Oct 27, 2026 1:44pm IST
‘Student of the Year: After Dark’ Trailer: Shanaya Kapoor Investigates a Murder Mystery Within School Walls
The trailer of “Student of the Year: After Dark” opens with an announcement welcoming students to the competition before taking a dark turn with the discovery of Ayesha Malik’s body in Barakhali Lake. “Students of St. Teresa’s, it is time. Welcome to The Student of the Year,” the voice says. “Drowned and frozen,” the voice continues, before Shanaya Kapoor comes in frame again, revealing, “Ayesha Malik was my sister.”
Shanaya Kapoor plays twin sisters in the film, with one of them found dead under mysterious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth behind her sister’s death, the surviving twin returns to the same school where the incident took place. However, as she begins investigating, she discovers that her sister’s friends are hiding details from her, leaving her to question who she can trust.
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The trailer hints at a murder mystery filled with secrets, lies and suspicion, as Shanaya’s character tries to piece together what happened to her sister and identify the person responsible. Sheeba Chaddha also features in the trailer as a grieving mother, who keeps asking the authorities questions about her daughter’s death.
Directed by Reema Maya, the film stars Kapoor in a dual role, alongside Chaddha, Divik Sharma, Manya Grover, Abhinav Singh, Deeya Damani and more. The series will stream from November 13.
For Shanaya Kapoor, this is her third project after “Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan” with Vikrant Massey and “Tu Yaa Main” with Adarsh Gourav. She is also working on “Zombie Reddy 2 - NXT LVL” with Teja Sajja.
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