Tara Sutaria describes fellow ‘student’ Tiger Shroff as the “biggest brat on the set”
MUMBAI MIRROR (April 13, 2019)

At the trailer launch of Student Of The Year 2 (SOTY2) on Friday, when new student Tiger Shroff was quizzed on how different Part 2 was from its predecessor which had launched Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in 2012, he quipped, “You will get to see a bit of Tiger-ism in the film.” He added that one would also see kabaddi in a Bollywood extravaganza. Given that Kangana Ranaut will play the sport in her next, one wondered if another ‘panga’ was on the way.

The camaraderie with Punit Malhotra was evident, as Tiger joked that their director was a covert actor and so would rehearse with them on the sets. Punit retorted, saying the campus drama is co-directed by Tiger whose ‘good boy’ image is the “biggest scam”. Fellow students endorsed the opinion. “Tiger is sweet and naughty,” Ananya Panday laughed while Tara described him as “the biggest brat on the set”.

SOTY 2 showcases another battle royale and when asked which of the alumni from KJo’s university he’d like to challenge, Tiger said he’d take on Varun in a dance competition and athletic Sid in a kabaddi duel.

Nazia and Zoheb Hassan’s “Disco Deewane” was recreated for the original, this time they’ve borrowed Randhir Kapoor’s “Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani” for a face-off. The SOTY franchise will always have a retro track, producer Karan Johar promised, and Tara, a professional opera singer, crooned “Lag Jaa Gale” from Woh Kaun Thee. Ananya while wishing she could go to a school like St. Teresa’s in the film, acknowledged that a “larger-than-life school like this doesn’t exist”


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As he takes Student Of The Year franchise forward, Tiger Shroff says he strived to make sequel distinct from Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra original
Sonil Dedhia (MID-DAY; April 13, 2019)

It can't be easy to headline the sequel of a film that gave Bollywood three promising stars in Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. But Tiger Shroff is unperturbed by the comparisons that will be made as he takes the Karan Johar-backed franchise forward with Student Of The Year 2.

If the trailer is any indication, the film - with its generous dose of dance and action - plays to Shroff's strengths. The actor says he has added his own interpretation to the campus drama directed by Punit Malhotra. "There is definitely some flavour of Student Of The Year [2012], but I have added to that by bringing in what people know me for. I have brought in a little 'Tigerism' to my character. The credit for that goes to my director, who gave me the scope to express myself the way I want."

If Shroff has taken the baton from the original trio, the director too has the responsibility to match Johar who had helmed the 2012 hit. He points out how Malhotra put his signature stamp on the second instalment in the smallest of details. "I don't want to compare the two films as we have made a completely different movie. For instance, one of the sporting activities shown in the film is kabaddi. I believe this is the first time that the sport is being explored on celluloid," he adds.

The coming-of-age drama also marks the debut of Chunkey Pandey's daughter Ananya, and Tara Sutaria. Heaping praise on his two co-stars, he says, "They are so spontaneous, it never felt like I was working with two newcomers."