With the release of Student of the Year in 2012, Karan Johar pushed Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, and Varun Dhawan into the spotlight. He is "proud" and "elated" that all three of his students are now married. The filmmaker wrote a note to express his emotions on Instagram after attending Sidharth and Kiara Advani's wedding at the Suryagarh Palace in Jaisalmer.
Karan Johar recalled the first time he met Sidharth and later Kiara and noticed a strong resemblance between the two. He shared a sweet wedding photo of Sidharth kissing Kiara on the face. He remarked,
On Tuesday, a member of the baaraat band revealed that Karan had been dancing throughout Sidharth's baaraat. On a previous episode of Koffee With Karan, Karan had stated that Shahid Kapoor and he will dance to Dola Re Dola at Sidharth's wedding. In the comments area, the filmmaker's followers responded to his note.
"Your three students have are now graduated", a fan wrote. "@karanjohar waiting for you to upload ‘dola re’ dance with @shahidkapoor as promised on show", another person commented. Another fan said, “You manifested it K! You the matchmaker! Your last student is graduated too with colours of love!”.
