Dharma Productions is on the verge of having a streak of underwhelming films starting with Kalank and now this one. The prequel has that lightness and overwhelmingness depsite some flaws it had and now the SOTY team decided to go beyond their redemption by keeling a sequel for the audience.
So the story evolves around a middle class chap Rohan Mehra who scores a seat under the sports quota in Saint Theresa. Mridula a.k.a Mia is Rohan's childhood crush who is also a student there and Shreya, the most popular gal in the institution. Manav is the son of one of the trustees as well as Shreya's brother who has a cold shoulder with Rohan with the ambition of defeating him to become Student of the Year. How Rohan's ambitious dreams come true basically forms the backbone of the story.
What was Punit Malhotra smoking before coming up with such a cocaphonous flick? The story was very predictable and too nepotistic because of what power and influence of one person can do to another person who doesn't have these traits. Dialogues were too "dramabaazi" meaning too 80's for such a delicate film.
Acting had some slight redemption but only for the newcomers.
Tiger Shroff acts basically like he is auditioning for a film for the first time just like his other films. Too much fighting and just seeing him kick ass and dance isn't going to make acting a redeeming quality.
Tara Sutaria was the only potential figure in the acting department because she had that natural glow of a college student and she was decent throughout the movie.
Ananya Pandey was also decent and she didn't disappoint at all. She had that personality of a popular college girl with snobbiness which is something to look for in a popular gal.
Aditya Seal didn't do much besides bullying Rohan throughout the film and same like Tiger Shroff, same identities but opposite.
Samir Soni, Gul Panag, and Ayesha Raza were fine as well but had short roles as they were educational figures.
Music was very average at best and no song stood out as such although Jawaani was a beautiful recreation but evrything else around was sub-par. Seems like Vishal and Shekhar overthought some things while composing.
Cinematography was well executed by Ravi K. Chandran who shot Dehradhun beautifully but transitionally, it was loose in terms of editing.
Overall, too nepotistic and predictable
2/5 - Grading Scale: F -53%
So the story evolves around a middle class chap Rohan Mehra who scores a seat under the sports quota in Saint Theresa. Mridula a.k.a Mia is Rohan's childhood crush who is also a student there and Shreya, the most popular gal in the institution. Manav is the son of one of the trustees as well as Shreya's brother who has a cold shoulder with Rohan with the ambition of defeating him to become Student of the Year. How Rohan's ambitious dreams come true basically forms the backbone of the story.
What was Punit Malhotra smoking before coming up with such a cocaphonous flick? The story was very predictable and too nepotistic because of what power and influence of one person can do to another person who doesn't have these traits. Dialogues were too "dramabaazi" meaning too 80's for such a delicate film.
Acting had some slight redemption but only for the newcomers.
Tiger Shroff acts basically like he is auditioning for a film for the first time just like his other films. Too much fighting and just seeing him kick ass and dance isn't going to make acting a redeeming quality.
Tara Sutaria was the only potential figure in the acting department because she had that natural glow of a college student and she was decent throughout the movie.
Ananya Pandey was also decent and she didn't disappoint at all. She had that personality of a popular college girl with snobbiness which is something to look for in a popular gal.
Aditya Seal didn't do much besides bullying Rohan throughout the film and same like Tiger Shroff, same identities but opposite.
Samir Soni, Gul Panag, and Ayesha Raza were fine as well but had short roles as they were educational figures.
Music was very average at best and no song stood out as such although Jawaani was a beautiful recreation but evrything else around was sub-par. Seems like Vishal and Shekhar overthought some things while composing.
Cinematography was well executed by Ravi K. Chandran who shot Dehradhun beautifully but transitionally, it was loose in terms of editing.
Overall, too nepotistic and predictable
2/5 - Grading Scale: F -53%