The 43-year-old filmmaker took to his Twitter handle to confirm the news that was doing the rounds- 'SOTY 2' will see Tiger Shroff in the lead.
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"It's OFFICIAL....Directed by Punit Malhotra STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2 ( SOTY2) with TIGER SHROFF @iTIGERSHROFF," he tweeted along with the logo for the movie.
With this, the excitement soars up on who will be opposite the 'Heropanti' star- Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Naveli or Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sara or Sridevi's daughter Jhanvi.
Meanwhile Alia Bhatt, who made a debut from 'Student of the year' too teased the fans about the female lead on her Twitter:
The first installment of the movie, directed by KJO himself in 2012, launched three of the most popular actors of recent times- Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan.
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