The Sinhala subtitles played a pivotal role in the film's popularity among Sri Lankan youth. The movie became a cult classic among school leavers in Sri Lanka. The subtitles allowed the audience to engage with the humor and the emotional conflicts of the characters, making the three debutante actors household names in Sri Lanka almost as quickly as in India.
: A long-standing forum where users share Sinhala subtitle files for various films. How to Use the Subtitle File student of the year 2012 sinhala subtitles