Wake Up Sid

Wake Up Sid
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Directed by	Ayan Mukerji
Produced by	Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar
Written by	Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Ayan Mukerji
Story by	Ayan Mukerji
Starring	Konkana Sen Sharma Ranbir Kapoor Anupam Kher Supriya Pathak Rahul Khanna Kashmira Shah
Music by	Songs: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Amit Trivedi (1 song only) Background Score: Amit Trivedi
Cinematography	Anil Mehta
Edited by	Shan Mohammed
Distributed by	Dharma Productions UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	2 October 2009
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Indian coming of age drama film. Directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, the movie was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, with visual effects contributed by the Prime Focus Group. The film takes place in contemporary Bombay and tells the story of spoiled, careless, rich-kid Sid Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor), a college student who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Calcutta. It was critically and commercially successful. Ranbir Kapoor won numerous awards for his performance, and the film's soundtrack was vastly popular.

Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is the carefree son of wealthy businessman Ram Mehra (Anupam Kher) and Sarita (Supriya Pathak) in Mumbai. Depicted as a spoiled slacker, Sid shows little concern for his plans after college, barely studying for tests and having no interest in working for his father. On the night after the final exams, he meets Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer recently moved away from her hometown of Calcutta and a few years older than Sid. With the help of Sid, along with his friends Rishi (Namit Das) and Laxmi, Aisha finds a small apartment overlooking the city skyline. She also lands a job at Mumbai Beat (based on Time Out! Mumbai), a hip magazine run by editor-in-chief Kabir (Rahul Khanna), whom Aisha is attracted to.

After learning that he has failed the final exams (delaying his graduation for another year), Sid displaces his frustration onto Rishi, and later gets into a heated argument with his parents, ending with him moving out. Aisha allows Sid to temporarily stay at her apartment, but finds him disorganized and careless with her home. One night, Aisha loses her temper and yells at Sid for his inability to clean up after himself. The next morning, Sid confides in Aisha that he now realizes his constant dependence on Ram's wealth, a realization that persuades him to seek work. Aisha helps him land a role as a photography intern – photography having been a hobby of his since childhood – at Mumbai Beat.