"Brainlessness" and
"a
lie
from
beginning
to
end"
are
some
of
the
words
used
by
critics
to
describe
Karan
Johar's
2012
directorial
Student
of
the
Year,
but
the
filmmaker
says
he
has
no
regrets
making
it.
He
said
the
movie,
which
gave
the
film
industry
new
faces
like
Sidharth
Malhotra,
Varun
Dhawan
and
Alia
Bhatt,
was
made
to
attract
the
teenaged
audience.
"I
felt
like
teenagers
didn't
know
my
work.
So,
I
made
'Student...'.
I
wanted
to
make
a
film
with
good
looking
people,
songs
and
glamour.
I
had
to
make
cycling
and
swimming
look
good.
I
don't
claim
to
be
the
ambassador
of
reality.
I
had
fun
doing
'Student...'," said
Karan
Johar,
who
made
his
directorial
debut
with
college-based
film
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
in
1998.
"I
won't
regret
making
it.
I
had
the
best
time
with
these
three
kids
(actors).
I
didn't
want
them
to
be
perfect.
Rawness
has
its
own
appeal.
The
film
is
their
weakest
performance
and
I
feel
proud
when
people
tell
me
that
they
were
better
in
other
films,"
he
said
during
a
session
titled
"An
afternoon
at
Film
Bazaar
with
Rajeev
Masand"
on
the
final
day
of
Film
Bazaar
here
Monday.
He
said
he
wants
the
three
actors
to
"fly" and
work
with
other
filmmakers.
"I
am
not
selfish.
I
want
them
to
work
with
all
the
filmmakers.
I
want
them
to
fly,"
he
said.
Karan
Johar
also
shared
how
he
convinced
director
Imtiaz
Ali
to
take
Alia
in
Highway.
"I
told
Imtiaz
that
Alia
can
act.
Don't
go
by
my
film.
Just
talk
to
her
once.
When
she
got
the
script,
she
told
me
that
she
is
on
every
page
of
the
script.
I
told
her
to
accept
it,"
he
said.
Karan
Johar
also
said
his
relationship
with
the
three
actors
was
"emotional
and
not
just
contractual".