Karan Johar thinks out-of-the-box; ropes in newcomers for the upcoming Student of the Year

By Rohini Nadia


When it comes to directing a heart-winning film, you can trust Karan Johar to get it right. The heir to Yash Johar's Dharma Productions, Karan Johar is currently acclaimed as one of the finest talents of contemporary Bollywood. After having rolled out blockbuster films including his first directorial venture Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Johar managed to strike gold yet again with a family drama, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham in 2001.

Student of the Year stars newcomers Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, all of whom are promising new faces to the big screen. The film is being produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Shah Rukh Khan's banner Red Chillies Entertainment. Scheduled to release on the 19th of October 2012, the will be the fifth film directed by Karan Johar himself, including Kuch Kuch Hot Hai, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and My Name is Khan.

This promising young actor then took up modeling as a career at the age of 16. He started modeling for top designers in Paris and Dubai and has also featured in advertisement campaigns for Florence-based fashion designer Roberto Cavalli.

Siddharth then went on to enter the Mr. Gujarat pageant and tasted victory at the age of 19. After winning the Mr. Internet Popularity and Mr. Photogenic title for the Gladrags Mega-Model & Manhunt, Siddharth then won the 2nd Runner-up title in the final event in 2007. Besides this, Malhotra has also appeared on the cover of RedBook, Men's Health magazine and Gladrags. He then went on to win the Gladrags Face of the Year 2009 award and the NDTV Model of the Year 2010. Sidharth has also made appearances as a VJ and has worked as an Assistant Director for NDTV Goodtimes.

Unlike his co-actors, Alia Bhatt the daughter of director Mahesh Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, director David Dhawan's son, Siddharth Malhotra has no previous acting experience and has worked hard to keep up with his peers. The actor is also looking forward to working in an action film in future; while rumors of yet another film by Karan Johar with Siddharth Malhotra have been surfacing. Malhotra's debut "Student of the Year" will release on the 19th of October 2012 and is one of the most anticipated movies of the year.




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