Sunday, 18 October 2009

Wake Up Sid


One reason why i decided to watch this movie is Konkona Sen Sharma...I like her very much as an actress right from Mr & Mrs Iyer.
Although I don't like Karan Johar and his production house, the only relief was that he was not directing the movie. It was Ayan Mukerji who directed the film.
The film was a good movie but it had shades of Farhan Akhtar's Lakshya.
Sid (Ranbir Kapoor), a spoiled son of a wealthy Mumbai family, takes his privileges for granted. He sleeps through studying for his final exams and winds up failing them. His father gives him a job in his firm, but he quits after a week.

This causes conflict between him and family, he is forced to go off on his own, without his parents' money.

He meets Aisha Bannerjee (Konkona Sen Sharma) at a graduation day party. She has just arrived from Kolkata and desires to become a professional writer. Despite their lack of common interests, Aisha allows him to stay at her flat; they agree to be "just friends". However, although free all day while Aisha is out working, he makes a mess and cannot cook. He learns to cook, and later also cleans up after himself.

Aisha gets an editorial assistant job at a Mumbai magazine and, through her contacts there, gets Sid a position as a photography intern. Sid slowly comes to realize what responsibility is and gradually matures and finds his own identity. As he does so, he reconciles with his parents and moves back to their house.

Aisha is upset, because she was beginning to fall in love with him. However, Sid reads Aisha's thoughts on their relationship in a printed article in the magazine that they work for and realizes that he too loves her. They have a happy reunion on Marine Drive in an early monsoon shower.

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