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title: "Shanaya Kapoor to star in new Student of the Year web series"
description: "Most outlets highlighted Shanaya Kapoor's casting in Karan Johar’s new web series and noted the shift in tone from the original franchise. Both excerpts mentioned the series’ darker, thriller direction, with Daily Times specifying the title as *Student of the Year: After Dark*. ARY News described the move as a reimagining of the franchise, while Daily Times framed it as giving the franchise a \"darker direction.\""
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# Shanaya Kapoor to star in new Student of the Year web series

entertainment · updated 20 Oct 2026, 4:33 PM PKT · 20 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets highlighted Shanaya Kapoor's casting in Karan Johar’s new web series and noted the shift in tone from the original franchise. Both excerpts mentioned the series’ darker, thriller direction, with Daily Times specifying the title as *Student of the Year: After Dark*. ARY News described the move as a reimagining of the franchise, while Daily Times framed it as giving the franchise a "darker direction."

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Shanaya Kapoor to lead Karan Johar’s Student of the Year series](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1569827/shanaya-kapoor-to-lead-karan-johars-student-of-the-year-series/) · 20 Oct 2026, 4:33 PM PKT
  > Shanaya Kapoor is set to star in Student of the Year: After Dark, a new web series that gives Karan Johar’s popular franchise a darker direction. The upcoming thriller moves away from the campus romance and friendship that defined the original films. The series will premiere on JioHotstar on November 13. Unlike the earlier films, […]
- **ARY News (English)** — [Shanaya Kapoor to star in Karan Johar’s ‘Student of the Year’ web series](https://arynews.tv/shanaya-kapoor-to-star-in-karan-johars-student-of-the-year-web-series) · 20 Oct 2026, 2:30 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The new series reimagines the franchise as a thriller, moving away from the original films’ familiar blend of campus romance, friendship...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 20 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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