Right from the days of his directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Karan Johar is the father of 'high school' film genre. Naturally, when television czarina Ekta Kapoor announced her next project Puncch Beat revolving around school kids, comparisons started flooding her way as many touted it to be the spin off of KJo's Student of the Year. But Ekta is not the one to take any undue criticism in her stride, thus, setting the record straight the producer got the man himself to clear the air.

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"Hey Karan Johar, for all the world who thinks I'm spinning off 'Student Of The Year' (with) 'Punch Beat', (it) is not that! But since you are the father of this 'genre' right from 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' bless this show please and wish Rosewoodians good luck! We at ALT Balaji love you," Ekta tweeted on Saturday.

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To which, Karan praised Puncch Beat saying that the show looks cool and that he wants exclusive viewing rights. "Ektu! More power to you and Punch Beat looks super cool! High school fabulousness! Show it to me soon! I want exclusive viewing rights! Love you and huge love and luck to the team!" he added.

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Puncch Beat is a teenage high-school drama set in the backdrop of a boarding school. The show is about the lives of five friends. The online series stars Bigg Boss 11 contestant Priyank Sharma, Harshita Gaur, Khushi Joshi and Siddharth Sharma.

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Karan helmed Student Of The Year in 2012 and thereby marked the debut of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. Six years later, the filmmaker will return with the second installment in the series. Student of the Year 2 features Tiger Shroff, Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles and will be directed by Punit Malhotra. The film releases on November 23, 2018.