Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, which marked the debut of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, and Sidharth Malhotra, was released in 2012. The film was a hit at the box office, and the makers made it into a franchise. In 2019, Student Of The Year 2 was released. The spiritual sequel starred Tiger Shroff, Ananya Panday, and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles, and it was a flop at the box office.