Sunday, October 21, 2012

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

By Rohini Nadia


He's played the role of an assistant director for Karan Johar before, and as the Bollywood industry makes way for a new tide of fresh new faces, Sidharth Malhotra readies himself for a promising career on screen. To make his debut in Karan Johar's fifth, Student of the Year, Siddharth Malhotra will share screen space with Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.

Born on the 31st of December 1987 in Gujarat, Sidharth moved to Mumbai with his family. The son of Dr. Rajeev Malhotra and Leena Malhotra, a school principal, young Sidharth completed his education at St. Xavier's School in Mumbai. After discovering a knack for acting at an early age, Siddharth began participating in school dramas and competitions and also featured in the Indian TV series Prithviraj Chauhan as a child artist.

The film will be Karan Johar's first without his comrade Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. Recognized as the finest trainee assistant by Karan Johar, Siddharth Malhotra will be teamed up with director Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan. A Mumbai based model actor of Punjabi origin, Siddharth Malhotra is expected to be Bollywood's newest heartthrob. After having chosen modeling as a career at the early age of 16, Siddharth Malhotra has also previously worked as a VJ and assistant director for NDTV Goodtimes.

And this certainly isn't the first time Karan Johar has stepped away from his usual directorial role. Starting off as an assistant director, Johar has helped director Adtya Chopra in writing screenplay. He has selected costumes for Shah Rukh Khan for films like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998) and Mohabbatein (2000) amongst others. The director has also judged a talent show on Indian television, joining one of the contestants on stage to play the drums. Multi-talented with lots of potential, Karan Johar is expected to grab the spotlight with the upcoming Student of the Year.

The movie includes songs like "The Disco Song" sung by Benny Dhayal, Sunidhi Chauhan and Nazia Hassan and "Vele" by Shekhar Ravjiani and Vishal Dadlani amongst others. Catch Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in Karan Johar's next big film, Student of the Year.




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