Student Of The Year 2 director Punit Malhotra recently revealed that he used to discuss the script with director-choreographer Farah Khan for SOTY 2. He credited Farah saying that he used to brainstorm with her on the script.
"For me, the Bible was Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar [1992] and Main Hoon Na [2004]. I am close to Farah [Main Hoon Na director]; she had also worked on Jo Jeeta... So, I would extensively brainstorm with her on the material."
"The genre has its clichéd plot points - good boy underdog from poor college, a high school jerk, father-son equation, Betty-Veronica and sports competition. Main Hoon Na stepped it up by introducing a hot teacher, a tomboy and the India-Pakistan dynamics [in the story]. Farah and I would sit and discuss [the script] for hours," said Punit who has previously helmed rom-com I Hate Luv Storys in 2010 and Gori Tere Pyaar Mein in 2014.
The director also pointed out that Bollywood was short of good old high-school films until the SOTY franchise was developed. "When was the last time we saw a student film outside of Netflix? We have put everything that happens in a normal college, [in the film]. I am aware that many feel, 'Yeh kaun se college mein hota hai?' But when they watch the film, they'll see a far more real narrative, set in a glossy world. The idea is to make it aspirational."
Source: Mid Day
