For this Karan Johar film, Rishi Kapoor has donned the role of a gay school dean named Yogendra Vasisht. Rishi Kapoor went on to say, "Yes, my character is soft on Ronit in Student of the Year. Why not? I play the dean of the college. And yes, my character

Rishi Kapoor played a bold and unconventional character, Dean Yogendra Vasisht. Gay (homosexual) by orientation and eccentric by nature, he nurtures a soft corner for the character played by Ronit Roy in Student of the Year film of Karan Johar.

In karan johar's movie besides Siddharth Malhotra, Varun and Alia, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor will don the role of a gay college dean named Yogendra Vasisht.