India, Oct. 27 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar is bringing back the Student of the Year franchise with a new series and a darker, grittier makeover. The trailer of Student of the Year: After Dark, starring Shanaya Kapoor in the lead, offers a glimpse into the competitive world of students at St Teresa Heritage School. Moving beyond the glamour and campus romance associated with the franchise, the series explores rivalries, ambition, betrayal and the conflicts that can arise when the desire to succeed becomes an obsession.

The trailer opens with the discovery of the body of Aayesha Malik (Shanaya Kapoor), St Teresa's queen bee. Her twin sister, Aditi (also played by Shanaya), refuses to believe that her death was an accident. Determined to uncov...