Rohan Sachdev (Tiger Shroff), a hardworking student of the Pishorilal Chamandas College in Mussoorie, is in a relationship with Mridula Chawla (Tara Sutaria). They are separated when Mridula transfers to St. Teresa's, a college in Dehradun for the wealthy and privileged. Rohan is unable to afford their fees and is left back. To be together with Mridula, he applies for a scholarship under the sports quota in the college and manages to gain admission. Meanwhile, Mridula has changed her identity and rechristened herself Mia Chawla to fit in with others at her new college. Upon meeting Rohan, she initially stays away from him, but they soon begin a relationship again, when Rohan starts competing for a spot in the annual inter school Dignity cup and starts excelling and becoming popular.Rohan is introduced to Manav Singh Randhawa (Aditya Seal), a rich and affluent student two-time winner of the Student of the Year Cup. The two become quick friends, but Rohan remains at loggerheads with Manav's sister Shreya Randhawa (Ananya Panday), who detests him. Manav invites Mia and Rohan to his birthday party at his dad's club, where Shreya plays a prank with Rohan's old college friends and embarrasses them and Rohan as well. Mia is angry at Rohan for still associating with his old friends and wants him to choose. Shreya is hit by her father when Rohan complains about her behavior to the principal. Rohan is aghast and apologizes to Shreya.
The college announces a dance competition; Rohan and Mia are set up against Manav and Shreya. Mia wishes to win the contest and attain popularity, while Shreya wants to convince her tyrannical father of her ability in dance and enroll in a dance school in London. Manav and Shreya win the contest after Mia falters during a step. When Rohan goes to console Mia, he finds her hugging Manav.Rohan punches Manav and is rusticated from St. Teresa's; he goes back to Pishorilal Chamandas College. Meanwhile, Shreya falls in love with Rohan. She finds out that Mia deliberately missed her step so that Manav could win the dance competition. She encourages Rohan to enter a national dance competition to go up against Manav & Mia. Rohan accepts and they spend a lot of time together practicing. She is impressed with Rohan's love for Mia and falls in love with him herself.
Just when Shreya professes her love for Rohan, Mia comes back and tells Rohan that she loves him and that Manav has left her, as he was only using her to get to Rohan. Eventually the 3 decide to be friends. Rohan tells Mia's dad about her talents, and he finally appreciates her talent and decides to send her to dance school in London. Mia tries to get close to Rohan, and he reciprocates, only to realize that he really loves Shreya.Rohan and his teammates at Pishorilal Chamandas train hard to win the 29th Annual Inter-College Dignity Cup, an inter-college competition. For the past few years, Pishorilal always finished last in the contest. With Rohan's hard work and motivation and the team's effort, Pishorilal Chamandas College defeats Saint Teresa, the defending champions of the Cup, and Rohan wins the Student of the Year.
Storyline
A student must face off against bullies and overcome hurdles, both academic and romantic, to win his college's coveted Student of the Year trophy.