Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS): Filmmaker Karan Johar on Monday announced sequel of the 2012 film "Student of the year" (SOTY) with actor Tiger Shroff as the male lead.

Karan took to Twitter to confirm the news that was doing the rounds about Tiger being roped in for "Student of the Year 2". 

He posted: "It's official...Directed by Punit Malhotra 'Student of the Year 2' ('SOTY2') with Tiger Shroff." 

Tiger, who is awaiting the release of his superhero film "A Flying Jatt", is excited to be part of the project. 

Tiger tweeted: "Wound up and charged sir! Yahoo Karan Johar, Punit Malhotra, 'Student of the Year 2'."

"Student of the Year" is a coming-of-age romantic comedy, which was produced by Hiroo Yash Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions and in collaboration with superstar Shah Rukh Khan's production banner Red Chillies Entertainment.

Directed by Karan, the film marked the debut of actors Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan.

And Sidharth shared that he "can't wait to watch" the second part of the hit film. 

He tweeted: "Sounds exciting Karan Johar can't wait to watch it best of luck Punit Malhotra and Tiger Shroff."