Student of the Year 2

Helming the second in the franchise that catapulted the careers of Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, would surely come with great responsibility. But Malhotra plays it on the back-foot, hoping to crack it with a formulaic plot and clichéd characters that barely go beyond the call of duty. Perhaps, it's time for the makers to return to film school?

The dialogues sound like group chats where everyone tries to be the smartest. The songs and dances are unbearably campy. The retro number Yeh jawani hai deewani is the perfect anthem for a film dedicated to the "josh and junoon" of the young. Sadly not this one. Not this car wreck of a movie.

Tiger's acting or plot clichés — what's the worst part of this film?

Stupidity of the year!...'Student of the Year 2 has no spunk, no plot and zero charisma

The Karan Johar produced film is silly and formulaic with stock characters who are just pretty to ogle.

Apart from Will Smith's miss-if-you-blink appearance, watch SOTY (2) for Tiger.  Even when things around him are caving in, his ballerina grace is intact.

Unless you are an ardent admirer of Tiger Shroff's flying kicks, stay away from Student Of The Year 2

SOTY2 can be described as a parody of Main Hoon Na, which itself was a parody of every desi college-campus movie ever made; a parody of a parody is called…reality

With his dancing skills and ripped body, Shroff is perfectly suited to the role of Rohan, but there is nothing in this film that we haven't seen him do before. A stony-faced Tara Sutaria comes off as too self-conscious in her attempt to play Mia. It is Ananya Pandey who stands out among what is otherwise a mediocre cast. As Shreya, she displays some spunk and life, and is the best thing about this film.

To be fair SOTY2 tries to be a little different, by adding a little Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar to K2H2. The poor "Pishorilal ka fukra" gets pitched against the "St Teresa dude" in the game of kabaddi, in much the same way as Model had a face off with Rajput in a cycle race in JJWS. But caught between two cult films, SOTY2 isn't able to acquire a personality of its own.