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MOVIE REVIEW: Wake Up Sid (2009)

Originally posted by: Princess..

Wake up Sid! is one heck of a movie.
I watched it today first day first show n loved it to bits.
Great acting by ranbir kapoor n konkona sen sharma.
Ranbir kapoor luks really cute, bacha-bacha cute.
The concept ws very well set and Rensil D'Silav did a very gud job.
Kudos to him.
And being a karan johar production, it had got to be gud.
The thing abt the character sid is, that it wuld connect with ppl like us, the youth.
Most of the times, we do not knw what we're gonna do in life n still remain a kid and then later, face the consequences.
Similar is with sid, he remains a kid and when he *attention! spoiler!* fails the exam, he's askd to leave the house n ultimately, he faces the consequences with aisha (konkona) who he met at the farewell party held before d results.
The thing that dint click ws the end.
It was nice and good but i felt sumthing missing, as if there shuld b sumthing more.
As if something els ws needed in the ending, it wsnt that satisfying.
The songs were a blast, the acting superb n the movie ws refreshing.
I would love to add in more of my views bt then it would be called a spoiler.
On an overall average, with the songs, acting, story, etc. i would give it a 3.5/5.

Do watch it! 👍🏼
Do not miss such a great movie.
Love,
Nimisha

Hey Everyone! Since this is my first Review please bear with my English..😆

After a very long time saw a movie in the theatre! And I was not disappointed even for a dull moment..Simply amazing script with good acting from both Ranbir and Konkana..

Ranbir's character of Sid seems like its been written for him only, it has freshness, appeal and situations that the youth from today can definitely relate to.. whether its the 4 cups of coffee before an exam and still going off to sleep after that..lol and then waking up in panic and rushing for the exam and just not knowing what to write in the exam paper and instead daydreaming of what his friend's reactions would be! Whether its the careless attitude of not planning anything with life and just going with the flow and taking every day as it comes.. or the unending urges to have pizza at all times and in the most oddest of places even his dad's private office! The endless partying and fun do bring the youth to relate to the character with ease.. along with the bonding between the friends!

The best scenes have to be the one's where Sid finds out that he amongst his group of friends, he's the only one who doesn't manage to make it! The next few scenes are just too good.. Especially when Sid's dad comes out with all the anger and frustrations that he's been hiding from his son from the past so many days, it all comes out in one rush, taking Sid completely unaware.. The confrontation between them does take the story forward and give a decent plotline to the story!

Konkana on the other hand is known as Aisha Banerjee.. She too is new in Mumbai from Kolkatta to do something new in her life! She yearns independence that she's never had due the overprotectiveness of her parents.. On her very first meeting with Sid she makes sure that she doesn't misguide his feelings.. and the scene between Sid-Aisha is a classic with Sid saying,"But where did I say that I wanna sleep with you.."😆 Over time the friendship between them grows in the form of emails.. He helps her to settle down in Mumbai and she gives him a promise that she will help him whenever he asks her! That promise is made to come across very soon!

Sid and Aisha start living together.. Sid being the guy who's never had to do a single thing in his life and Aisha being the complete perfectionist, begin to find completely different personalities of each other!

Whether its the struggle to just cook an egg for Sid, or the need for Aisha to clean the home as soon as she comes home from work.. Its all got a comical touch attached to it! Simply entertaining to the core..😆

Aisha and Sid falling for each other is quite predictable as usual in Hindi Movies.. Nothing really new to that but its just the situations and circumstances that make it so different!

Some other cast members that add spice to the movie are Supriya Pathak as Sid's fascinated with English mum, Aisha's Jazz loving boss, Aisha's Poha Lady, and most importantly.. Sonia, the neighbour obsessed with everyone's sex lives..😆

All in all a must recommended for everyone paisa vasool movie with awesome acting. It truly makes u realise the worth of every single in life which you tend to take for granted so easily!

Do watch it..

-Raj!😊

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Namit Das, Shikha Talsania

Director: Ayan Mukherjee

Rating:***

Siddharth Mehra is a good-looking, rich lay-about. He drives his father's expensive cars, flashes plastic at designer stores, and works very hard at partying. The future is very far away ; today is all there is, and it's all about having fun. Aisha Banerjee, new arrival in Mumbai, is everything he's not : she wants to do something, be something, on her own her steam.

'Lassoo' lad, driven lass : Ayan Mukherjee's debut feature has opposites Ranbir and Konkona attracting in a setting which is borrowed straight out of his producer Karan Johar's idiom. Stylish dcor, zippy lines, and well-dressed people living in Bombay not Mumbai, speaking Hindi which sounds like English : 'isse zyada achcha aur kya ho sakta hai', says the cool editor of a cool city magazine after a jazz riff is over, and you can almost hear the 'what could be better than this' underneath. You fear for unlikely couple Ranbir and Konkona, because when they meet, it's not cute enough: she's older and he's younger ( she keeps calling him a 'bachcha'), and they are much too fraternal for their own good, even when they share the same bed. Individually, both do well. Ranbir is effortlessly charming as the lazy dude with a heart, and Konkona rises a little out of her usual grid. She reads Murakami, he skims through comics, and the twain do not look made for each other. 'Wake Up Sid' succeeds only partly in being a sweet rom com : the false starts, and the too-long period of being 'just good friends' feels real, but you wish there was more going on between the friends-who-turn-into-lovers. Sid and Aisha spark, but only towards the end of the film.

The stand-out part of the film is the supporting cast. The friends that Sid hangs out with are well drawn : the emotional guy ( Namit) who wants to propose to his girl-friend, the fat girl ( Shikha) who makes light of her weight. There's Anupam Kher and Supriya Pathak being the spoilt brat's loving-but-stern dad-and-mom : you marvel at Anupam's ability to play dad in every other film with just that little bit of difference.

Despite the obvious passages, Mukherjee shows he has a way of adding nuance to a scene. 'Wake Up Sid' is a promising first effort.

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ranbir i knew would rock hes sure gonna be nominated for best actor