Despite casting all newcomers, the movie spelled magic and it yet again proved that any movie works if the performance and script is power-packed. Set in a college campus, SOTY stars Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in leads. The film is released in October on looking at the festive season and vacation of the students. The good news is that there has been a huge rush for advance bookings. Audience showing great interest for the first day, first show of the movie.
On looking at the response, trade analysts feels that the movie might set a new record.
On his Twitter page, well-known Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh writes, "#SOTY morning shows are terrific... Great start." He adds, "SOTY embarks on a terrific start in Overseas too. Purely on the strength of KJo and Dharma, collects AED 350,000 in UAE on Thu. Super!"
Another noted trade expert Komal Nahta feels that Student of the Year will become a blockbuster. On his Twitter page, the trade analyst writes, "This frm Bihar exhibtor Vishek:Patna Ranchi Jamshdpur 100pc opening for SOTY.terrific reports.family audience will catch on.BLOCKBUSTER (sic)."
SOTY is a story of college going guys Abhimanyu Singh (Sidharth Malhotra) and Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan) who traverse the path of competition, envy, triumph, failure, manipulation and heartbreak in their mini-universe of St. Teresa's High School, Dehradun.
Hope, in the coming days, the collection of the film touches a great height.