12 Years Of SOTY: Karan Johar Revisits 'Best Time' With Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan And Sidharth Malhotra

Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra’s Student Of The Year was released on this day 12 years ago. The actors, who are at the top of their game presently, forayed into the world of cinema with the Karan Johar directorial. Today, on Student Of The Year’s 12th anniversary, the filmmaker walked down memory lane and revisited the ‘best time of his life’.

Karan Johar calls Student Of The Year 'best time of his life'Karan shared unseen BTS pictures from the sets of Student Of The Year with Alia, Varun and Sidharth. His caption read, “Let’s start with...there’s something about ‘today’, something very special!!! 12 years and I look back at the film I embarked on, solely to have the best time of my life. And best time, it was!” Alia Bhatt wants daughter Raha to watch SOTYDuring a conversation with IMDb, Alia said she would like her daughter Raha to watch Student Of The Year. She shared, “I want Raha to watch Student Of The Year because it’s the youngest and the most chill film a kid could watch. It was my first film, and though I’m not very proud of my performance in it, it’s full of songs, and I think she would really enjoy that.” ALSO READ: Workwise, Karan co-produced the recently released jailbreak drama, Jigra with Alia who is the lead actor of the film. Under Dharma Productions, he is bankrolling the upcoming titles including Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari and C Sankaran Nair’s biopic starring Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday. He is also hosting the new reality show titled The Traitors before directing a grand series for Netflix. Alia is currently shooting for YRF Spy Universe’s Alpha with Sharvari. The Shiv Rawail-directed thriller will be released in December 2025. It is the first female-led film in the YRF Spy Universe. Post that, she will share the screen space once again with her husband Ranbir Kapoor and Raazi co-actor Vicky Kaushal in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love & War. Varun gears up for Citadel: Honey Bunny with Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The spy series releases in November. In December, he will be on the big screen with Atlee-produced Baby John. The shoot of his film Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari with Janhvi Kapoor is in full swing. Sidharth’s last release was Yodha. He is yet to announce his next project. Recently, India Today’s report stated that he might reunite with his Shershaah co-star and wife Kiara Advani for a romantic film.