In 2012, She made her screen debut in a supporting role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year along with the main leads Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.[4]
She got noticed due to her child star memory in spite of her small role. Film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama wrote, "Sana Saaed looks glamorous and does well".[5] film critic Komal Nahta commented, "Sana Saeed only gets to pout and flaunt her body as Tanya.".[3][6]
The film was released on 19 October 2012 in over 1400 screens across the country and garnered positive to mixed reviews from critics and good box office collections.[7] Boxofficeindia declared the film as a semihit after three weeks.[8] She placed 5th in Nach Baliye 7.