Akshay Anand, Gautami Kapoor, Manini Mishra and Prachee Shah Pandya make friendly guest appearances, with Farah Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Kajol, Sushma Seth and Boman Irani in special appearances. The film stars debutantes Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles, with Rishi Kapoor, Sana Saeed, Ronit Roy, Sahil Anand, Ram Kapoor, Farida Jalal and newcomers Manasi Rachh, Manjot Singh and Kayoze Irani in supporting roles.
Student of the Year is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Rensil D'Silva and Niranjan Iyengar on the basis of an uncredited story by Karan, and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan under the banners of Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment.