Meet the characters of ‘Student of the Year’

Karan Johar’s upcoming release is a colorful coming-of-age tale about two rivals vying for a beautiful girl and the Student of the Year trophy.

Student of the Year marks the debut of lead actors Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt who play students at St. Teresa’s High School. We tell you more about the characters they portray in their first feature film:

Varun Dhawan as Rohan Nanda

Varun plays the scion of Nanda Industries who shares a complex relationship with his father, Ashok Nanda because Senior Nanda only measures Rohan with his own parameters of success. Despite all his aggression, like all sons, Rohan seeks his father’s approval. Rohan’s childhood sweetheart, Shanaya Singhania has a special place in Rohan’s heart too but that doesn’t stop him from taking her for granted. In this life of dreams and status quo, walks in a new entrant changing views, adding complications and thereby shifting equations to the extent that the Student Of The Year competition in St.Teresa’s becomes the symbol of self-worth and self-realisation for Rohan Nanda.

Alia Bhatt as Shanaya Singhania
Alia’s character has very few reasons to complain in her life. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she tries hard to smother her need for love with couture clothes, designer brands and her half baked romance with Rohan. When a new student walks into the corridors of St.Teresa’s, Shanaya doesn’t pay much attention to him but as time passes by she can’t but help realising her attraction for him and Shanaya realises suddenly that the Student Of The Year trophy has much more significance in her life than she imagined.

Sidharth Malhotra as Abhimanyu Singh
Former model Sidharth Malh0tra plays a State level runner and an excellent student from a middle class Delhi family in the film. His competitive nature makes sure he is always ahead of others in thought and action. When he enters St. Teresa’s on a scholarship, he soon realizes that his position is among the `have nots’ but his heart is with the `haves’. His friendship with Rohan Nanda and his unspoken love for Shanaya Singhania give rise to complications he doesn’t expect and it’s just a matter of time before he realizes that Student of the Year trophy is no longer just his ticket to success but will chisel him into the person he will become.