<P> Student of the Year was released on 19 October 2012 in over 1400 locations across India . The movie is one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2012 . </P> <P> Former principal Dean Yogendra Vashisht (Rishi Kapoor) has aged and fallen ill . He desires to see the students from his last batch, who were part of the "Student of the Year" competition . Some former students arrive to the hospital to meet the Dean and talk about their regrets from ten years ago in college . They hold themselves responsible for the lively Dean having falling ill . The film then goes into a flashback set ten years back at the college . </P> <P> The richest and most popular guy in the college, Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan), is the son of a huge business tycoon Ashok Nanda (Ram Kapoor). His father wants him to be a businessman like him and disagrees with his passion for music . Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt), a fashion addict and the most popular girl in the campus is Rohan's girlfriend . She is unsatisfied with her family, as her mother constantly divorces and marries rich men . Shanaya gets upset with Rohan's regular flirting with Tanya (Sana Saeed), another student . Abhimanyu Singh (Sidharth Malhotra) arrives at the college and becomes the classy new heartthrob . Abhi becomes the most popular guy in the college . He plays the role of the perfect student and a perfect man . He is an orphan from a middle - class family, and lives with his aunt, uncle and grandmother . His dream is to become a big business tycoon like Rohan's father . Rohan and Abhimanyu argue at first but soon become best friends . Rohan introduces Shanaya to Abhimanyu, warning Abhimanyu not to get involved with her romantically . </P> <P> Abhimanyu is invited to Rohan's elder brother's destination wedding in Thailand, which Shanaya and other rich family friends are attending as well . In Thailand, Shanaya sees Tanya and Rohan flirting again and gets even more upset when Rohan is rude to her and sides with Tanya . Abhimanyu tells her that they can teach Rohan to respect his girlfriend . At a party, Shanaya openly flirts with Abhimanyu, attempting to make Rohan jealous . The plan works but Rohan discovers she did this to get him back on track . </P>

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